Continuing with the prik khing theme, I just made these “prik khing rice nuggets.” A former employee was in Austin, TX and had food at this Thai food truck called Lucky Belly. He loved these fried rice balls they served and said I should give it a try. I love experimenting. The description Lucky Belly had for these rice balls were red curry and kafir lime leaves — instantly I thought of prik khing and arancini (Italian-style fried rice balls).
So I mixed rice with prik khing curry paste, soy sauce and kafir lime leaves. To keep with the arancini idea I added some shredded mozzarella cheese as well. Rolled the seasoned rice into balls, dipped them in a light flour batter and then coated them with panko breadcrumbs. I deep-fried the at 350 degrees until golden brown and served them with Mae Ploy sweet chili sauce (my go to brand for sweet chili sauce).
These were fabulous. What a fun food to have and enjoy. This is definitely a great food mashup – Thai-style arancini.
Ingredients list:
1.)Cooked rice (old rice would be perfect)
2.) prik khing curry paste
3.) sugar
4.) soy sauce
5.) kafir lime leaves
6.) flour batter (flour and water – pancake batter consistency)
7.) panko breadcrumbs
8.) mozzarella cheese
9.) optional – ground meat (pork, chicken, beef), bacon