Mozzarella Cheese Sticks Heat oil in skillet and cook sticks for about a minute on each side, or until golden and before cheese starts to leak. This heat makes the milk proteins move around and line up in a row. The cheese then becomes very stringy and stretchy and, of course, as you know, fun to play with.

Ingredients of Mozzarella Cheese Sticks

  1. You need of Coconut oil.
  2. Prepare 2 of eggs.
  3. It's 1 c of almond meal/flour.
  4. You need 1 1/2 T of grated Parmesan cheese.
  5. It's 2 tsp of dried oregano.
  6. Prepare 1 tsp of garlic powder.
  7. Prepare 12 of Mozzarella string cheese, 1 oz each, cut in half.
  8. It's 3/4 c of Marinara or pizza sauce, optional.

Mozzarella Cheese Sticks step by step

  1. In small skillet wide enough th accommodate length of cheese stick, pour oil deep enough to cover cheese. Heat to 375°F..
  2. In med. bowl whisk eggs..
  3. In another med. bowl, combine almond meal, Parmesan, oregano and garlic powder. Mix well..
  4. Roll cheese sticks in eggs then almond meal mixture. Fry for 30 seconds until lightly browned. Transfer to cooling rack with paper towel underneath to drain..
  5. Add more oil as needed and heat to 375°F. Repeat with remaining sticks. Serve with sauce for dipping..

Homemade Mozzarella Sticks are simple to make, and a wonderfully ooey gooey snack! Freezing them before frying is the secret for this recipe. I've always loved the ooey gooey stretchiness of a mozzarella stick, and admit that the frozen boxes of pre-made mozzarella sticks were quite present in my childhood. The most important of all the mozzarella sticks ingredients! I like to use part-skim mozzarella string cheese for convenience (and string cheese is actually a fairly wholesome snack), but you can also make mozzarella sticks without string cheese.

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