Description
These Cauliflower Rice Balls are deliciously crispy little bites of cheesy goodness! They are the perfect appetizer … your friends and family won’t even know they are filled with veggies. Sure to be a total crowd pleaser!
Ingredients
Scale
- 10 oz bag frozen cauliflower rice
- 1/2 cup chopped onion (about 1/2 an onion)
- 3 tsp chopped garlic (about 3 cloves)
- 1 tbsp olive oil (extra for drizzling!)
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs + a couple more tbsp as needed
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Set the oven to 400 degrees.
- Chop up the onion and garlic cloves.
- Add one tbsp olive oil to a pan over medium to high heat. Add in the garlic and onion and sauté with salt, pepper, and italian seasoning until soft and fragrant.
- Then add in the cauliflower rice. Since the cauliflower rice is frozen, there will be a decent amount of liquid. Sauté until all the liquid is cooked off and the rice is soft. Add more salt and pepper to taste.
- Remove the cauliflower mixture from the stove and add to a mixing bowl. Add in the mozzarella cheese and combine.
- Roll the cauliflower & cheese mixture into 12 (approximately tablespoon sized) balls.
- Add the egg to one bowl and whisk, the flour to another, and the panko breadcrumbs to another.
- Bread each ball by first coating evenly in the flour, then in the egg, and then in the breadcrumbs. Place the finished balls on a baking tray.
- Drizzle or lightly dip the balls in some olive oil. You don’t want too much oil, but just enough to help the balls get crispy & golden.
- Bake for 10 minutes, flip the balls, and then bake for another 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and enjoy! I recommend serving with some marinara sauce.
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