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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 25 |
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Ingredients:
8 cup(s) wegman's long grain rice |
3 can(s) hunt's traditional sauce |
1 pound(s) ground beef (90% lean) |
1 pound(s) mozzarella cheese |
1 gallon(s) canola oil |
2 tablespoon(s) pepper |
16 cup(s) water |
1 can(s) peas |
4 tablespoon(s) salt |
Directions:
1. Combine rice, water, salt, and pepper in a large pot twice as big as mixture
2. (contents will swell up 50% or more than original)
3. Bring mixture to a boil while stirring occasionally
4. Once boiling, reduce to a simmer stirring once more before covering
5. Lower heat to lowest simmer you have
6. Cover for 20 minutes without peeking at mixture
7. Let rice set for 1/2 hour then add 2 or more cans of the Hunts Traditional Sauce till mixture is pasty in consistency
8. Note: You may cook sauce prior to mixing, sauce cooks while deep frying so it's your choice, If you wish add Romano cheese to sauce, but not necessary
9. Let rice mixture rest till Luke warm, it may take up to 3 hours or more for rice to cool till you can handle rice without getting burned
10. Pour gallon of oil into deep fryer, or pot if you don't have a deep fryer, pre-heat oil in deep fryer to 375 degrees
11. While rice is setting, cook the ground beef and break while cooking into a grainy consistency, drain beef and salt to taste if desired (skip salt if adding Romano cheese to the Hunts Sauce), drain and allow to cool
12. Add the equal amount of mozzarella as beef, and can of peas (drained), mix all three items to equal consistency
13. Once rice is warm to touch, start rolling rice to baseball size balls
14. Hint: keep a warm drizzle of water running at faucet to keep hands wet, it will, for most part, stop rice from sticking on your hands as much
15. Take thumb and press into ball creating a hole in the center and add stuffing to hole to desired amount
16. Close up hole by needing in rice till closed, or add a little more rice to close
17. Gently roll rice ball in bread crumbs till all is equally covered
18. Set on a tray, then repeat process for the rest of the rice till you use up all the rice
19. You can cook 6 balls in deep fryer for 5 to 7 minutes till golden to a light brown color
20. What your desired color (Repeat process till your done) or make all the rice balls and cook them all after your done making rice balls
21. CARMEN SAYS: ENJOY WHAT YOU JUST MADE
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