My Italian family has been making a similar version of this dish for years and everyone loves it. LOVE this! This sounds crazy but I was just thinking about how much I love arancini and would like a light version. I lost half the cheese taking off the foil. I'm going to make this tonight and am SOOOO excited! Got a big thumbs up from the family on this one! This was great! Loved the flavour of this and froze it and used it for lunches later on the next week. Pingback: Behind the Scenes | A Tasty Life. Oh my goodness! Looks delicious! Oh man! If I make this a day ahead for a gathering, how do I reheat it the next day to serve? to the person who asked about the cheese sticking to the foil and how to avoid this…Sometimes I'll spray some pam or spray oil on the foil before I put it down and that seems to help , I made this recipe for my Italian American family tonight. Mommy Score! Then, I just used a smaller baking dish so that the rice still covered the bottom. This is one of the best recipes I have made off of skinny taste!! Preheat oven to 400°. I loved Arancini in Sicly! So delicious! A simple green salad on the side is all you need to complete this. Just thinking of them makes me nostalgic for her. These are rice balls we're talking about!! Your email address will not be published. It was delicious!! Lol! Used riced cauliflower, ground chicken breast and chicken sausage. It states in the blog post above “The filling is ground turkey with a little sausage that adds lots of flavor, plus peas and sauce. 93/7 lean ground beef instead of 10 oz of turkey (couldn’t find it, Thanks COVID) 3. Could I use liquid egg whites instead of the egg? These are rice balls we're talking about!! Used Brown rice and also topped meat layer wirh dollops of ricotta and chopped hard boiled eggs the way my sicilian friend makes her arancini Delicious and healthy Thank you. When I clicked on it above it said error page not found. I guess the husband shall live to see another day. Oh, and I used my rice cooker. I also added dried basil. I'm on WW, and this was so filling and yummy! These were FABULOUS! (I believe most I’ve seen are 20 oz?) Wonderful flavor and even better the next day! They tasted even better the next day, once the flavors had time to meld. I used lean ground beef instead of turkey, we don't like ground turkey. Gina you have the most creative recipes. Will definitely be making this again. Time consuming but soooo worth it. i wonder if this will work with cauli-rice? Any change in freestyle smart points with brown rice? Made this today….oh my goodness….. so devine! I just wanted to say THANK YOU! I’ve made this as is and with variations, e.g, adding fresh spinach. I think it would work okay. I have one frozen right now and need to know how long to cook it! Looks absolutely magnificent! I don’t know why, but I was skeptical of this recipe. I used chopped green pepper instead of peas and it was delicious!! thanks!! Thank you so much the delicious recipe :o). Husband and kids loved it, too. Points remain the same. We grew up on Arancini. Second, the rice on the bottom just became this crust…maybe it was cooked too long, maybe because there wasnt alot of rice,or maybe I pushed it down too much…not sure what went wrong. I just moved to Sicily and this tastes just like rice balls <3 it . Large, satisfying serving and just plain delicious!! Is there a store bought tomato sauce that I can use that won’t add more points to this recipe? Thanks! Yumo. This is my husband's favorite skinnytaste dish. Love your recipes!! I tweaked her recipe to lighten it up a bit, but she takes full credit for the creativity. thanks! I wonder if the people that didn't enjoy it used a store bought sauce or something because I can't figure out what's not to like. This looks delicious – do you think that it would be as tasty substituting diced green bell pepper? Otherwise you have rice with ground whatever, not a neat little square. It's also good as leftovers. We LOVED it! I’m seeing people trying this with half cauliflower rice. & it’s gluten- free! Still delicious! 1. Can anyone tell me if you can make this with quinoa, or some other gain? One of my absolute favorite recipes from skinnytaste to date… And there are several! Thanks. – Hip Mom Style. Unfortunately, as a busy grad student, I am always looking for time savers and in this case, jar sauce saved me a ton of time! Amazing!! It didnt taste like a aranchini at all if thats what the goal was. I cannot wait to try it. Recommend using fresh not frozen and cook it gently on stove top. OMG! . Was very yummy. I entered listed nutritional information for the new weight watchers freestyle and I get 10 points. I’ll definitely be making this again. I'm half Italian and lived in Italy 17 years.Yep cannot call this arancini if you use anything other than the ingridients listed,although we use ground beef and not sausage I will make it just as listed. https://www.bigoven.com/recipe/sicilian-rice-ball-casserole-skinnytaste/1074818, Get Detailed Nutrition Facts on Any Recipe. I used long grain brown rice, lean ground beef (because I'm pregnant and hating on poultry), and Bertolli Italian Sausage sauce (because I'm lazy) and it came out so delicious. I made it tonight and man you were not kidding about making 2 for the amount of work!