Fried Ravioli can be made as a side dish or appetizer, and is great with any Italian meal. Crispy on the outside and cheesy on the inside, we love serving it with warm Marinara.
Crunchy, cheesy and delicious perfectly describe these fried ravioli. If you like fried zucchini or fried mac and cheese, you’ll also love this simple dish.
Deep Fried and Delicious
Do you like RAVIOLI?? It’s not something I grew up having it often, but it’s something I’ve cooked more often being a mom whose kids love pasta and cheese!
You may not remember the Cheesy Ravioli Bake I posted awhile back, but that was a huge hit for the family! I knew the family loved Ravioli so I decided to make some Fried Ravioli, just like we made our Fried Zucchini. Not only was it simple, but it was delicious!
The family especially loved this recipe and with some warm Marinara sauce, which made these bite-sized beauties hard to resist. If you’re looking for a simple appetizer or even a side dish for your Italian meal, I highly suggest trying this one out. It’s delicious!!
How to Make Fried Ravioli
Begin by heating up some oil on medium heat.
While that’s heating up, it’s important to create breading for the ravioli. To do that, pour milk into a bowl as well a cup of flour into a bowl or bag and the same for bread crumbs.
Add ravioli to the milk making sure it gets all wet. Add to flour, shake around until it’s coated and then back into the milk, followed by the bag of bread crumbs. Shake until coated and then add to hot oil to fry until golden brown.
Sprinkle toasted ravioli with Parmesan cheese while warm and serve with marinara sauce.
Changing it Up
This recipe can be changed up easily based on spices you add to your mix or even by the bread crumbs (there are several varieties of bread crumbs. We often like to use Panko for frying which is another alternative.
You can also use different types of ravioli. We used a standard cheese-filled, but you can use meat-filled or another favorite is the spinach and cheese filled.
Different dips can also be used for this recipe, including our homemade ranch.
Want to make it a meal? Serve it over some pasta with some spaghetti or marinara sauce. 😉
We hope you love this recipe as much as our family did. It’s hard not to love fried food, so we have a feeling you’ll enjoy this dish.
For more Italian sides, check out:
Fried Ravioli Recipe
Ingredients
- olive oil for frying
- 1 package ravioli store bought
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- marinara
Instructions
- Heat oil to medium heat.
- Throw 10 Raviolis at a time into a bowl of milk. Make sure all sides get wet.
- From there add to a a gallon bag of flour, and then shake around. Add back to milk to make sure all sides are wet and then into a bag of breadcrumbs. Shake around.
- Add to oil and dry until golden brown. Place on a plate with paper towel to help drain oil. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Repeat process until all the pieces are breaded and fried. Serve immediately. ENJOY!
Ooooohhh… this is not a good thing for me to know! I LOVE fried ravioli so much!
LOL!! I do too!! 🙁 It’s all about moderation, right?!
Although these little pillows of deliciousness are fried, they are actually referred to as Toasted Ravioli. As a St. Louisan (where these bites were created), they can be found in most restaurants and a whole section in freezer section of the grocery store. Yum!
They are so good! Thanks for stopping by!!
This is actually called Toasted Ravioli in St. Louis. It’s a dish that St. Louis is known for, and oh so good.
Someone just today mentioned that 🙂 I love hearing about these little facts! Thanks so much!
We love fried ravioli!!! I actually have never tried to make it. We usually go out to get it. I’m going to have to try and make it at home. Super delicious!!
It’s delicious and great, because you can make it whenever you want 🙂 Hope you give it a try. I’d love to know what you think!
Hi Luna,
These look really good and I’d love to try them, but I have a couple of questions first. One, what kind of ravioli is required for this? Our stores sell both fresh and frozen ravioli, and I’m not sure which one I would need to get. Two, has your family ever tried freezing these after they’re fried? I live alone (busy college student), so I like to make batches of food and then freeze them in individual portions to pull out and re-heat for dinner throughout the month, and was wondering how well this recipe might hold up in the freezer.
Thanks so much for sharing such a delicious looking recipe!
Oh, they are so good!! I used cheese ravioli, but really it could be any kind. You can change it up 🙂 And, I think I had just the cold pkg ones (not frozen, although, you could get frozen & un-thaw them first) I haven’t tried freezing them, but I’m sure they’d be fine 🙂 Hope that helps!!
Thank you, it helps a lot! I won’t be making these for a couple months, but I’ll come back and post on how they all turn out. Cheers (:
Thanks Fayth!
My hubby went nuts for these!
great dish, haven’t had these in years, thank you for the reminder and he recipe
These were a hit!! I love how easy they were to make & so much better than the frozen ones from the store. They were crisp, yet still soft & gone in minutes!
I absolutely love fried ravioli! It’s so crispy, cream, and delicious!
Mmmm these look like the perfect grab and dunk appetizers for game day or pre meal! Love it!
Frying it makes such a difference! In love!
I made this as an appetizer and it was increDIBLE~ EVERYOnE LOVED IT!
Wow! I know what I will be having for dinner tonight! These look like little bites of heaven!
My kids love regular ravioli I cannot wait to try this fried version. I appreciate all the helpful info you include!
My kids and their FRIENDS LOVED these. They were so simple to make and really tasty!
a Nice little change from fried zucchini. Your family will love the nice crunch and easy to put together.
These are the perfect appetizer. Yum!!
We are doing appetizers for Christmas this year and I’m thinking we should do an Italian theme and these would be perfect! I can’t wait to make them again.
This was a great idea. Wish I had stopped after the flour. And I over cooked it. The flavor was good. Next time I will only cook for a few mins. It did not come out like the pic.
Thanks for the feedback and for giving the recipe a try!
Hi KRISTYN, This recipe looks delicious… I’m planning on making this. My question though ? How much Olive Oil is needed ?
Just enough to layer a pan to fry… so kind of depend on the size of your pans. 🙂