Homemade Mozzarella Sticks

This recipe by Taylor at Fifteen Spatulas makes for an easy, wonderfully ooey gooey snack! Freezing them before frying is the secret for even cooking, and no cheese oozing out.

Ingredients

16 oz block whole milk mozzarella cheese

- or string cheese

3 large eggs

3 cups bread crumbs salt tallow (beef fat)

- or other deep frying fat of choice

Method

Step 1

Cut the block of cheese into 1/2 inch thick sticks, a few inches tall approx 20 pieces.

Step 2

Place the eggs in a bowl with 1/4 tsp salt and 1 tablespoon of water, and whisk to combine. Place the bread crumbs in a second bowl next to the eggs.

Step 3

Take a cheese stick and dip it into the egg, letting the excess drip off. Then coat it in the bread crumbs, and place on a tray. Repeat with the remaining cheese sticks. Once each cheese stick has been breaded, take each one through the egg and bread crumbs again for a second coating.

Step 4

Freeze the sticks, on a tray, for at least for two hours.

Step 5

Heat the tallow or frying fat of choice to 365F, using either a deep fryer or a heavy bottomed 8” saucepan monitored with a thermometer. You want the fat to come a few inches up the sides of the pan.

Step 6

Fry the mozzarella sticks in batches for about 2 minutes, until golden brown. Let the cheese sticks drain briefly on a paper towel, then serve promptly with marinara or your favourite dunking sauce. Enjoy!