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Join me on a cheesy adventure as we head to Chilis to taste their legendary fried mozzarella sticks, then recreate them with air-fried, deep-fried, and even GIANT tests! Will my recipes beat the original?
100 Calories Per Normal Size
1,500 Calories Per Giant
DIY Chilis Mozzarella Sticks
See below copycat recipes for Chili’s the marinara, Nashville hot sauce, Honey Chipotle Sauce, and their Mozzarella Sticks both normal size and giant!
Author: HellthyJunkFood
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Serves: 4
THINGS YOU’LL NEED:
- Small Food Processor
- Deep Fryer or Large Pot For Frying
- Parchment Paper
- Large Pan with Rack Insert
- Small Pot
- Stovetop
INGREDIENTS:
- Large Cheese Block
- 3 Cups Flour
- Italian Seasoned Bread Crumbs
- 5 Large Eggs
- Italian Seasoning & Salt
- Ranch (optional dipping sauce)
Honey Chipotle Sauce
- Chipotle Peppers, 1 Can
- 3 Tbsp Honey
- 1Tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1/4 Cup Ketchup
- 1 Tbsp Chipotle Seasoning
Nashville Hot Sauce
- 1/2 Cup Oil
- 3 Tbsp Cayenne Pepper
- 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 2 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Pepper
- 1 Tbsp Honey
- 1/4 Cup Franks Hot Sauce
- 6 Drops The Bomb OR Hot Sauce Extract
- 3-6 Drops Orange Food Gel
Marinara
- Can of Tomato Sauce
- 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1 tsp Sugar
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Start with making your sauces. Blitz together the honey chipotle ingredients in a a food processor and put on the heat until boiling, simmer for 3 minutes and take off the heat to cool until ready to serve. For the Nashville hot sauce mix together the ingredients and mix on heat. Add food gel if wanted but unnecessary. (also OK to add the oil from the fryer instead of heating in a pot) For the marinara mix together the ingredients and set aside.
- Follow by cutting your cheese block(s) into 3.5 by 2 by .5 for normal size mozzarella sticks. For A giant one cut 7 by 4 by 1.
- Batter with seasoned flour first, then seasoned scrambled egg, and then Italian bread crumbs. Repeat. Place on parchment paper and cover with plastic wrap. Rest in the freezer until firm for 30 minutes to 1 hour prior frying.
- Preheat the fryer (or fryer oil) to 350F. Deep fry until the cheese starts to crack out of the sticks, about 3 minutes OR 5 minutes for the big one. You should see a golden brown color.. You can also air fry the normal mozzarella sticks at 350 for 6 minutes but flipping half way through to crisp up both sides.
- These are ready to eat right away with the marinara OR serve coated in the Honey Chipotle or Nashville Hot Sauce and Dip in Ranch.
Serving Size: 1 Calories: 1,501 Fat: 46g Saturated Fat: 85g Trans Fat: 2g Carbohydrates: 117g Sugar: 11g Sodium: 4,004mg Fiber: 2g Protein: 69g Cholesterol: 115mg
