Spicy Pickle Mozzarella Sticks Recipe

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It’s not a STRETCH to say that these Spicy Pickle Mozzarella Sticks are your favorite appetizer’s favorite appetizer. Take the richness of mozzarella sticks and balance it with that zesty pickle twang.

PREP TIME

25 mins

COOK TIME

15 mins

SERVINGS

9

Ingredients

  • 16 oz block of whole milk mozzarella
  • 9 Mt. Olive Kosher Dills (as big as you can find)
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 3 eggs, scrambled
  • 1 cup unseasoned breadcrumbs
  • 2 Tbsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 Tbsp light brown sugar
  • 1/2 Tbsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder

  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • Cooking oil spray

Spicy Pickle Mozzarella Sticks on a black serving slate with a yellow Mt. Olive pickle jar lid and some pickle slices

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:
Spicy Pickle Mozzarella Sticks

  1. Slice mozzarella into 10 even sticks (this leaves one extra stick). You may have to slice each stick a little more to narrow it once you try to stuff the pickles. Set mozzarella sticks aside.
  2. Using a corer or coring knife, start at one end of the pickle and hollow out the center of each pickle so that a mozzarella stick can fit snugly into it (be sure NOT to push corer through the opposite end of the pickle). Set stuffed pickle aside. Repeat with remaining pickles.
  3. Place flour, eggs, and breadcrumbs each in their own respective shallow dish. Add cayenne, brown sugar, smoked paprika, garlic powder, chili powder, salt, and pepper to breadcrumbs then mix until well-combined.
  4. Preheat air fryer to 350ºF.
  5. Working one pickle at a time, dredge each thoroughly in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs. Set breaded pickles aside on parchment-lined baking sheet.
  6. Spray bottom of air fryer basket with cooking oil spray. Place breaded pickles in air fryer basket then spray tops of pickles with more cooking oil spray. Air fry pickles for 12-15 minutes (flipping halfway through and spraying the other side with cooking oil spray again), or until golden brown on the outside and mozzarella just beginning to melt out of the stuffed end of the pickles. Serve pickles immediately (but be careful, the cheese will be hot!). Enjoy!

PAIRINGS:
Spicy Pickle Mozzarella Sticks

Semi-Sweet Riesling

Saison

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