Fried Mac and Cheese Balls
- 4 cups Leftover Prepared Mac And Cheese (needs To Be Cold)
- 2 cups Cheese Crackers (like Cheez-its)
- 2 cups All-purpose Flour
- 1/2 Tablespoons Garlic Powder
- 2 Eggs
- 13 cups Milk
- Salt And Pepper, to taste
- Cooking Oil, Enough To Cover The Bottom Of Your Frying Pot And Up About An Inch (to Cover The Balls)
- Take a small ping pong ball-size scoop of the cold mac and cheese and form it into a ball.
- Do this with all of the mac and cheese.
- Place the balls on a wax paper-lined baking tray and place in the freezer until frozen.
- This will take about 30 minutes or you can leave them until you are ready to cook.
- To prepare your crunchy outside coating, put your crackers, flour and garlic powder into a food processor.
- Pulse until it reaches a breadcrumb-like consistency.
- To prepare your egg wash, whisk eggs, milk and a dash of salt and pepper in a medium sized bowl.
- Set aside.
- Heat oil in a heavy pot over medium heat.
- You need to make sure oil is hot!
- The cold macaroni balls will cool it down.
- (If you sprinkle a little bit of the flour mixture into the oil, it will sizzle when the oil is ready).
- Take your frozen macaroni balls, dip them in the egg wash, then dredge in the cracker flour mix and carefully put a few of them into the hot oil.
- Let them cook in the hot oil for 5 minutes.
- Remove from oil using a slotted spoon or kitchen spider and drain on paper towel lined plate.
- Repeat with the rest of the balls.
and cheese, crackers, allpurpose, garlic, eggs, milk, salt, cooking oil
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/fried-mac-and-cheese-balls/ (may not work)