Tibs Fried Mozzarella Cheese Sticks Recipes

TGI FRIDAY'S FRIED MOZZARELLA CHEESE STICKS

Steps:

• Cut cheese into long slices approximately 3/8 inch thick.
• Blend together the flour and cornstarch in a bowl.
• Place a cheese slice into the flour, then dip into a bowl of whole milk, and then dip into the breadcrumbs.
• Shake off excess breadcrumbs and place mozzarella stick on a wire rack.
• Repeat until all cheese sticks have been dipped once. Discard the flour.
• Place cheese sticks back into milk, then into bread crumbs for the second time, and shake off the bread crumbs.
• Heat vegetable oil to 350 for frying.
• Drop a few cheese sticks into hot oil and fry until golden brown. This should take no longer than 1 minute.
• Remove cheese sticks from the oil and place them on a wire rack.
• Repeat frying in batches with remaining breaded cheese sticks.
• Serve with your favorite marinara sauce.

FRIED MOZZARELLA STICKS

Steps:

• Cut the mozzarella into approximately 2-1/2-by-1/2-inch sticks (you should have about 16 sticks, depending on the shape of your mozzarella).
• Put the flour in a small bowl. Beat the milk with the eggs in another bowl. Stir together the breadcrumbs and Parmesan in a third wide, shallow bowl.
• Working one at a time, coat a mozzarella stick in flour and shake off the excess. Dip the stick in egg, letting the excess drip off, then add it to the breadcrumbs and roll it to coat. Dip the stick in the egg one more time, again letting the excess drip off, and roll it in a final coat of breadcrumbs. You can pat the mozzarella stick gently between your hands to smooth out the coating. Transfer the coated mozzarella stick to a platter. Repeat with the remaining mozzarella sticks. Refrigerate the mozzarella sticks until cold, about 15 minutes.
• Heat 1/2 inch of vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until it reaches 350 degrees F. Have a large brown paper bag ready for the fried sticks (they will stick to paper towels). Add half of the mozzarella sticks and fry, turning once, until golden brown on both sides, about 1 minute total. Transfer to the paper bag to drain. Return the oil to 350 degrees F (this is important, as the cheese will seep out if it is not hot enough) and fry the remaining mozzarella sticks.
• Serve hot with Homemade Pizza Sauce on the side.
• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the oregano, garlic and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring, until the garlic is golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes, basil and 1/2 teaspoon salt and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer, with the saucepan loosely covered in foil to avoid splattering and stirring occasionally, until fairly thick, 5 to 10 minutes, depending on your tomatoes. Remove the basil.

FRIED MOZZARELLA CHEESE STICKS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix the eggs and water.
• Mix the bread crumbs and garlic salt in a medium bowl. In a medium bowl, blend the flour and cornstarch.
• In a large heavy saucepan, heat the oil to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C).
• One at a time, coat each mozzarella stick in the flour mixture, then the egg mixture, then in the bread crumbs and finally into the oil. Fry until golden brown, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat and drain on paper towels.

FRIED MOZZARELLA CHEESE STICKS

Steps:

• Cut mozzarella cheese into sticks (approximately 3*1/2*1/2-inches).
• Place flour in one bowl, the egg in another bowl and the bread crumbs and oregano in another bowl.
• Dredge each piece of cheese into flour to coat.
• Dip floured cheese stick into egg, then dredge in bread crumb mixture.
• Place on a plate in a single layer.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• In a large skillet, heat olive oil or shortening, 1/2-inch deep to 350°F.
• Fry mozzarella sticks a few pieces at a time until browned on all sides (about 3 minutes).
• Drain on paper towels.
• Serve hot with lemon wedges or marinara sauce for dipping.
• ~NOTE~ Preparation time includes 1 hour refrigeration time.