Crab Rangoon Mozzarella Sticks
Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 (8 ounce) package imitation crabmeat, chopped
- ¼ cup sliced green onions
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 ¾ cups panko bread crumbs
- 2 cups vegetable oil for frying, or as needed
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Instructions
- Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper so the paper hangs over the sides of the pan.
- Stir together cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, crabmeat, green onions, powdered sugar, salt, and garlic powder in a bowl until combined. Transfer to the prepared pan, spreading to an even layer. Freeze for 30 minutes.
- Lift cream cheese mixture from the pan using the parchment paper. Cut the frozen block in half, then cut each half crosswise into 8 sticks (you will have sixteen 4x1-inch sticks.)
- Put flour in a shallow dish. Beat eggs and water together in a second shallow dish. Put panko in a third shallow dish.
- Dredge each cream cheese stick in flour; shake off excess. Dip into egg mixture, then lift up so excess egg drips back into the bowl. Press into panko to coat both sides. Place the breaded sticks on a baking sheet and freeze for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).
- Add 1 ½ inches of oil to a medium saucepan. Heat oil to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Fry 3 or 4 sticks at a time until golden brown, about 1 minute. (Keep uncooked sticks in freezer until ready to fry.)
- Drain fried sticks on paper towels, then transfer to a baking sheet and keep warm in the preheated oven. Repeat to fry remaining sticks.
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