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Fried Mac and Cheese Balls Recipe
Mac & cheese shaped into balls, then breaded and deep fried.
👥 15 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h 25m⏳ Prep: 2h🔥 Cook: 25 min👤 Janette Staub📖 cookingwithjanica
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●oven
- ●saucepan
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●skillet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Put your bacon in the oven at 425 degrees and cook for about ⏱️ 15min (You don't want the bacon all the way cooked because it'll cook more when you put it in the fryer!). Let cool and then cut into little pieces and set aside.
2
Cook the macaroni according to the instructions on the box. Also set aside for the moment.
3
In a saucepan, melt your butter.
butter2 tablespoons
4
Once the butter is melted, mix in the flour making sure there are no lumps.
butter2 tablespoonsflour1 tablespoonAnother ½ cup all-purpose flour
5
Add the milk (Make sure not to wait too long, or else that butter might burn!) and cook on medium heat for about ⏱️ 4 minutes until the sauce thickens.
whole milk heated1 cupmilk3 tablespoonsbutter2 tablespoons
6
Remove the sauce from the heat and mix in all the cheese.
7
Immediately fold in cooked macaroni and bacon, and season with salt and pepper.
salt and pepper (I don’t think I put enough in so be generous)salt1 teaspoon
8
Chill in the refrigerator for two hours.
9
Now shape the cold macaroni and cheese into balls. These weren't as big as Cheesecake Factory's cheese balls, just a little smaller, but not bite sized. You can make them any size you want though!
10
Place the formed balls into the freezer for an hour or so.
11
Take them out of the freezer and compress them into even tighter balls and put them back in the freezer for another ⏱️ 45 min or so.
12
Set up three bowls.In the first bowl, combine the flour, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, paprika, and sugar.In the second bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk.In the third bowl, put in a pile of Panko.
flour1 tablespoonAnother ½ cup all-purpose floursalt and pepper (I don’t think I put enough in so be generous)salt1 teaspooncayenne pepper1 teaspooneggs2whole milk heated1 cupmilk3 tablespoons
13
Heat up your oil in your deep fryer (I use this one) or large, deep skillet.
14
Roll each ball in the flour mixture, then the egg mixture, and finally the Panko.
flour1 tablespoonAnother ½ cup all-purpose flour
15
Drop each ball in the fryer until lightly golden brown.
16
Remove balls from fryer and let dry on a paper towel to drain off excess oil.
17
Serve immediately!
Nutrition Facts
calories
420 kcal
serving Size
1 serving
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