Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, fried macaroni and cheese balls. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Everybody loves macaroni and cheese, and it makes a tasty snack or a yummy meal any time of the day. As delicious as macaroni and cheese is already, you can make it an even more decadent treat by forming the pasta into balls, coating it with bread crumbs, and frying them to make deep fried. Love fried macaroni & cheese balls but you can't get the restaurant to share their recipe?
Fried Macaroni and cheese balls is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Fried Macaroni and cheese balls is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have fried macaroni and cheese balls using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Fried Macaroni and cheese balls:
- Get 1 pkg Mac and cheese mix
- Get 2 T butter
- Get 1/4 C milk
- Make ready 1 C cheddar cheese, shredded
- Prepare 3/4 C pimento cheese spread
- Take 1 C Italian cheese blend, shredded
- Get 2 C Italian seasoned bread crumbs
- Get 1/2 tsp paprika
- Make ready 1/2 tsp chili powder
- Take 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- Get 1/2 tsp sugar
- Get 1 pinch cayenne
- Make ready 4 eggs
- Get 3 T milk
- Get 4 C peanut oil for frying
I had some delicious mac n cheese balls about a year ago at Bonnie Jean's, a restaurant I don't make macaroni and cheese often, so I don't have a "go to" recipe. I used a recipe for stove top macaroni and cheese by Alton Brown. Working one at a time, dip balls into eggs, then dredge in Panko, pressing to coat. Fried Macaroni & Cheese - a copycat of the appetizer from Cheesecake Factory!
Instructions to make Fried Macaroni and cheese balls:
- Fill a pot with salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Stir in the macaroni, return to boil. Cook uncovered for about 7 minutes. Drain. Stir in 2T butter, 1/4C milk, cheese packet from package.
- While the macaroni is hot, stir in cheddar cheese, pimento cheese, Italian cheese, until melted. Place macaroni mixture in refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Remove mac balls from refrigerator and use a cookie scoop to scoop out balls. Put the balls on the baking sheet and freeze for at least 2 hours.
- Heat oil in a deep fryer or large saucepan to 350°.
- Whisk breadcrumbs with paprika, chili powder, black pepper, sugar, and cayenne in a shallow dish; set aside.
- Beat the eggs with the 3T milk in a small bowl. Remove Mac balls from freezer, coat in the egg wash, and dredge in breading.
- Fry the Mac balls in small batches until golden 3-5 minutes. Drain briefly on a paper towel- lined plate; serve hot.
Creamy mac and cheese inside a delicious and crispy breaded outside! Remove the mac and cheese balls from the freezer. Dip the frozen balls into the egg wash then into the bread crumbs. Remove from the heat, add the cheeses, and stir until melted and smooth; season with salt and pepper. Fold the cheese sauce into macaroni.
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