Deep. Fried. Matzo. Balls. Deep Fried Matzo Balls!! 
Are y’all big football fans? I grew up in Connecticut (no team, the Patriots don’t count), went to a high school best at tennis (no Friday Night Lights here), and then a college (Emory, go Eagles!) with no team either. Not even a bad one, no team. So maybe I never got the proper exposure to the sport.
But now that I am a Texan, or at least live in Texas (Amy, you’ll never be a Texan), I have embraced football whole-heartedly. Okay, at least the tailgating and noshes. But it’s a start! Every home game, UT campus turns to a sea of burnt orange, and last Saturday I was there in full regalia. And by regalia, I mean longhorn knee-high socks and a big ole belt buckle. I often wonder if aliens landed at a particular time, what would they think of we humans? I’m pretty sure during a tailgate, they would abort the mission and report back that there are no signs of intelligent life on Earth.
Fun fact. I’ve tailgated dozens of times, but never made it to a UT game until this year!! And we even won!
Even though I don’t know everything about the rules of football, I do know a thing or two about football food. Namely, that when in doubt, fry. And what could be better than fried matzo balls?
That’s rhetorical, of course. Because the answer is nothing. I added chives to my balls, but you can get super crafting with different fillings and seasonings. Maybe stuffed with cream cheese and sprinkled with everything bagel spice???
I used Lipton Kosher mix, so these are super quick and easy to make. Just mix, simmer them as you normally would, dry, bread, and fry. #liptonkosher
Resist the urge to eat them all pre-fry. Or not.
Welcome to my fry station.
Oh heck yes.
Nothing like that first bite! I won’t tell you how many I ate post-photoshoot.
Ta da! Served with a spicy aioli, it’s Jewish meets Texas meets my mouth.
Deep Fried Matzo Balls
Ingredients
For Matzo Balls
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons chives, minced, plus more for garnish
- 1 packet Lipton Kosher Matzo Ball Mix
- 10 cups water or broth
For Deep Fried Matzo Balls
- 1 cup all-purpose flour or potato starch
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cups Panko bread crumbs or matzo meal
- Oil for frying
For Sauce
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon sriracha (or your favorite hot sauce)
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
Instructions
- Whisk together 2 of the eggs and 1 tablespoon vegetable oil with a fork in a medium bowl. Then add chives and matzo ball soup mix and stir to combine.
- Refrigerate for 10 minutes. While the mix is chilling, bring 10 cups of water or broth to a boil in a medium stock pot. Wet hands and form batter into 12-15 1-inch balls.
- Carefully place balls in the stock pot and lower to a simmer. Simmer for 15 minutes, turning balls occasionally, until cooked through and the balls expand.
- Set aside and let cool.
- Whisk together mayo, sriracha, lime juice and salt to taste in a small bowl.
- Set aside three large, shallow bowls. In one, mix flour (or potato starch), salt and pepper. In another, mix remaining 2 eggs. Put the Panko or matzo meal in the third.
- One at a time, place the balls in the flour, and dusk off any excess, then the egg, and lastly coat in Panko. It helps to use one hand for wet ingredients and one for dry.
- Meanwhile, heat 2-3 inches of oil up in a medium stock pot to 350 degrees F. Fry matzo balls in batches, about 5-6 minutes, until golden.
- Let cool on cooling rack slightly, plate, garnish with salt and chives, and eat immediately with spicy aioli!
I partnered with Knorr/Lipton Kosher on this post. Thanks for your support. Jew are my favorite!
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I think, if you have any “SINGLE” friends that you might want to introduce them to my son. He can be located at…
https://www.facebook.com/eric.aschendorf.9
I have to do this because I am a Jewish father but PLEASE, do not let him know that I did this or he would go ballistic.
This is amazing. Where does he live?
Shreveport, LA
Ooh tricky. Not many Jews there.
I grew up in a non-orthodox Jewish home (don’t know a better way to describe it). I later accepted y’shua as my Mashiyach but not exactly Christian or Messianic Jewish. I generally describe myself as a Completed Jew; a Jew who is completed through his Mashiyach. He then grew up in a home with me and a Christian wife. He grew up going to church & eventually to a Catholic college because they offered him a scholarship to play football. Now I would describe him as believing but not attached to any religious group. Where his level of commitment is, I simply couldn’t say & be honest about it. I know that the more I study the more Jewish I become in many ways. I understand much more of Judaism today than I ever knew growing up.
Well it’s certainly nice to know where you come from, and then decide how observant you want to be. Good luck to him! Has he tried online dating? It’s all the rage!
Thanks. I doubt that he has. I believe he is NEARLY resigned to being single all his life.
Do you have an update? JDate; Saw You at Sinai and then you can find some Jews on the standard dating sites like Bumble. – a Jewish mother adding her two cents!
I use Telma Matzoh Ball Mix. I guess I just make them like the box says then bread and deep fry. Can’t wait to try them.
Chag Sameach!
That should work great!
These are sooooo good!!!! Wow! Thanks for the awesome recipe!
Yay so glad!!
Feast of UN leavened bread? Yes. I was disappointed to see leaven in the ingredients of the Lipton box. And it says “kosher for Passover.”
But the recipe is awesome. ?
Thanks! These are for after-Pesach 🙂
Do you have a kosher for Passover version? These were a hit at my Hanukkah party and I’d love to serve them at our sedar. Thanks!
These use matzah meal but aren’t as good ha https://whatjewwannaeat.com/deep-fried-matzo-balls-with-wasabi-cream-sauce/
Amy, it’s “us humans” not “we humans”. What would aliens think of US?
Glad you like the recipe!
So I have leftover Matzah balls from my seder. I was thinking how good they would be fried but I need them kosher for passover – so no Panko. I was thinking either use the other package of matzah ball soup mix or crushing matzah for the coating. Thoughts?
Yes I have tried matzah meal before and it’s good but not as good. Let me know if you try the matzah ball mix!
Margaret, I would probably use crushed Passover farfel
and/or Passover potato starch.
I saw KP Panko crumbs at the kosher Kroger grocery store this year. Check again. My grandson has Celiac so I got Gluten Free Kosher for Passover Panko Crumbs.
Great! That would work too.
Can’t wait to try this
You’ll love them!
Can I use an air fryer
I haven’t tried it but I know people have and said it worked!
Y’all! Wrong, just wrong, could have bee right, but oh so wrong! First off, Lipton? WTF Lipton makes a matzo ball mix now? Bandwagon! If you’re going to use a cheat mix, use Manischewitz or Streit’s! I’m all for a Passover – Chanukah fusion, y’all, I’d even eat a fried matzo ball on a stick at a fair, but y’all crossed the line with adding cream cheese! Cream cheese is for bagels and lox! Don’t even get me started again about the goyisha brand! Y’all!!!
They dipped it in RANCH DRESSING!!! **** faints****
Thanks for your helpful comment! There is no cream cheese or ranch dressing in this recipe so not sure what you are referring to. Either way, you sound like a joy to be around- Happy Hanukkah!
They sound so good I am going to make them this week. Thank you.
Awesome- hope you enjoy!