Salmon + Rice Balls

What is it with things in a ball shape or on a stick with kids!?
You know what - who cares! It works. This recipe was from an ambition to finish off my leftover tinned salmon + rice in the fridge. I have a tendency to get a craving for salmon, open a tin + forget about it.. Lucky for me my 3rd child just eats it straight. But the dregs were left, so in addition to left over basmati rice - we created magic!
And I am not joking or exaggerating. These were gobbled in 7 minutes. Three kids, 18 balls - gone. An absolute record in our house. I had to share.
Easy baked goodness. No standing over a pan. Cooked with all the good fats for growing bodies. Full of protein, omega's + calcium - perfect brain + bone development food. Also high in fibre! Is there is anything this doesn't have that is good!?
TOOLS/TIME
- Bowl, hands that are ok getting dirty, baking tray, plate.
- 5 minute prep (if you have cooked rice), 20 minutes cooking in convection oven or max 30 minutes in regular oven.
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup tinned drained pink salmon (sustainably sourced preferably).
- 3/4 cup cooked/cooled basmati or brown rice.
- 1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese.
- Two free range eggs.
- 1 small carrot grated.
- 3-4 spring onion (scallion) leaves finely diced (optional).
- 3 weetbix.
- 1 tablespoon flour.
- 3 tablespoons of canola oil.
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper for seasoning.
METHOD
- If you are using a regular oven, preheat to 200 C.
- Put canola oil into shallow baking tray + ensure it covers the base.
- Crush two weetbix onto a plate, mix in flour + pepper.
- Put salmon, rice, cheese, eggs, carrot + spring onion into a bowl.
- Crush in 1 weetbix + mix by hand. If the mix is too wet, you can add in another 1/2 weetbix, but it is meant to be wet. As long as it sticks together in a ball shape.
- Roll into walnut size balls; roll in weetbix/flour mix then place evenly onto tray.
- You should end up with atleast 18 balls, but you can make them smaller if you want more.
- Roll the balls in the tray to have them coated in the oil.
- Put in oven + bake for 20minutes if using micro/oven combo 190c on 340w. Or 25-30 minutes in the regular oven. Check at 20minutes.
- Remove from oven; cool for kiddies + see if you can break our 7 minute for consumption record!
We also have a very long video of us making this recipe on the Kidspot kitchen (video in online recipe page) if you want a laugh! There is a funny part, see if you can spot it.