I hate to admit it, but I love Burger King’s chicken fries. They are a serious fast food guilty pleasure of mine. I only indulge about once or twice per year, usually on a road trip. Each time that I do I feel equal parts satisfaction and regret.
One night, I started thinking, “What if a mozzarella stick and chicken fries made sweet, sweet love and had a baby?”
This is the kind of question that keeps me up at night. What if indeed…
I needed answers, so I set out to conduct my own experiment and answer my question.
The idea is pretty simple:
Take a mozzarella stick and roll it in flour….
Then dip it in egg…
Cover in perfectly seasoned ground chicken…
Coat with bread crumbs…
And drop ’em in the deep fryer!
The taste of these actually exceeded my expectations and I am giving them a top spot on my favorite appetizers list!
Update!: I made a version of these that are breaded in Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Check out the video I made for it.
Mozzarella Stick Chicken Fries Recipe
PrintMozzarella Stick Chicken Fries Recipe
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 6
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 6 Mozzarella Sticks
- Flour
- 2 Eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 lb Ground Chicken
- Italian Seasoned Bread Crumbs
- 1/8 tsp Chili Powder
- 1/8 tsp Cayenne Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/4 tsp Onion Powder
- 1/2 tsp Oregano
- 1/2 tsp Adobo
- Oil for deep fryer
Instructions
- Combine all the seasonings in a small bowl. Pour over ground chicken and mix with your hands.
- Line up four bowls: one with the flour, one with the eggs, one with ground chicken and one with the seasoned bread crumbs.
- One at a time, take each mozzarella stick and roll it in the flour, dip it in the egg, cover in ground chicken (try to cover as evenly as possible), then roll and cover in bread crumbs.
- Deep fry for 3-5 minutes, until golden brown and cheese is beginning to ooze out.
- Serve with a side of marinara sauce and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 483
rachael says
I got a little disappointed when realizing this was ground chicken instead of perhaps a pounded out chicken tender ?
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Jessica Pinney says
Well chicken nuggets are essentially ground chicken with spices, just like this. If you pounded out a nugget, even if you could get it wrapped around and molded to the cheese, it would be tough and overcooked when fried.
Karen says
We made these this weekend and they were AWESOME! Thanks for the recipe.
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alyssa says
The seasoning for the chicken tastes really close to BK chicken fries, great job!
Linda says
Would it be possible to bake these instead of frying them?
Elaine @ Dishes Delish says
Oh my gosh, this looks so incredibly delicious! Chicken surrounding cheese. Yum!!
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Christine says
These are kinda genius! Love a good guilty pleasure treat now and then!
Megan says
Mozzarella sticks are one of my fast food guilty pleasures, too… this is next level!! Love the video, too – makes it look so easy!
Ashley says
This looks so delicious!
Jasmine says
These not only look great but they taste amazing you should try it!!!!!
Melanie says
I love that food
Cary D says
I made these low carb and they turned out AMAZING. I ditched dusting the mozzarella stick in egg and flour, and simply molded the ground, seasoned chicken around the cheese. I also swapped the regular bread crumbs for Sprouted whole grain bread crumbs. I finally baked them on a sprayed wire rack over a baking sheet for 25 min on 375°…. These are a regular staple in my home now ♡
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Jessica Pinney says
That sounds awesome, Cary! I will definitely try out that version on my low carb diet. Thanks for sharing.
Cary D says
Your welcome Jessica, i would also suggest ground pork rinds as a breading.
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Jesse C Cohoon says
Would it be possible to bake these? If so, at what temperature and for how long?
Melanie says
These lived up to the rating, loved these. Following a low carb diet and two of these were perfect for dinner with a low carb marinara. Also, first time using the Cool Daddy deep fryer (about $33.00 on Amazon) and it is so worth the price..
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Juana says
Can these be frozen after they are made?
Jessica Pinney says
I have never tried freezing them, but I don’t see why you couldn’t. If you try it out, please let me know how it goes.
Juana says
Thanks, I’ll get back.
Shannon says
I made them lo carb with pork rinds seasoned the same without the flour sooo delicious
Jen says
I made these in the air fryer and they were pretty good. I sprayed with olive oil and cooked 400 degrees for 6min, flipped and sprayed with olive oil and cooked for another 6min.
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melanie says
These were amazing
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