Cheese Curds are fresh, milky, and salty. Their outer texture turns out crispy when fried while inside remains cheesy, gooey, and delicious. Cheese Curds have started to gain popularity due to their unique taste.
Cheese Curds are healthy as well. Due to milky content, they are packed with nutrients. You can fry cheese curds and enjoy these unique snacks anytime.
An air fryer will aid you if you want to fry cheese curds instantly and healthily. The air fryer can fry cheese curds in a few minutes and preserve their nutritional value.
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How Can I Prepare Cheese Curds for Frying?
You cannot fry cheese curds directly. Before frying, coat the cheese curds well. Coating cheese curds requires three steps. Here is how you do it:
- Step I: First of all, coat cheese curds with flour.
- Step II: After flour coating, coat cheese curds with egg.
- Step III: Coat cheese curds with breadcrumbs now.
The Air fryer cheese curds, coated with flour, egg, and breadcrumbs, are a delectable snack to munch on!
Is it Necessary to Coat Cheese Curds with Egg?
Cheese Curds melt when you air fry them. Hence, they need a firm coating around them. If you do not coat them with eggs, you will not be able to cover them with breadcrumbs. Hence, a light coating of the egg is necessary. Otherwise, cheese curds will explode, and your air fryer will become messy.
Can Overweight People Devour Cheese Curds?
Cheese Curds are beneficial for overweight people. Overweight people can devour them in raw form. If you eat cheese curds in raw form, the linoleic acid present in cheese curd will show its magic. This acid is known to have weight loss capacity. It can burn fat. Hence, cheese curds promote weight loss when you eat them raw.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups panko breadcrumbs
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- 8 ounces cheese cruds
- Non-Stick Cooking Spray
Instructions
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with waxed paper. Set aside.
- In a shallow bowl, place the flour.
- In a second shallow bowl, beat the eggs lightly.
- In a third shallow bowl, add the breadcrumbs, garlic powder and cayenne pepper and mix well.
- Coat cheese curds with flour, then dip into beaten eggs and finally coat with breadcrumb mixture.
- Arrange the coated cheese curd into the prepared baking sheet.
- Slide the Air Fryer Basket inside and adjust the temperature to 350 °F to preheat for 5 minutes.
- Lightly spray the curds with cooking spray.
- After preheating, arrange the baking sheet into the Air Fryer Basket.
- Slide the basket into Air Fryer and set the time for 10 minutes.
- After 7 minutes of cooking, flip the curds.
- After cooking time is finished, remove the baking sheet from Air Fryer and place the curds onto a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
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