Standalone Cooking Segment: Dorito-Coated Cheese Sticks (Patreon)

Ingredients:

• 1 8oz block of mozzarella cheese

• 1 pint buttermilk

• About 2 cups of flour for dredge

• One quarter-cup of Italian bread seasoning

• 1 family-size bag of the Doritos of your choice

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Instructions (simplified):

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Instructions (expanded)

• slice mozzarella into small, thin sticks no heavier than one ounce each. set aside and prepare breading station

• to set up breading: mix flour and bread seasoning in one bowl for dredge, in another bowl pour in pint of buttermilk and whisk in about half a cup of the dredge to thicken, and for the final station use a food processor attachment on a hand blender to pulverize all your Doritos into small crumbs.

• Dredge, wash, and coat cheese sticks in crushed Doritos and set aside on a parchment paper lined sheet tray. Place in freezer for at least overnight but preferably 24 hours.

• Air fry cheese sticks at 350 degrees F for no more than 10 minutes, optionally turning in the middle of cooking. It helps to do these in smaller batches.

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