How To Make Baked Mexican Mozzarella Cheese Sticks
Have a taste of these undoubtedly delicious baked Mexican-style mozzarella cheese sticks with chili powder, oregano, and cayenne, perfect with salsa!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 12sticksmozzarella string cheese,part-skim
- 1egg,large, beaten
- ¼cupflour
- ½cupPanko bread crumbs
- 2tspchili powder
- 1tspcumin
- ½tsp.garlic salt
- ¼tsp.oregano
- cooking spray,such as olive oil
Instructions
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Begin by unwrapping each piece of string cheese, and then cutting them all in half. Place evenly on a plate and freeze until frozen, at least 1 hour.
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, and spray lightly with olive oil.
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Set up your prep line for the cheese sticks. Fill the first bowl with the flour. Fill the second bowl with the beaten egg.
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Then fill the third bowl with the panko, chili powder, cumin, garlic salt, and oregano, and whisk those five ingredients together until evenly mixed.
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Remove the frozen pieces of string cheese, and one by one, dunk each first in the flour mixture until evenly coated, then the egg, then carefully roll in the panko mixture.
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Be sure that all sides of the cheese are coated in breadcrumbs, then gently place on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining breadcrumbs.
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Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and just begins to seep out. Remove and serve immediately with your favorite salsa.
Nutrition
- Calories: 56.38kcal
- Fat: 3.50g
- Saturated Fat: 2.03g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.99g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.22g
- Carbohydrates: 2.72g
- Fiber: 0.17g
- Sugar: 0.22g
- Protein: 3.50g
- Cholesterol: 16.79mg
- Sodium: 18.82mg
- Calcium: 92.37mg
- Potassium: 19.19mg
- Iron: 0.19mg
- Vitamin A: 30.47µg
- Vitamin C: 0.01mg
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