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Mozzarella sticks: 3 creator recipes compared

Most use flour, cayenne pepper and paprika. Some add mozzarella cheese or mozzarella sticks.

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Times are estimated preparation and cooking; chilling or resting is extra. Updated 5 November 2026.

Nashville Hot Mozzarella Sticks by Arsenio Eats, a frame from the Instagram video

Make this one first.

We put the most-saved version first: Arsenio Eats’s. These Nashville Hot Mozzarella Sticks are extra crispy on the outside and molten on the inside, coated in a spicy‑sweet hot oil that delivers a fiery kick. Freezing the sticks before frying ensures maximum crunch, and the quick brush of hot oil gives them their signature heat.

Nashville Hot Mozzarella Sticks from Arsenio Eats’s Instagram video

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Nashville Hot Mozzarella Sticks

Recipe from Arsenio Eats, from their Instagram videoWritten down by ReelsMeals from the caption and voiceover.

  • 25 min
  • Serves 3
  • 9 ingredients

The only one of the 3 with low-moisture mozzarella and breadcrumbs.

Ingredients

  • 3low‑moisture mozzarella
  • flour
  • 2eggs
  • 1 1/2 cupsbreadcrumbs
  • oil
  • 1/2 cupoil
  • 2 tbspcayenne pepper
  • 1 tsppaprika
  • 1 tspgarlic powder
  • 1 tbspbrown sugar

How it goes

  1. Slice the low‑moisture mozzarella into ½‑1 inch sticks, lightly dust them with flour, and freeze for 1 hour.

  2. Dip the frozen mozzarella sticks into the beaten eggs, coat with breadcrumbs, then dip again in eggs and breadcrumbs for a double coating.

  3. Heat oil to 350 °F and fry the mozzarella sticks straight from frozen for 2–3 minutes, until golden, crispy, and puffed; do not overcrowd the pan.

  4. While frying, combine the hot oil, cayenne pepper, paprika, garlic powder, and brown sugar to create the Nashville hot oil.

  5. Immediately after removing the sticks, brush or toss them in the hot oil while still steaming.

  6. Serve right away with ranch dressing.

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All 3, side by side.

From each creator’s recipe as we saved it. Time is the estimated preparation and cooking time; chilling is extra where they say so. Ingredient counts include everything on the list.

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3 mozzarella sticks recipes compared by estimated time, servings, ingredients, method and what only that version uses. Arsenio Eats’s, the one to make first, is highlighted.
VersionTime (est.)ServesIngredientsMethodOnly this one uses
Nashville Hot Mozzarella SticksArsenio Eats · make this one first25 min39Not clear from the stepslow-moisture mozzarella and breadcrumbs
Nashville Hot Mozzarella SticksAriana ౨ৎ25 min412Not clear from the stepsmozzarella cheese, italian breadcrumbs, onion powder and hot oil
Zero-Carb High-Protein Buffalo Chicken Mozzarella SticksiRick Wiggins17 min25Air fryermozzarella sticks, ground chicken, parmesan cheese and buffalo sauce

What they share.

  • All 3use egg.
  • 2 of 3use flour. iRick Wiggins’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use cayenne pepper. iRick Wiggins’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use paprika. iRick Wiggins’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use garlic powder. iRick Wiggins’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use brown sugar. iRick Wiggins’s version leaves it out.

Counted from each version’s ingredient list. Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out, and names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ.

  • How they cook it

    Only iRick Wiggins uses an air fryer.

  • Something only one of them uses

    Arsenio Eats is the only one to use low-moisture mozzarella and breadcrumbs. Ariana ౨ৎ is the only one to use mozzarella cheese, italian breadcrumbs, onion powder and hot oil. iRick Wiggins is the only one to use mozzarella sticks, ground chicken, parmesan cheese and buffalo sauce.

  • Time and list length

    iRick Wiggins uses the shortest ingredient list (5); Ariana ౨ৎ the longest (12).

All 3, with their videos.

Each one opens as a full recipe with the creator credited and the original video linked.

How this comparison works.

Every recipe here comes from a creator’s own video. ReelsMeals writes it down from the caption and the voiceover, and publishes it with the creator named and the original linked. When three or more versions of a dish from at least two creators are saved, the dish gets a page like this one. Reposts and the same video saved twice count once.

Times and servings come from the saved recipe cards and may be estimated. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken. We don’t rank them by taste: the version shown first is the one ReelsMeals cooks have saved most. Last updated 5 November 2026.

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