Rice Balls a la Tim

Name: Rice Balls a la Tim
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters dry bread crumbs; 2 eggs, beaten; 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 227 grams lean ground beef; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 355 milliliters tomato-based pasta sauce; 4 servings salt and pepper to taste; 118 milliliters shredded mozzarella cheese; 473 milliliters water; 237 milliliters uncooked white rice

Rice Balls a la Tim might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 519 calories, 31g of protein, and 15g of fat. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have parmesan cheese, eggs, rice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Bring the rice and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Water

Rice

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Sauce Pan

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the garlic until fragrant and soft, about 3 minutes. Stir in the ground beef. Cook and stir the meat, breaking it into crumbles as it cooks, until browned and the meat is no longer pink inside, about 10 minutes.

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Ground Beef

Olive Oil

Garlic

Meat

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Frying Pan

Drain off excess grease.

Place hot cooked rice, ground beef, salt and pepper, and 1/2 cup of pasta sauce in a bowl, and mix thoroughly together.

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Salt And Pepper

Cooked Rice

Ground Beef

Pasta Sauce

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Bowl

Mix in the Parmesan and mozzarella cheese until mozzarella cheese melts. Scoop up handfuls of rice mixture, and gently form into 2 1/2-inch balls.

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Mozzarella

Parmesan

Rice

Place balls on a baking sheet, and refrigerate until cool and firm, about 20 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

Remove the rice balls from the refrigerator, and roll each in beaten egg and then bread crumbs to thoroughly coat. Return to baking sheet, and bake until the outside of the rice balls is crispy, about 25 minutes.

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Breadcrumbs