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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 4 Minutes |
Ready In: 34 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour |
5 large eggs |
1 cup buttermilk |
1 1/2 teaspoons salt |
1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper |
20 saltine crackers |
4 cups kettle cooked potato chips |
1 can chopped pork and ham product (recommended: spam) |
handful sliced pickles |
2 pounds cream cheese |
all-purpose flour for hands |
vegetable oil, for frying |
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Directions:
1. Batter: Combine all of the ingredients in a medium mixing bowl.
2. Breading: Pulse the crackers and potato chips in a food processor until finely ground. Transfer the mixture to a shallow bowl.
3. Filling: Cut the canned meat into chunks and put it into a food processor with the pickle slices. Pulse until the mixture becomes chunky. Do not overmix.
4. Roll pieces of the cream cheese into 1 1/2-ounce balls with floured hands to avoid sticking. Fatten each ball with the palm of your hand. Portion out the meat mixture to match the amount of cheese balls. Put a portion of the meat into the middle of a cheese ball and fold the cheese over the meat to enclose. Once you have a ball formed, dip it in the batter and then roll it in the cracker mixture. Repeat with the remaining cheese balls and meat.
5. Heat about 1-inch of vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Gently fry the bites, in batches, until golden brown. Remove them from the oil to a serving platter and enjoy!
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