These are far too addictive and easy to make-so unless you've got a few extra calories to spare, beware, you will make these again. I've been tweaking the usual breading I use after I made the chili glazed tofu where it called for cornmeal and cornstarch and it seems to work out pretty well. I'm sure they would be great with panko or with really good cheese, but I just used some block mozzerella and colby cheese. Fried cheese, what could go wrong?
Ingredients:
Cheese cut into little squares
Beaten Egg
1 cup of Itailian Bread Crumbs or Panko
1/4 cup of Cornstarch
1/4 cup Cornmeal
1/2 cup of flour
Canola Oil for Frying
Directions:
Mix bread crumbs, cornstarch, and cornmeal in a shallow container. In another container place beaten egg, and in another container place flour. Place oil in a skillet and heat at medium, I use probably about 1/2 an inch of oil, but the more oil the more likely they will come out in ball form instead of flat little blobs. Depending on the amount of cheese balls being made the ingredients can be doubled or halved. Dip cheese chunks in flour, then egg, and then breadcrumbs, turning to coat well. Test to see if oil is hot enough by sprinkling some flour in it, if it fizzles up right away the oil is hot enough. Place cheese balls in oil and turn when brown ( a few minutes). When browned on all sides place on paper towels to take some of the oil off. Eat and Enjoy!
***So I just looked at some other recipes and it looks like mixing shredded cheese, egg, flour, and salt and pepper together and then coating those in bread crumbs could be the way to go, but these were delcious and a simple addition to a meal when preparing breaded chicken anyway