I am watching this video in 2021, during lockdown. I recently discovered that there was an Italian inspired dish called Arancini that was famous in my hometown Tripoli Libya but it no longer exist. So here I am learning how it's done the proper way! Much love Laura!

You have quickly become my favorite chef, Laura : ) You're very talented and make every recipe super easy. You deserve a TV show!

Laura, these look amazing! I'm picturing a broccoli and cheese rice ball...I think that would be an interesting combo. Thank you for all the amazing recipes!

Thanks Laura. I'm making these today, (rice and filling are chilling)... and I'm sure they're going to be great. Whenever I'd seen these, which wasn't often, I was always like 'oh, I have to have one'. So now I can make them. You are the best.

Literally cannot stop watching your videos! All recipes look so good I can't wait to try them out!

I just went to an Italian restaurant not too long ago and had some of these as an appetizer. So delicious!! So glad I found your video, because I'll definitely be making these!

Always wanted to learn how to make these. Made them tonight for dinner. They came out great! Thanks Laura!

I agree with "naotholomi", I'm addicted to your show. Get home from work, do some chores and watch your show. Refreshes me. Have tried many of your recipes from your web site, ALL are GREAT! Thanks!

ugh, i'm so hungry right now. that looks so freakin' amazing!

sweet Arancini sounds delightful..with a cherry filling maybe and vanilla sause

Just as I watch my soap operas and other daily programmes... Laura Vitale is an everyday must! I come home, log onto KZfaq, and there is my daily Laura in the Kitchen episode waiting for me. If a few days ever were to go by without Laura - I would notice in a heartbeat!

I love your channel, Laura! I have Italian ancestry and learn a lot from your culinary artistry.

I love Arancini! They are also very popular here in Malta. After all, we are a stones throw away from Sicily. We usually have 3 types, and the shape of them tells you what's in them. I have to say tho - I love the chicken and mushroom ones! Do you have a recipe for that? Also - why don't you add grated cheese and breadcrumbs to the rice? Grazzi!

I would make a vegetarian version of these and add broccoli and cheese, sooo good!

cooking is so labor intensive, but laura makes it look so easy. a true master of her craft.

Seriously one of my fave Italian dishes! After watching your video when you were visiting your Nonna, I thought to myself your channel is legit and I need to keep watching. Thanks for posting this recipe!

Laura can these be made in the oven instead? I really don't like frying my food in all that oil. I did make them & they were good.

Hi Laura!! firstly congrats for your channel, I love it! I would love to ask you for a vegetarian recipe, a vegetarian option on the filling, if you could make it it would be amazing! thanks so much for sharing your knowledges... un beso

One of the best things about your videos is.. even though some recipes seem quite tedious, the ideas that they give out are amazing. I mean this might look tedious to do from scratch but would be awesome to do with some left over rice and left over meat curry.. and would be a great evening tea time snack.. Ahhh... just love you for all those inspirations.. You are awesome Laura.

I just love your recipes Laura, i am confident that i have subscribed to the best food / cooking channel on The KZfaqs.

I tried the arancini two winters ago when I went to visit my italian relatives and I absolutely loved them, so I've been trying to figure out how they were made since the day I had my first arancini. Yo made me so happy! haha My favourite one, of all I tried on that trip, were the ones with muzzarella and bacon filling. OMG, they were amazing!

Can you please apply for "Food Network Star?" You already have the votes of all your fans :)

Thank you sooooooo much for sharing all of these amazing recipes! Always a treat to watch and learn.

Yes you deserve a TV show!

Could these be frozen prior to cooking? I would prefer to make more than I need and then put them in the freezer for those days am feeling lazy..

I'm sure you would win Master Chef

All the food you make looks great, and elegant but still so delicious. But the best thing of all, your recipes are the easiest! Love you and your recipes!

I'm new to watching Laura what a Italian blessing omg they were delis and brought so many memories back watching my papa making them

I'm a simple man, I don't need a microwave

Can these be baked?

Laura, I just found your channel a couple of days ago, I can't say that I've watched all of your videos, because there is a lot ha, but I can say that I've definitely watched enough to know you are an amazing chef. My grandfather was Italian, and unfortunately he has passed away, but your cooking reminds me of him, especially the passion that you have to cook. I think you're so amazing I emailed the food network in hopes they will watch your channel! Good luck with everything, you inspire me!!

Hi Laura! :) Can you make a vegetarian version of this recipe please? Pretty please?

The egg doesnt stick to the flour... Egg will stick to anything. What the flour does is preventing your rice mixture from soaking too much egg and becoming mushy

I became a big fan of you since the past 3 months... I love to watch your cooking show...almost every day..I will try with my Thai mint herb with ground pork recipe then wrap with rice and so on..

i came across your channel at the wrong time haha. I'm fasting and your food looks absolutely delicious very nice job im going to make it for dinner tonight.

