- Average
- Average budget
Ingredients
- 2 cups leftover macaroni and cheese
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
Step 1
Make sure leftover macaroni and cheese is really cold.
I suggest putting it in the freezer for about 20 minutes before preparing.
While the macaroni and cheese is chilling in the freezer, get out three bowls.
Add flour to one bowl, the egg to another, and the breadcrumbs to the remaining bowl.
Whisk the egg slightly to break it up. Season the flour with salt and pepper to taste.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare a cookie sheet by lining it with aluminum foil .
Drizzle one tablespoon of olive oil on aluminum foil and spread around to coat the foil evenly.
When macaroni is chilled, remove from freezer. Scoop a tablespoon amount of macaroni and cheese and roll it around in your hands to make sure the ball is tightly packed.
You want each ball to be uniform in size, about 1 or 1.5 inches in diameter.
Roll each ball through the flour, then the egg, and lastly the breadcrumbs.
Place on prepared cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes. Remove cookie sheet from oven, flip the macaroni balls over, and bake another 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown.
Serve warm with various dipping sauces.