Recipe: Delicious Fried Mac and Cheese Bites for Cocktails

Fried Mac and Cheese Bites for Cocktails.

You can have Fried Mac and Cheese Bites for Cocktails using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Fried Mac and Cheese Bites for Cocktails

1. Prepare half of a portion leftover mac and cheese (see former recipe).
2. You need 2 of eggs.
3. Prepare 1 cup of panko.
4. It's 3/4 cup of vegetable oil.
5. It's of Salt.

Fried Mac and Cheese Bites for Cocktails step by step

1. Remove the leftover mac and cheese from the pan. It should come out in one piece. Using a sharp knife, cut it into equal bite-sized pieces..
2. Beat the 2 eggs in a shallow dish. Measure the panko out into another..
3. Roll each piece of the mac and cheese liberally in the egg, and then in the panko, pressing the panko onto the mac and cheese on all sides to get as much as possible to adhere. Set aside on a plate and repeat until all of the pieces of mac and cheese are coated in panko. Set aside..
4. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat until a piece of panko that is tossed in immediately turns golden browm. Lower the heat and, working in batches, cook the mac and cheese until golden brown on the bottom, before flipping and cooking the other side. This will take about a minute a side. As you remove the pieces from the pan, lay them on a paper towel lined plate to drain..
5. Serve immediately while still hot and crispy, sprinkled with a little salt. Plain table salt is just fine, though Maldon salt crystals taste particularly delicious..