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Rice Balls

Yield: 10 servings (3 points per serving for blue, green and purple)

Ingredients

  • 1 cup jasmine rice (uncooked)
  • 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
  • 2 pieces Sargento light string cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour

Instructions

  • Heal oil in a saucepan. Add the onion and sauté 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds. Stir in the rice then add the chicken broth. Cover and cook on low 20 minutes.
  • Once the rice is cooked pour it onto a plate and spread it out to cool.
  • Cut each piece of string cheese into 5. You should have 10 total pieces of cheese.
  • Wet your hands and form the rice into 10 balls. Put one piece of cheese in the center of the ball and make sure it is sealed.
  • Lay out 3 small bowls. Add the flour to one bowl, then the egg (scramble the egg) and finally the breadcrumbs.
  • Dip each rice ball in the flour, followed by the egg then the breadcrumbs.
  • Spray the rice balls with olive oil spray.

For the air fryer:

  • Cook in the air fryer at 400 degrees for 7-9 minutes turning halfway through.

For the oven:

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Bake the rice balls 25 minutes or until the breadcrumbs turn golden.