Deep Fried Goat cheese & Rice Balls

I love fried balls of any sort. Lol. 

But for real, goat cheese is the GOAT - and I love arancini so this is sort of like a weird version of that. Also, how good is goat cheese with honey?? The best combo since pb & j. 

What you need:

• 2 cups cooked white rice
• 8 oz goat cheese
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup panko bread crumbs
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 cups canola oil for frying
• honey for drizzling and dipping

What to do:

1. ​Combine the freshly cooked hot rice with the goat cheese and roll into 2 oz balls (a little smaller than a golf ball) and refrigerate the rice and cheese balls for 15 minutes.
2. Heat the oil in a deep and small sized sauce pan on the stove.
3. Mix the salt in with the flour and then coat each rice ball in flour, then egg, then panko bread crumbs before dropping into the hot oil. Make sure the whole thing is covered nicely, you can dip in egg again to get more crumbs on the ball.
4. Fry 4-5 balls at a time for 5-7 minutes until golden brown. 
5. Eat immediately and drizzle and dip with honey.