Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, fried macaroni and cheese balls. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Working one at a time, dip balls into eggs, then dredge in Panko, pressing to coat. 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.
Fried Macaroni and cheese balls is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Fried Macaroni and cheese balls is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have fried macaroni and cheese balls using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Fried Macaroni and cheese balls:
- Take 1 pkg Mac and cheese mix
- Take 2 T butter
- Get 1/4 C milk
- Get 1 C cheddar cheese, shredded
- Take 3/4 C pimento cheese spread
- Make ready 1 C Italian cheese blend, shredded
- Make ready 2 C Italian seasoned bread crumbs
- Make ready 1/2 tsp paprika
- Take 1/2 tsp chili powder
- Get 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- Get 1/2 tsp sugar
- Prepare 1 pinch cayenne
- Take 4 eggs
- Take 3 T milk
- Make ready 4 C peanut oil for frying
No worries, I show you how to make a fried mac & cheese ball. In a small bowl, whisk together eggs and remaining milk. Deep fried macaroni and cheese balls are a great way to use leftover mac and cheese. Once the macaroni mixture has cooled, it will be very firm.
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.
Cook the macaroni according to package instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking. But these cheese balls aren't actually fried and instead I baked them. I don't fry in my house because frying stinks it up for days and the next morning I do Or smell whatever it was that I fried five days later. These cheese balls start out with good old all-American Kraft Macaroni and Cheese from a box.
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