Melty Cheese Rice Balls

Name: Melty Cheese Rice Balls
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 grams Plain cooked rice; 1/2 Onions (minced); 50 grams Corn (frozen); 30 grams Shirasu (boiled and dried baby sardines); 30 grams Hijiki seaweed (stewed); 1 Salt; 1 Pepper; 3 tbsp Ketchup; 100 grams Easy melt cheese; 2 tbsp Cake flour; 1 Egg, beaten; 50 grams Panko (for coating)

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I had a craving for homemade freshly fried rice balls, so I made these. A little festive, and perfect for serving to friends. Give them a try!

It's key to put the cheese in the center and tightly pack the rice balls, then lightly and evenly coat them well in the flour. Recipe by Kuromojichan

I had a craving for homemade freshly fried rice balls, so I made these. A little festive, and perfect for serving to friends. Give them a try!

It's key to put the cheese in the center and tightly pack the rice balls, then lightly and evenly coat them well in the flour. Recipe by Kuromojichan

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I had a craving for homemade freshly fried rice balls, so I made these. A little festive, and perfect for serving to friends. Give them a try!

It's key to put the cheese in the center and tightly pack the rice balls, then lightly and evenly coat them well in the flour. Recipe by Kuromojichan

I had a craving for homemade freshly fried rice balls, so I made these. A little festive, and perfect for serving to friends. Give them a try!

It's key to put the cheese in the center and tightly pack the rice balls, then lightly and evenly coat them well in the flour. Recipe by Kuromojichan

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Ingredients

10 servings

500 gramsPlain cooked rice
1/2Onions (minced)
50 gramsCorn (frozen)
30 gramsShirasu (boiled and dried baby sardines)
30 gramsHijiki seaweed (stewed)
1Salt
1Pepper
3 tbspKetchup
100 gramsEasy melt cheese
2 tbspCake flour
1Egg, beaten
50 gramsPanko (for coating)

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Steps

1

Heat onions in a pan until they become tender, then in the following order, stir in hijiki, rice, corn, and shirasu, then season with salt, pepper and ketchup.
2

Let it cool down to handling temperature.
3

Place easy melt cheese inside one ball of fried rice, and roll into a ball.
4

Like this...
5

Coat evenly and thoroughly in cake flour, dredge in egg, then panko.
6

Deep fry in oil on medium heat for three minutes until they are deep golden and crispy.
7

Serve them up while piping hot.