florentine rice poppers with arrabiata sauce
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This is such a delicious and dig-in worthy appetizer to set ou for the big game. To put it simply, this recipie is rice and cheese mixed with fresh spinach and a spicy tomato-based sauce for dunking. You can pick these poppers up with your fingers, dip, and go -- even the kids won't mind the spinach hiding in there cause of all the melty cheese.
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yield
8 (3 appetizers each)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
25 Min
Ingredients For florentine rice poppers with arrabiata sauce
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1 Tbspvirgin olive oil
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10 ozpackage fresh spinach, rinsed and chopped
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1 tspminced garlic
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1/2 cwhite or yellow onion, minced
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1/2 tspsalt
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1/4 tspground black pepper
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3 ccooked white rice, cooled to room temp
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1 cmozzarella cheese, grated
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1/2 ccrumbled feta cheese
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2large eggs, lightly beaten
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16 ozjar prepared spaghetti or marinara sauce
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1 tspcrushed dried red pepper flakes
How To Make florentine rice poppers with arrabiata sauce
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1In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add chopped spinach, garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Cook about 3 minutes, or until onions are translucent and spinach has wilted. Cool several minutes and place in large bowl. To this bowl, add 3 cups of pre-cooked rice, mozzarella cheese, feta cheese and eggs.
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2Roll approx. 2 Tbs. of mixture into a ball, and place on lightly greased baking sheet. Repeat with remaining. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 - 25 minutes or until firmly set. Remove from oven, let cool 3-4 minutes.
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3While poppers are cooking, warm tomato-based sauce over medium heat on the stove top. Stir in red pepper flakes.
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4Serve poppers warm with warmed sauce.
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