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Rice balls with saltfish

Course Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Caribbean, Italian, Mediterranean

Equipment

  • Frying pan
  • Ice cream scoop or small measuring cup

Ingredients
  

  • container of cooked rice Boil rice with salt and olive oil
  • saltfish/codfish buljaw saltfish boiled and sauteed with onions, turmeric, parsley, green onions, peppers. See recipes
  • 1 cup flour
  • cups panko breadcrumbs
  • 3 cups vegetable oil

Instructions
 

  • Let cooked rice cool and rest for at least half an hour.
  • With wet hands, shape the rice into semi balls.
  • Get the codfish ready to fill up the rice balls
  • Then make a small indentation and fill it with sautéed saltfish
  • Close up the opening and repeat this for all your balls
  • Roll the balls in flour
  • Dip them in a bowl of beaten eggs
  • Top it with panko breadcrumbs.
  • Fry the ball in a saucepan filled with oil until they are crisp on the outside.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword codfish, rice, rice balls, saltfish