Skinny Baked Mozzarella Sticks

By Coldsnap46

These are freezer-friendly. In fact they MUST be frozen before you bake them. You can bread them all ahead of time-then place on a tray with wax paper and freeze them until you are ready to bake. Make the Marinara sauce a day ahead as well...

Ingredients

• 12 sticks part-skim, reduced sodium mozzarella string cheese (Sargento)*
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 2 tbsp flour
• 5 tbsp Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
• 5 tbsp panko crumbs
• 2 tsp Parmesan cheese
• 1 tbsp dried parsley
• olive oil cooking spray
• Be sure to use Sargento Part-Skim, Low-Sodium cheese.

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from ziplist.com

Preparation

Step 1

See full recipe at www.skinnytaste.com.- pictures of Prep process on site.



1. Cut cheese in half to give you 24 pieces.

2. Place cheese in Freezer until cheese is frozen.

3. In a small bowl, whisk the egg. Place the flour on another small dish. In a separate bowl, combine bread crumbs, panko, Parmesan cheese and dried parsley.

4. Dip the frozen sticks in flour, shaking off excess, then into the egg, then coat with the crumbs.

5. Repeat this process with the remaining cheese, placing them on a tray with wax paper. Place cheese back into the Freezer until ready to bake.

**This is a MUST or they will melt before the crumbs get golden.

6. When ready to bake, Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly spray with oil. **I will use non-stick foil--no need to spray.

7. Place frozen cheese sticks on baking sheet. Spray the tops of the mozzarella sticks with a little more oil and bake in the bottom third of your oven until crisp, about 4 to 5 minutes. Turn and bake an additional 4 to 5 minutes (possibly 2 to 3 minutes) watching them closely so they don't melt.


Makes 24 pieces