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Two cheese-filled fried dough balls are placed on a wooden board, with one split open, showing melted cheese. In the background, there is a basket with more dough balls, a small container of dip, and a honey dipper on a dark surface with a checkered cloth nearby.

Fried Biscuits (Disney Copycat)

These Fried Biscuits taste exactly like the spicy, cheesy biscuits found at Disney's California Adventure restaurant, Carthay Circle. Perfect little bites that are super easy to make at home!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Freeze Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 16 minutes
Servings: 32 Biscuits
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
  • 1 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
  • 4-5 tablespoons finely diced jalapeño from a jar, (not fresh)
  • 5-6 slices cooked bacon, finely chopped
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1-2 teaspoons milk, or as needed
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1 (16.3-ounce) tube large biscuits (8 count)
  • oil, for frying

Method
 

  1. Step 1: Cover a plate or tray with parchment paper. Set aside
  2. Step 2: Combine cheeses, jalapeno, bacon, egg, milk, salt, and pepper in a medium mixing bowl. Mix with a spoon until well combined. It will keep its shape when you squeeze it together firmly in your hand.
    A clear glass bowl holds a mixture of shredded cheese and bacon bits. A wooden spoon rests in the bowl, ready for stirring. The bowl is placed on a dark textured surface, with a white and black checkered cloth visible in the top left corner of the image.
  3. Step 3: Using a small cookie scoop, scoop a small ball (about the size of a typical bouncy ball) and roll it in your hands until it stays together and forms a smooth, tight ball. Repeat with the remaining cheese mixture. You should have about 32 balls.
    An image showing a tray with six cheese and meat mixture balls arranged on a baking sheet. A bowl with more of the mixture is next to the tray, and a scoop ladle with a portion of the mixture is positioned between the bowl and the balls on the tray.
  4. Step 4: Place the balls on the prepared tray. Cover with plastic wrap. Freeze for at least 6 hours or overnight.
    A baking sheet lined with parchment paper holds multiple rows of unbaked cheese balls. A piece of plastic wrap partially covers the cheese balls, indicating they are likely being prepared for baking or freezing. A black surface is visible around the baking sheet.
  5. Step 5: Remove cheese balls from the freezer. Open the biscuit dough.
    A tube of refrigerated Pillsbury Grands! Buttermilk biscuit dough is partially opened on a wooden cutting board. The dough is starting to spill out from the tube’s packaging.
  6. Step 6: Cut each biscuit into 4 sections. Flatten each section and wrap one around each cheese ball, rolling it in your hands to make sure there are no holes or seams. You want it to be smooth and round.
    A wooden cutting board with pieces of dough at various stages of preparation, including flat rounds, quartered sections, and small balls of dough. Some of the balls are coated with a mixture of shredded cheese and nuts. A knife lies to the right.
  7. Step 7: Heat oil in a deep fryer or skillet to 350 degrees F. Fry each ball until dark golden brown.
    A metal tray is lined with paper towels and filled with multiple evenly spaced, golden-brown, round fried dough balls. The dough balls have a uniform color and texture, indicating they were freshly fried.
  8. Step 8: Serve hot.
    A basket filled with golden brown fried balls of dough, inspired by a famous Disney restaurant's fried biscuits recipe, sits on parchment paper. Beside it, a small white bowl holds creamy sauce, and a wooden honey dipper rests nearby. A black and white checkered cloth is partially visible on the side.

Notes

  • If the cheese inside doesn’t seem to be completely melted, just pop them in the microwave for 10 seconds and they will be perfect. 
  • You can also serve them sweet with powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar, or honey butter. I like to mix our honey butter with a scoop of apricot jelly or strawberry jam.