Spicy Meatless Meatballs

Add spice and heft to your spaghetti with these meatless meatballs. Serve with pasta or on hoagies with sauce and cheese.

Ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 4 cups cooked rice
• 0.6666666666666666 cup milk
• 2 medium onions, diced
• 0.6666666666666666 cup dry bread crumbs
• 0.5 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
• 0.25 cup cornmeal
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons dried oregano
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 cup oil for frying, or as needed

Steps

1. Grind oats in a food processor until fine. Add cooked rice and milk; mix until pureed. Add onions, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, cornmeal, eggs, flour, oregano, garlic powder, salt, and cayenne pepper; pulse until thoroughly combined.
2. Roll about 2 tablespoons of the mixture into a ball. Repeat with remaining mixture to make about 48 meatballs. Place in the refrigerator until firm, about 1 hour.
3. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drop meatballs in batches into the hot oil, and fry until heated through and brown on all sides, about 10 minutes.