Rice and Offal Balls
Ivory Coast
Rédacteur en chef
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Cooked rice bound with minced liver, onion and egg, rolled into balls, crumbed and deep-fried. The contributor learned it from their grandmother in Ivory Coast. The dish belongs to a very widely distributed family, the fried rice croquette. Italian arancini, Middle Eastern kibbeh, Nigerian rice balls and this all work on the same principle: a starch cooked, cooled, bound with something rich and shaped, then fried so the outside crisps around a soft interior. The cooling is not optional in any of them. Warm rice does not hold its shape and the balls collapse in the oil. Offal is the other thing worth taking seriously. Liver and other variety meats are used across West African cooking as good ingredients rather than as economies, kilishi, dambu, gizdodo and asun all belong to the same attitude. Liver in particular is soft enough to bind rice without any additional fat, which is exactly why it works here. Two practical notes. The double coating, breadcrumbs then egg wash, is the reverse of the usual order, and the source may have it backwards; the conventional sequence is flour, egg, then crumbs. The source's nutritional inventory has not been carried across.
Offal and variety meats are used widely across West African cooking, in dishes including kilishi, dambu, gizdodo and asun. Fried rice croquettes of this kind belong to a family found across many cuisines, from Italian arancini to Middle Eastern kibbeh.
Bring the water to the boil in a pan. Tip in the rice and mix.
Cook over low heat, covered, for 15 to 20 minutes, until the water is absorbed.
Leave it to stand, covered, for 5 minutes, then take the lid off and let it cool completely. This matters, warm rice will not hold its shape.
Once the rice is cool, combine it in a large bowl with the minced meat, onion, egg, garlic powder, garlic salt and pepper. Mix well.
Form the mixture into small balls about the size of a ping-pong ball.
Roll each ball in the beaten egg and milk, then in the breadcrumbs. The source gives the reverse order; egg first then crumbs is the sequence that produces a coating that stays on.
Heat the oil in a small skillet. When it is hot, fry the balls until cooked through and golden outside, check the first one before committing the rest.
Drain on kitchen paper and serve.
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