Olive Garden Toasted Ravioli

This Olive Garden toasted ravioli recipe is a family favorite appetizer recipe. As we are preparing our Christmas dinner we like to have appetizers like Olive Garden Fried Lasagna to enjoy. These toasted ravioli are one of our favorites to serve because they are easy to make.

Serve these toasted raviolis with a side of marinara sauce. Your family will be so impressed with these delicious copycat toasted raviolis. They are full of flavor and have the perfect crispy texture.

Why This Recipe Works

We love to make appetizers to serve before our holiday dinner. These toasted ravioli are perfect to serve with many different dipping sauces. These would be perfect served with a vegetable tray and a meat tray.

This copycat recipe starts with a bag of refrigerated raviolis and they are breaded with simple seasoning. The breading blends bread crumbs, Italian seasoning and flour and then deep fried to perfection.

They take minutes to prepare and cook so they can be ready when your guest arrive. Simple seasoning makes the best toasted ravioli.

Ingredients

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Recipe Variations

• Ravioli – There are different raviolis that you can make these toasted ravioli with. You can even use frozen ravioli, just make sure they are fully thawed before frying. You can even make cheese toasted ravioli.
• Seasoning – We used garlic powder in this recipe, but you can use garlic salt as a simple variation.
• Dipping Sauce – We love to serve with marinara sauce, but you can also use alfredo sauce or spaghetti sauce.
• Meat Sauce – If you have leftover meat sauce from your spaghetti dinner, use it as a dipping sauce for these roasted ravioli.
• Air Fryer – If you have an air fryer, place the breaded ravioli in your air fryer. We love using our air fryer and it cooks fast.
• Extra Spice – If you want your breading to have a little kick to it, add in a teaspoon of red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper.

How to Make Olive Garden Toasted Ravioli

• Step 1 – Heat Oil – Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot or deep fryer to 350 degrees F.

• Step 2 – Place flour and egg in bowls – Place the flour in a shallow bowl.  Whisk the eggs in a separate shallow bowl. 

• Step 3 – Combine Bread Crumbs ingredients – In a 3rd shallow bowl mix together the breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and garlic powder.

• Step 4 – Coat Raviolis – Then dip the ravioli in the flour, then in the eggs and then in the breadcrumb mixture (pressing it to coat the ravioli with the breading).

• Step 5 – Place Ravioli in hot oil – After the ravioli has been breaded, place it in the hot oil (working batches being careful not to overcrowd the pan) and cook for approximately 1-2 minutes per side until both sides are golden brown. 

• Step 6 – Place on paper towel – Then move them to a plate lined with paper towels to soak up the excess oil.

• Step 7 – Continue all fried – Continue this process until all the raviolis have been fried.

• Step 8 – Serve and Enjoy – Serve while warm topped with the fresh parsley and grated Parmesan Cheese with the marinara sauce for dipping.

Expert Tips

• Heat Oil – Before we start preparing the raviolis we heat the oil in the skillet. You want the oil to be hot before placing the breaded raviolis in the oil.
• Coating the Ravioli – Make sure to coat the ravioli in the egg, so the flour and the bread crumb mixture coats it completely.
• Frying the Raviolis – When placing the raviolis in the oil, do not overcrowd the skillet. This ensures that the raviolis get completely fried. Only cook for about 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until they are golden brown.
• After Frying – Once you have fried the raviolis, place them on a paper towel lined plate. This helps to remove the grease flavor from the ravioli.

How to Serve Toasted Ravioli

These toasted ravioli are best served warm with your favorite marinara sauce. Toasted ravioli would also be delicious served with a soup or your favorite dishes.

These toasted ravioli would also be delicious with a copycat Olive Garden salad.