Cheese stick consists of cheese, mixed herbs, and a nice coat of bread crumbs. Go through my easy guide to make cheese sticks at home.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Cheese sticks can be a perfect evening snack made from fresh ingredients and coated precisely.
- Serve them hot with tomato ketchup, green chutney, mayonnaise, or even with salad, onion rings, or lemon wedges.
- The cheese sticks taste creamy and cheesy with the cheese melting in your mouth.
- Try chicken sticks, vegetable sticks, bread sticks, paneer sticks, egg sticks, or fish sticks for a somewhat similar taste.
How to Make Cheese Sticks? (Step by Step Guide with Images)
Step 1: Take 8 bread slices and flatten each bread slice on both sides using a rolling pin.
(Pro tip: Each cheese stick will need one bread slice to make. So, take as many bread slices as cheese sticks you want to make).
Step 2: Cut the edges of each flattened bread slice. Repeat for all bread slices. Put them aside.
(Pro tip: Do not throw the cut edges of the bread slices away. You can roast them a bit and grind them to make the bread crumbs needed to coat the cheese sticks if you do not want to use the store-bought variants).
Step 3: Take the string cheese pieces on a plate. Put one piece of cheese string or cheese finger on one end. Roll it.
(Pro tip: If you do not have cheese strings, you may use mozzarella or cheddar cheese as well. Cut them in the desired finger shape).
Step 4: Apply water on the open end. Close it nicely.
Step 5: Apply water on the ends and close them properly as well.
Step 6: Repeat the steps for the other end and complete making the cheese stick. Keep them all aside on a plate.
Step 7: Crack 1 egg in a bowl. Add 2 tbsp of milk and a pinch of salt.
Step 8: Beat it nicely with a fork. Keep aside when done.
Step 9: Take a sufficient amount of bread crumbs in another bowl. Add ½ tsp of mixed herbs. Mix it nicely. (This is however optional).
Step 10: Coat each cheese stick with the egg wash nicely.
Step 11: Put it in the bowl of bread crumbs. Use your hands to coat it nicely on all sides.
Step 12: Keep it on a plate. Repeat the steps. Keep all on a plate. Refrigerate them for an hour.
(Pro tip: Refrigerating the cheese sticks will allow the bread crumbs to set properly and not come off while frying).
Step 13: Take enough cooking oil in a kadai. Heat on a high flame. Release each coated piece of cheese sticks carefully when the oil is hot. Fry for 2 minutes on a medium flame. Flip them gently. Cook for another 2 minutes or so. Remove when they are golden brown in color on all sides.
(Pro tip: You may put them on a plate laid with a piece of tissue paper to absorb the excess oil).
Step 14: Your delicious cheese sticks are ready. Lay them on a plate and serve hot with tomato ketchup or any green chutney.
Recipe Card
Cheese Stick Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 pieces string cheese
- 8 slices bread or as many cheese sticks as you want to make, one for each stick
- 1 piece egg
- 2 tbsp milk
- Salt A pinch
- Bread crumbs An adequate amount
- ½ tsp mixed herbs optional
- Cooking oil An adequate amount
Instructions
- Take 8 bread slices and flatten each bread slice on both sides using a rolling pin. (Pro tip: Each cheese stick will need one bread slice to make. So, take as many bread slices as cheese sticks you want to make).
- Cut the edges of each flattened bread slice. Repeat for all bread slices. Put them aside. (Pro tip: Do not throw the cut edges of the bread slices away. You can roast them a bit and grind them to make the bread crumbs needed to coat the cheese sticks if you do not want to use the store-bought variants).
- Take the string cheese pieces on a plate. Put one piece of cheese string or cheese finger on one end. Roll it. (Pro tip: If you do not have cheese strings, you may use mozzarella or cheddar cheese as well. Cut them in the desired finger shape).
- Apply water on the open end. Close it nicely.
- Apply water on the ends and close them properly as well.
- Repeat the steps for the other end and complete making the cheese stick. Keep them all aside on a plate.
- Crack 1 egg in a bowl. Add 2 tbsp of milk and a pinch of salt.
- Beat it nicely with a fork. Keep aside when done.
- Take a sufficient amount of bread crumbs in another bowl. Add ½ tsp of mixed herbs. Mix it nicely. (This is however optional).
- Coat each cheese stick with the egg wash nicely.
- Put it in the bowl of bread crumbs. Use your hands to coat it nicely on all sides.
- Keep it on a plate. Repeat the steps. Keep all on a plate. Refrigerate them for an hour. (Pro tip: Refrigerating the cheese sticks will allow the bread crumbs to set properly and not come off while frying).
- Take enough cooking oil in a kadai. Heat on a high flame. Release each coated piece of cheese sticks carefully when the oil is hot. Fry for 2 minutes on a medium flame. Flip them gently. Cook for another 2 minutes or so. Remove when they are golden brown in color on all sides. (Pro tip: You may put them on a plate laid with a piece of tissue paper to absorb the excess oil).
- Your delicious cheese sticks are ready. Lay them on a plate and serve hot with tomato ketchup or any green chutney.
