Gluten Free Baked Mozzarella Sticks

Crunchy on the outside, gooey on the inside, plus these baked mozzarella sticks are gluten free!

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Baked Mozzarella Sticks

I don’t think I know anyone who doesn’t like mozzarella sticks. It was one of the hardest things for me to give up when I went gluten free. They were my go-to appetizer whenever we went out. I’m pretty sure they were the last thing that I ate before giving up gluten for life.

Once diagnosed with Celiac Disease I pretty much figured I would never eat one again. I knew I could make them, but it just seemed like a hassle. Mozzarella sticks are one of those things that when you want one, you don’t want to make a mess of the whole kitchen, you just want to eat them.

Fortunately, through some trial and error, I figured out a way to not only make them without having to fry anything, but also make them so you can just pull a few out of the freezer whenever you want!

Tips and Tricks

There are a couple of tricks to making amazing gluten free baked mozzarella sticks.

4 Step Breading Technique

Usually, I use a traditional 3 step breading technique when making fried or oven-fried foods, but I found that four steps worked much better for these gluten free mozzarella sticks. For these baked mozzarella sticks I did an egg, seasoned flour, egg, seasoned bread crumbs.

Season all the way

You can use your favorite gluten free all purpose flour (I love to use GF Jules) and season it well with salt, pepper, and a bit of garlic powder works well. For the breadcrumbs, I added a salt, pepper, and garlic powder. I prefer a finer bread crumb for these, such as Schar breadcrumbs.

The trick is to taste the gluten free breadcrumbs and flour before you start your dredging process. They need to be almost over seasoned to give really good flavor.

Freeze

To keep the cheese from melting before the bread crumbs have a chance to crisp up, the mozzarella sticks have to be frozen. The great part about this is that you can just freeze them until you’re ready to use them and then just pull out what you want.  

Baking

These are super easy to bake. All you need is your favorite cooking spray or one of those fancy bottles where you make your own oil spray. Spray the pan, place the mozzarella sticks, spray on top of them. After they have cooked for 5 minutes flip them and respray and cook 2-3 more minutes. Watch to make sure the cheese doesn’t start oozing out.

Enjoy these easy gluten free baked mozzarella sticks!

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Gluten Free Baked Mozzarella Sticks

Easy baked Gluten Free Mozzarella Sticks

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time8 minutes mins

Freezing Time2 hours hrs

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: comfort food

Servings: 4

Calories: 218kcal

Ingredients

• 8 mozzarella sticks
• 1/3 cup all purpose gluten free seasoned flour
• 2/3 cup gluten free bread crumbs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 whisked eggs
• Oil Spray

Instructions

• Cut mozzarella sticks in half.
• Using three bowls, set up a breading station with whisked eggs, seasoned gluten free flour, and bread crumbs mixed with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
• Dip mozzarella in egg, than flour, than egg, than bread crumbs.
• Place on a baking sheet and freeze for at least two hours (or bag and use whenever ready).
• Preheat oven to 400.
• Spray with cooking oil (such as PAM)
• Bake for 5 minutes.
• Turn.
• Bake for 2-3 more minutes.
• Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 218kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 1022mg | Potassium: 11mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 9IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg