Arancini Bites - Real Recipes from Mums

Easy party food, or make them bigger to have as a side.

Ingredients (makes 24 small balls)

1/2 Tablespoon olive oil
10 grams butter
1 small onion ,chopped fine
1cup aborio rice
2 cups chicken stock
1 tabelspoon crushed dried oregano
1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
1 egg, whisked
3/4 cup panko bread crumbs
oil for deep frying
Aioli to serve

Method

Heat butter and oil in pan and add onion. cook for 5 minutes,or until softened.
Add rice,stir well to coat and cook for a couple of mins.
Gradually add 1/2 cup of the stock and stir until absorbed. Continue adding stock until creamy and rice is just tender.
Transfer to a bowl and stir in oregano and cheese.. Cool for 5 mins. then stir through egg.
Chill for 30 mins. With wet hands ,roll heaped teaspoons of the mixture into balls and place on a paper lined baking tray.
Place breadcrumbs into a bowl , toss the arancini to coat thoroughly in crumbs.
Heat oil in a medium pan over medium heat. Deep fry balls until golden. Drain on paper towel, serve with aioli.

Notes

A tasty little morsel to serve for a party or if you make the balls bigger they can be used as a side for dinner. Sometimes i push a cube of mozzarella cheese into the middle of a larger ball for a tasty gooey centre.

18 Comments

- - cassy26 said
  - 17 Oct 2022
    9:37 am
Oooh I love arancini balls! So yummy

- - mom93030 said
  - 27 Jul 2021
    9:32 am
My daughter loves arancini! Cant wait to try these… thanks!

- - happymum2018 said
  - 31 Oct 2019
    1:30 am
Love this sort of dish great finger food when made like this will be a great recipe for guests thanks very much

- - nadine_hill said
  - 30 Jul 2019
    11:58 am
Perfect party pleasers! I love the idea of putting a cube of mozzarella cheese into the middle! Thanks for sharing.

- - mom112023 said
  - 31 Dec 2018
    8:55 pm
Can’t go past these. Yum. Thanks for the recipe.

- - mom325275 said
  - 30 Nov 2018
    10:17 pm
I love arncini balls… Can’t wait to try this recipe

- - youngoldlady said
  - 12 Nov 2018
    1:25 am
These went down really well yesterday, everyone loved them.

- - mom112217 said
  - 05 Nov 2018
    4:16 pm
Your bites are perfect for a party and so good! Thanks!

- - youngoldlady said
  - 31 Oct 2018
    1:38 am
Thank you for this, think I will make the larger ones for BBQ.

- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Oct 2018
    11:34 pm
Finger food, it’s great! Perfect idea for our up coming Birthday’s

- - nealsq said
  - 21 Oct 2018
    11:05 pm
Arancini are my new obsession, so delish and versatile flavour wise!

- - mom93821 said
  - 13 Oct 2018
    8:52 am
Oh yummy! these savoury balls do look so tasty and good. I have a feeling they will all be gobbled up!

- - mom90758 said
  - 09 Oct 2018
    6:12 pm
I love arancini. And it’s nice not too make them too big.
- mom93821 replied
  
  14 Oct 2018 , 7:09 am
  I like bite sized food too – does it mean I can have more? I do hope so!
  - kjgarner replied
    
    02 Nov 2018 , 11:55 am
    
    First time I have heard of them, sounds great!
- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 09 Oct 2018
    8:59 am
I always thought that Arancini is something complicated to make until I read your easy to follow recipe it’s great have to give it a go thanks for sharing

- - taynik46 said
  - 08 Oct 2018
    4:31 pm
I don’t like the large arancini balls, but these little ones look super cute and great for dipping – would be perfect for kids lunch boxes too – thank you for sharing your recipe
- LuckyMum replied
  
  08 Oct 2018 , 5:39 pm
  You’re welcome. Hope you enjoy them