These Tequeños are perfect to make as an appetizer or to share with your friends. Forget about regular mozzarella sticks and cook something different!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup of butter
- 1/4 cup of water
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- A pinch of salt
- 12 oz of cheese, one large cube
- Oil to fry
Instructions:
- In a bowl, sift the all purpose flour, baking powder and salt. This step is important to avoid lumps in the dough. Stir to combine.
- Melt the butter either in the microwave or over low heat. Set aside to cool down.
- In a large flat surface, place the all purpose flour mixture in the shape of a mountain. With your finger, create a hole in the center, like making a volcano.
- In a cup whisk the egg and pour it inside the volcano.
- Also, pour inside the volcano the room temperature butter and water. It might look messy but it is really easy and fun to make.
- With your hands, start to incorporate the all purpose flour with the wet ingredients. Mix until you get an even dough ball. If you need more liquid, add a bit of water and keep mixing.
- Knead the dough for about 5-8 minutes until no sticky.
- Sprinkle more all purpose flour over the flat surface and roll the dough to about 1/4 inch thick.
- Cut dough stripes of about one finger wide.
- The cheese needs to be a firm one that melts easily but that you can also cut in a stick and it will keep the shape.
- Cut cheese sticks a little bit less wide than the dough stripes.
- Wrap the cheese stick with the doug stripe and make sure to press the end points to close the tequeño.
- In a large skillet, over medium heat, add the oil.
- When hot, cook the tequeños until completely golden.
- Serve with your favorite dips!