Fried Mozzarella Bites

Name: Fried Mozzarella Bites
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 32
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters all purpose flour; 473 milliliters Italian style bread crumbs; 794 grams crushed tomatoes; 6 inches Bamboo skewers, , or party picks, for dipping; 32 servings Coarse salt; 2 eggs; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 454 grams fresh mozzarella, buy a piece wrapped, not packed in water; 454 grams fresh smoked mozzarella, found in the specialty cheese case; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; 79 milliliters milk, eyeball it; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 32 servings Olive oil, for frying; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan or Romano; 8 larges stems or large sprigs each fresh parsley, sage, thyme; 1 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes, moderate to hot heat level, eyeball the amount; 32 servings Fine salt

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Fried Mozzarella Bites a try. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 9g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 168 calories. This recipe serves 32. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 30 minutes. A mixture of milk, eggs, garlic, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

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Heat 2 inches olive oil in a deep skillet over medium high heat.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Cut each pound of mozzarella and smoked mozzarella into 16 cubes. Set up a breading station: flour, 2 eggs beaten with 1/3 cup milk, Italian bread crumbs mixed with a couple of handfuls of grated cheese. Reserve the chopped parsley.

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Italian Bread

Mozzarella

Parsley

Cheese

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Milk

Roll fresh plain mozzarella in flour, dip in egg, then coat in bread crumbs. Bread all the plain mozzarella, then add chopped parsley to the bread crumbs. Coat the cubed smoked mozzarella in flour, egg, then Italian bread crumbs mixed with parsley. The chopped parsley will allow you to distinguish between the fresh and fresh smoked cheese once fried.

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Italian Bread

Smoked Cheese

Breadcrumbs

Mozzarella

Parsley

Bread

All Purpose Flour

Roll

Dip

Egg

Place herbs into hot oil and fry 30 to 45 seconds. Be careful not to stand over pan, the oil will spatter a little because of the water content in herbs.

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Herbs

Water

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Remove herbs with a slotted kitchen tool and transfer to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Season immediately with fine salt. Fry the mozzarella bites in batches in a single layer. Cook until evenly deep golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Mozzarella

Fine Salt

Herbs

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Paper Towels

Drain and cool mozzarella bites on a paper towel-lined surface.

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Mozzarella

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Paper Towels

Let stand and cool a few minutes so that the cheese will not be too runny when bitten into.

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Cheese

For dipping sauce, heat a small saucepan over medium heat.

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Dipping Sauce

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Sauce Pan

Add extra-virgin olive oil, garlic and crushed pepper flakes.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Garlic

Pepper

Saute garlic and hot pepper 2 or 3 minutes, and add tomatoes. Season with salt.

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Chili Pepper

Tomato

Garlic

Salt

To assemble your serving plate, pile mozzarella bites, alternating them with fried herbs. Set the dipping sauce in a bowl along side the balls and pile bamboo skewers or party picks on the edge of the plate to spear and dip the bites.

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Dip

Mozzarella

Herbs

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Skewers