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- Who doesn't like cheese sticks?
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Mozzarella sticks, fried cheese sticks?
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Well, we all love them at our house,
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and so I'm gonna share a recipe with y'all
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that these are really good done in the air fryer,
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but you'll wanna freeze them
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because you want them to cook before they can melt.
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And I've got Parmesan cheese in this dish
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and I've got seasoned bread crumbs,
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and I'm just gonna mix those together.
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And I've got corn starch in this bag,
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corn starch, not flour, so.
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I'm gonna shake our frozen breadstick in the cornstarch,
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shaking off the excess,
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and then I'm gonna roll it in our egg.
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And then I'm gonna roll it in our breadcrumbs
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and we're gonna cook this in the air fryer.
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And I decided to go ahead and preheat our air fryer
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'cause I want them to start browning from the get-go.
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You wanna make sure you get those covered really good.
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'Cause it's funny, you can easily miss a spot.
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And you wanna work these in batches of like six,
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which that's all I'm gonna make for us right now
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because I'll wound up eating them.
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I'll wind up, not wound up.
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I'll wind up eating them.
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So we're gonna cook these for about seven minutes
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and then we're gonna turn them, seven to 10 minutes,
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I will watch them closely.
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And the whole time we're gonna be opening
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and checking on them and spraying it,
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You know, your hands get messed up
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so hard to keep going.
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We got one more and then we're gonna put them
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I know you can buy these frozen,
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and probably already done like this,
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sometimes I just like doing things like this myself,
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that way I know what's going on.
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'cause you know you can buy your cheese
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in these little sticks,
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so that makes it so, so easy,
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if you're wanting a quick, little appetizer.
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Okay, I'm gonna put these in our air fryer
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and I'm not gonna crowd them.
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I don't want them to stick together.
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- [Eddie] So if you were to cook this in the oven,
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would you still cook it at the same temperature?
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- Probably, because, you know, Eddie,
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these are gonna mail melt (laughs)
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and you want them brown before they're completely melted.
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So I'm turning these over
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and I'm gonna spray them on all sides.
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I've got it set on 400 and I'm gonna set it,
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I'm gonna go ahead and set it for 10 minutes
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because that's about how long I set my air fryer
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Let me share with you what I had for breakfast this morning,
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I had some homemade pimento cheese,
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and I got a piece of my bread, you know, just regular bread,
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and I smeared it with a thin layer
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of my homemade pimento cheese and it was so good.
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So sometimes, things like that,
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you can just, so quick, and easy, and delicious.
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Now, I don't know if y'all have my air fryer cookbook or not
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but this recipe is in my air fryer cookbook,
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along with many, many more easy and delicious recipes.
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So you're not getting any fat or oils from,
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So we're gonna keep checking these
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and just see how they do.
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I'm getting water all over my cookbook,
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those pages they'll be sticking together.
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All right, so I'm gonna peek in here and look.
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Ooh, they're getting brown, Eddie.
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See them, they're getting brown.
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Cheese sticks for everybody.
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Look at these cheese sticks. (laughs)
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Ooh, ow, I just burned myself on the side.
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Now you'll definitely wanna make sure
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that you freeze these.
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That one lost its shape. (laughs)
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You'll definitely wanna make sure
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that you freeze your cheese real good.
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Now I opened this and sprayed it,
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ooh, gosh, two or three times.
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And I think I'm gonna have to let these cool
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a little bit in here so I can get them out.
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But look how good those look.
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And I'll just test this little gooped-up one.
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Oh, look how good that would be along
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with spaghetti and meatballs.
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Eddie, would you have a cheese stick?
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A folded over cheese stick?
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- [Paula] Do you want something to dip your yours in?
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- Well, normally, I just serve them with a marinara,
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and since this is quick and easy,
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I want a quick and easy marinara.
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So that's what I normally do.
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But they're awfully good just plain.
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So next time you're hungry for cheese,
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go to the grocery store and get you chick sticks.
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Chicks, (laughs) sticks.
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Or you could, if you have block cheese,
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you could slice your cheese,
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but those sticks just make it so easy.
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I don't have those on too pretty,
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but it won't stop this crew this from eating them.
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A cheese stick for all of us, all three.
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Love and best dishes, y'all. (laughs)
