Potato Cheese Balls Recipe
Make your own version of this potato cheese balls recipe to elevate your foods for snacks. It is very easy to cook, you’ll remember each step with just one try.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
This recipe uses a mozzarella or cheddar cheese. Mozzarella is a type of curd cheese, which originated in southern Italy. Unlike other types of cheese, mozzarella is not aged in fact, it can be eaten as fresh as within few hours after it's made. An alternative to a mozzarella cheese for this recipe is a cheddar cheese, which is also very common at stores. Cheddar cheese is the most purchased and eaten type of cheese worldwide. Unlike mozzarella, cheddar cheese is aged which may range from 9 - 24 months. If the cheese is too young, the cheese will have a smooth texture, but if it's cured properly the texture for cheddar cheese is slightly crumbly and its taste gets sharper as it matures.
With just one round of cooking, you will remember each step in making this super easy potato cheese balls. This recipe is beginner friendly, which utilizes the common ingredients in your pantry. Elevate your foods during snacks time with this recipe, your kids will surely look forward for Sundays or family events if this is one your options served at the table.
Interesting Facts about Cheese
The word "cheese" is derived from a Latin word "caseus" which means "to ferment or to sour".
As early as 8000 BCE (Before Common Era/ Before Christ), cheese production already existed, when sheeps were first domesticated.
There are multiple types of cheese available in the market such as hard cheese, soft cheese, processed cheese, cream cheese, blue cheese, feta cheese, and others.
Among the countries with really high number of cheese consumption are France, Germany, United States, Italy, and Finland.
Depending on the type of cheese it is, cheese is made primarily from milk of animals such as cows, buffaloes, sheep, goats, horses, or camel.
Ingredients
- 3 pcs medium-sized potatoes
- 3 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- Salt
- Mozzarella cheese or Cheddar cheese sliced into cubes
- 1 cup flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup bread crumbs
Directions
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Peel the potatoes and boil until soft. Mash it and add the milk, onion powder, and salt then mix everything well.
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Scoop out a tablespoon of the potato mixture and form a circle and add the cheese cubes at the center and roll it on your hands to form a ball.
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Coat with flour, then onto the egg and lastly coat with bread crumbs.
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Heat a frying pan and deep fry the potato balls in medium heat for 7-8 minutes. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce!
