Mozzarella Sticks In An Air Fryer (Homemade)
The Kitchen Bucket List enjoys sharing how to use fresh ingredients to make homemade, double-breaded, ooey-gooey mozzarella sticks in an air fryer. Fire up the assembly line and make a bunch. You will never buy store-bought again.
Equipment
- Air Fryer
- 3 shallow bowls
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- 12 mozzarella sticks, low-moisture part-skim (aka string cheese)
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
- ¼ cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon dry basil
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
Start by making an Assembly Line for the Homemade Mozzarella Sticks
- Line a small cookie sheet or large plate with parchment paper.
- Unwrap all the mozzarella cheese sticks. Add the bread crumbs, Panko, and dry basil in a shallow bowl, and mix.
- In a separate shallow bowl, mix in the flour, onion powder, salt, and ground pepper.
- In a third shallow bowl, whisk the eggs.
- Roll one cheese stick in the egg mixture. Then the flour mixture. Shake the excess.
- Roll back in the egg mixture and finally in the bread crumbs mixture.
- Set on the lined cookie sheet, and repeat until done.
Time to Chill
- Freeze for at least 1 hour or you can freeze for up to 4 months.
Air Frying Ooey-Gooey Mozzarella Sticks
- Preheat the air fryer to 380 degrees F. for 3 minutes.
- Air Fry the mozzarella sticks at 380 degrees F. for 5 - 6 minutes or until desired crispness.
- Halfway through flip the cheese sticks.
- Remember the longer you go the more chance the mozzarella cheese sticks will split.NOTE: Check the cheese sticks about 2 minutes before the end of the cook.
- Serve and Enjoy!
Notes
- For this recipe, I used a 5.8 Qt air fryer basket-style. If you use a different air fryer cooking time and temperature may vary.
- Air fryer parchment paper liner. I find it helpful when I need to cook a bunch up. It makes cleaning up so much easier.
