Ricotta Stuffed Fried Lasagna

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Are you even truly Southern if you don’t fry everything? This Ricotta Stuffed Fried Lasagna is a different spin on traditional lasagna, but it’s still tasty!

Each lasagna noodle is stuffed with a ricotta/mozzarella cheese mixture and then breaded and fried until golden. We sprinkled grated parmesan cheese on top and then dipped them into warm marinara sauce. They were SO good!

Here’s everything you need:

• Lasagna noodles
• ricotta cheese
• eggs
• minced garlic
• kosher salt
• pepper
• shredded mozzarella cheese
• all-purpose flour
• Italian bread crumbs
• vegetable oil, for frying
• grated parmesan, for garnish (optional)
• marinara sauce, warmed, for dipping
• cooking spray

Start by cooking your lasagna noodles according to the directions on the package. Cook a few more noodles than called for, as some tend to tear apart while cooking and handling. This way, you will have enough “good noodles” for the recipe. Drain the noodles when they have finished cooking, and run cool water over them. This will stop the cooking process and cool them down for you to handle them.

Lightly grease a baking sheet with cooking spray, and place the noodles in an even layer on top. I just placed what I could fit, and when I was finished rolling these, I placed more down and repeated the process until I was done.

In a medium bowl, stir together the ricotta, 1 egg, garlic, and season with salt and pepper. If you don’t add salt, the filling will taste a little bland.

Spread a layer of the ricotta mixture onto each noodle. It should be a layer that is just thick enough to cover the noodle. You don’t want too much on there. Then sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese onto each noodle.

Fold each lasagna noodle three or four times to create a square. This is really all preference. I folded these four times, but next time I will only fold them three times. Four times makes them a little thicker and I think three times would make them easier to eat.

Once you have rolled them all up, place the pan into the freezer for 30 minutes, or until firm. This will help keep them from falling apart, and make them easier to bread and fry.

When you’re ready to cook them, put your flour, remaining 3 eggs, and bread crumbs into three separate shallow containers. Whisk the eggs until beaten and season the bread crumbs with salt and pepper. Again, if you don’t season the bread crumbs with salt, it will lack some flavor. Even with the Italian seasoned bread crumbs, they need to have a little more salt in my opinion.

Dredge each lasagna roll into the flour, then dip into the eggs, and finally toss them in the bread crumbs to coat them Then place them on a plate until you’re finished breading them and you’re ready to fry them.

In a large frying pan, add about 1 1/2 inches of oil and heat it over medium heat until it reaches about 350 degrees.

Using tongs, carefully add 3 to 4 lasagna rolls and cook until golden, about 2 to 3 minutes per side.

When finished cooking, place them on a paper towel lined plate or pan to drain, and continue frying in batches until all lasagna rolls are fried.

Garnish with grated parmesan if you would like and serve them up with warm marinara sauce.

Don’t ya just love fried stuff? And cheese? And dipping said cheese stuffed fried things into sauce?? I know I do! I’m the type of person who loves to have dipping sauce with almost everything I eat, and these hit the spot!

Hope you enjoy them as much as we did!

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• Copycat Olive Garden Fried Ravioli
• Baked Ravioli
• Filipino Lumpia
• Bacon Wrapped, Cheese Stuffed, Jalapeño Poppers

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