Delicious, warm Air Fryer Arancini Rice Balls, crunchy on the outside and soft on the outside. Made with left over chilled risotto and rolled into balls then breaded, our Pressure Cooker Chorizo Risotto or our Instant Pot Gammon Rice make the perfect arancini.
I've been making these for years and they always turn out great. They make a nice quick lunch or dinner with a salad or with roasted vegetables (or both) or a fantastic snack.
In the freezer I always keep a bag of breadcrumbs which I made out of stale bread and keep topped up. I just blitz the bread in chunks in either the Thermomix or the food processor. Shop-bought breadcrumbs will be a bit lighter in colour and will not brown as much. Homemade bread crumbs work great and avoid so much waste.
By the way, I don't personally like using spray oil (definitely never the likes of Fry Light spray bottles, it will damage the non-stick of your air fryer). If you do, you can spray some, above all if using shop-bought breadcrumbs which are quite light in colour. But it will be more for aesthetic reasons, your breadcrumbs should still be crunch even if they're light in colour.
📖 Recipe
Easy Air Fryer Arancini (Italian Rice Balls)
Equipment
- 2 deep plates
- 1 Air fryer
Ingredients
- 200 g chilled left over risotto best made the day before and chilled overnight, the weight is a guide, use what you have
- 2 eggs
- 50 g bread crumbs this is the starting weight
Instructions
- Chill the leftovers of your risotto (any risotto ingredient combination will work great, especially our Chorizo Risotto or Gammon Rice) for a good few hours or overnight so that it has a chance to thicken and "set".
- Prepare two deep plates, beat the eggs in the first one, scatter the breadcrumbs in the second.
- Scoop some of the chilled risotto, roll into golf-sized balls.
- Coat each ball in the beaten egg.
- Then coat in the breadcrumbs.
- Place in cold air fryer basket spacing them out, no need to preheat, and air fry with the times we've tested: - Instant Vortext and air fryers which have a built-in preheating time: 205ºC for 7 minutes- Ninja, Cosori and air fryers that don't don't have a built-in preheating time: 205ºC for 9 minutes. - Ninja Double stack - 12 minutes at 240ºC. You could also place the balls on the metal rack that comes with the Double Stack to get closer to the heat source and reduce cooking time.- Air Fryer Lids: place close to the air fryer lid (so in the basket tray or provided rack): 205ºC for 9 minutes.
- Flip or turn a couple of times so that they brown and crisp up evenly. All air fryers vary so this is a guideline, add time if necessary
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