Parmesan Rice Balls

Submitted by Lorac

"A festive change from the usual meat balls. Can be served with or without a sauce. Posted by request."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 36 balls

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup long grain rice, cooked
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
• 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 3 large eggs
• 3⁄4 cup dried breadcrumbs
• oil (for frying)

directions

1. In a medium bowl, mix rice, spinach, cheese, lemon juice, salt, pepper and 2 eggs.
2. Shape mixture into 1 inch balls.
3. In a pie plate, using a fork, beat 1 tbls water with remaining egg.
4. Dip rice balls in egg, then into bread crumbs to coat evenly.
5. In a 5 quart Dutch oven, heat 3/4 inch of oil over medium heat.
6. Fry rice balls a few at a time for 1 1/2 minutes or until golden brown, drain on paper towels and serve warm.

Reviews

[Susan L.]

Love love love these!!! Five strong stars! I added a bit of the breadcrumbs to hold mine together better, and they were simply delicious! I am making a second batch in the oven for my "fry-conscious" vegetarian daughters. I heavily sprayed the baking dish with olive oil, and drizzled more on the top. They look great! Thanks so much for sharing this - it is sure to be a family favorite.

 

[mom of twins 2]

I made this for my 19month old girls as they love rice but can't really eat it yet without it being all over the floor and them :-) I baked them at 360 for 20 minutes or so... Once the breadcrumbs got brown. I just don't know how you can get 36 balls out of the recipe. I think I got 16!!!! I even ask my husband if mine were too large but he said that they were 1 in. maybe slightly larger, but not signifcantly bigger to explain the discrepancy in the count :-)

 

[Is This Really Nece]

Very nice, but like an earlier reviewer reported the quantity seems to be way off -- I couldn't make more than from it, definitely not 36.

 

[Lenae]

Wow! These were quick, easy and tasty. I made some changes. I used a can spinach and cornflake crumbs since that's what I had on hand. I also thought two eggs were enough since I baked them at 450. I added some red pepper flakes and Italian seasoning. I can't wait to make these again with spaghetti.