Canned Ham Bites

Recipe courtesy Pat McDonough and Jeremy Woerner, owners Blue Door Pub in St. Paul, MN

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Total Time:
34 min
Prep
30 min
Cook
4 min
Yield:
varies depending on size
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

Bites Batter:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 5 large eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper

Bites-breading:

Bites- filling:

Directions

Batter: Combine all of the ingredients in a medium mixing bowl.

Breading: Pulse the crackers and potato chips in a food processor until finely ground. Transfer the mixture to a shallow bowl.

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.

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.

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!

  • This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

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  • on April 24, 2013

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    These are fantastic!!

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  • on May 02, 2012

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    These were very tasty. Quite a lot of work! You definitely can't eat more than a couple. This recipe makes about 20, so be sure to have a crowd if you plan on making these.

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  • on August 01, 2011

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    AMAZING! Easy to make, and impossible to resist!! The breading is super crunchy, the inside is total cheesy ooey gooey goodness and the combo of Spam and pickles is a surprisingly great combo! We intended these as appetizers, but they became the main course. A++

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