Applebee’s Mozzarella Sticks Recipe

Applebee’s Mozzarella Sticks are golden-fried breaded mozzarella cheese sticks served with marinara sauce for dipping.

Make our Applebee’s Mozzarella Sticks Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Mozzarella Sticks will taste just like Applebee’s.

Photo by Barb Watson

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Applebee's Mozzarella Sticks Recipe

Make our Applebee's Mozzarella Sticks Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Mozzarella Sticks will taste just like Applebee's.

Prep Time45 minutes mins

Active Time30 minutes mins

Chilling Time5 hours hrs

Total Time6 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer, Party Recipe

Cuisine: American, Italian

Keyword: Applebee's, Cheese, Fried

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups Italian-Style Dried Breadcrumbs
• 1 1/3 cups freshly grated Parmesan Cheese
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• Two 16-ounce blocks pasteurized Mozzarella Cheese cut into 4 by 1/2-inch sticks
• 4 large Eggs beaten to blend
• 1 1/2 cups Vegetable Oil
• 4 cups Marinara Sauce to serve

Instructions

• To a medium or large mixing bowl, add bread crumbs, 1 cup Parmesan cheese and 1 teaspoon salt. Mix well.
• Crack eggs into another medium or large mixing bowl. Whisk until frothy.
• Dip cheese sticks in the eggs, turning to coat completely.
• Remove sticks, one at a time, allowing excess egg to drip back into the bowl.
• Place stick into bread crumb mixture, patting to adhere and coat completely.
• Place cheese stick on a baking sheet. Repeat with remain stick until all are breaded.
• Take breaded sticks, one at a time, and dip them back into the egg and bread crumb mixture, as before, to coat a second time. Place double-breaded sticks on baking sheet.
• Cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
• Place covered sheet into the freezer for and freeze at least 5 hours or overnight. (You can make these even earlier and leave them in the freezer up to a week.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.
• When oil is hot, remove frozen sticks from the freezer.
• Place several sticks in the oil, do not crowd and fry until golden brown, turning to fry all sides, about 1 minute per side.
• Remove to a paper towel-covered plate to drain.
• Repeat with remaining sticks, working in batches, until all are fried.
• Sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan cheese.
• Serve with marinara sauce or other dipping sauces.

Applebee's Mozzarella Sticks

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Photo of “Applebees” is by Barb Watson and is used by permission under the Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) Creative Commons License. Read the Full License Here – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode. Thank you, Barb Watson. Great Picture. Photos may be “representative” of the recipe and not the actual finished dish. All photo licenses listed were correct at the time of the posting of the page. Recipe is our adaption of several recipes formally widely-circulated on the internet – courtesy of the Wayback Machine. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.