How to Make Fried Ice Cream Like a Chef
Learn how to fry like Joshua Weissman.
Joshua Weissman•
Aug 26, 2025
Ingredients (7)
Directions
Place a small baking tray into a freezer for at least 1 hour. Once the tray has frozen, place 1 scoop of ice cream (1 scoop) onto the baking tray and place into the freezer for 3-4 hours.
While the ice cream is freezing, prepare a 3-tier breading station with crushed corn flakes (1 cup), egg wash, and flour (1 cup) in 3 separate containers.
Coat the ice cream (1 scoop) in flour (1 cup), then egg wash. Roll the ice cream (1 scoop) in the crushed corn flakes (1 cup) so that it is fully coated. Roll the coated ice cream in egg wash, then again in the cornflakes (1 cup) to fully coat.
Place the breaded ice cream (1 scoop) back onto the cold baking tray and leave in the freezer overnight.
Preheat canola oil (2 quarts) in a heavy bottomed pot or Dutch oven to 350°F. Once the oil is hot, gently lower the ice cream (1 scoop) straight from the freezer into the hot oil. Fry until crispy and deepening in color.
Transfer to a wire rack-lined baking tray and season lightly with salt.
