Rice-chicken balls with cheese “Nezhnye”

You will need:

170 g long grain white rice;
260 ml of drinking water;
180 g processed cheese;
250 g chicken breast meat without skin;
100 ml sunflower oil for frying;
60 g breadcrumbs;
2 pcs. chicken eggs;
Table salt, pepper.

Preparation:

1. Rinse the rice under running cold tap water until the whiteness disappears. Then fill the rice with drinking water and put it on high heat, and after boiling, reduce the flame to medium and cook under the lid for 8 minutes. Then turn off the gas and do not remove the lid for another 10 minutes.

2. Chop the chicken breast finely and add it to the cooled rice, and grate the pre-frozen cheese on a fine grater. Add salt and pepper and stir.

3. Form the prepared minced meat into balls and, after rolling them in breadcrumbs, dip them lightly in beaten eggs.

4. Fry in oil (to cover the middle) over medium heat on both sides until an ocher-colored crust appears.