Welcome to the terror dome; the upper echelon Investing on these large balls

Laura, I'd love it if you did a vegetarian version of this.

That blue is gorgeous on you! (not that you aren't already gorgeous). And I love these things. Never knew how to make them till now. Thanks so much!

When we made them in the pizzaria 30 years ago, I dont remember deep frying them. We baked them in the pizza oven, and they where softball sized and no tomato sauce in filling. Just beef and peas, and another was a cheese riceball with just mozzarella filling. But I think for those wanting alternatives, fill these with anything you'd like. I can already think of many ingredients I just cant give it away.

Spinach and cheese

I made this with regular rice, what a mess

I made these for a family dinner and they were absolutely fantastic Laura! Thnx so much for this recipe! :)

I fell in love with arancini when I was in Sicily last summer and I can't wait to have another one!!!

Did you happen to misclick this video instead of rice balls music? i bet you did

Geez the intro song is so intense

Best chef out there !!!

I like chkn filling. I love the way u teach n speak.... I just love ur receipies....

I want her as my wife

Laura, if you should ever need a fill-in taste tester for future videos, then I'm free of charge for the task! :)'

You should have your own tv show! I'm not kidding

I just ash my cigarette in the rice and it sticks together fine

filthy frank anyone?

Laura I want to say that you have inspired soooo much. I watch your show everyday. I think that you should do a topic on stand mixers. As for recipes maybe more pastries like the famous italian lobster tails, napoleans, chocolate truffles, and cake pops. I've watched you since january and love your show. I'm actually working on a cook book for me called laura vitale. I am 14 and I want to become a pastry chef thanks to you and others. You are one of youtubes most dedicated chefs. xo :)

"Uuhhh they're hoooooot" and she just goes back and picks a piece. I love you, Laura.

So glad I've found this. Whenever I come across these, I always buy some. I didn't know they were so (relatively) easy to make.

When you said that when you do make Arancini that it’s special... I felt that in my heart. My Nonno and Nonna would only makes these only holidays, it was VERY special. Rest In Peace to them. Thank you for this recipe

Omg that looks so good and on top you are so gorgeous, you should have your program on tv, thank you for sharing this ❤️

Buon Natale Laura! So, I've made arancini in the past with my father's recipe with mixed results....not because of the recipe but the technique with which I put them together. So after watching your vids, I had amazing results. So thank you!!

I made it tonight for dinner, it was so delicious! Thanks!

Ty going to make for Christmas!! :)

Laura thank you so much ,i alway's loved these,i would buy them from Tony's on Franklin ave in Nutley N.J.all the time. But now my wife and i make them together ourselves. They came out great. BUON' APPETITO !

These were my FAVORITE things to eat when I was in Sicily.

yay!!!!i requested this like two episodes ago n u made my wish came true??i will loveeeeeeeee u till the end of the world Laura.u dont know how much this means to me.THANK YOU.

I love Arancini ,beautiful recipe

Love me some Laura! So glad I found you a while ago. 💞🥰 Thank you for your recipe.

Hi Laura! As suggested, as a Sicilian, we make arancini often. We also make them with prosciutto cotto, mozzarella and bechamel. :)

Im in love with the three cheese arancini from olive garden

I have never heard of or seen these before! Oh my, they look divine!!

My Nana used to make a miniature version of these and she also used the same stuffing for champignons which she then coated in the same way. They are yummi! I'm doing them tomorrow.

You are such a great teacher and cook. Thanks!!

I made these & they're so good. Thanks for sharing the recipe for it

Used your recipe and used thai green chicken as a filling and Panko bread crumbs, fantastic. Love your show Laura.

a lot of work...but oh soooo worth it!! i have to try these... great recipe thanks for that

really yummy am gonna try it as soon as possible! thanks from Tunisia

I have to try it it looks so yummy!! 😍 I love your recipes Laura ❤️

I already tried that's sooooooo deliciouse

Ya sure I'll come over for dinner no problem just kidding I love you Laura you are awesome I can't live for a day without watching at least one of your videos, it makes my life complete! :) love phoebe

Tried them yesterday , found it hard at first but it was worth it , loved the recipe thank you

There is a place in Messina, Sicily, where they have 32 types of Arancini! The last one is Balotelli's Arancino with squid ink, bacon and cheese, soooo good! They also have Norma, Arrabiatta, Diavola, alle Noci, 4 formaggi, with Nutella! ... Totally worth going! Now I know how to do them I'm gonna try for sure, grazie Laura! Baci dalla Spagna :)

Made these on Saturday and turned out awesome. Love your recipes Laura

I love how the rice flew out the bowl, that was cute!

i had the most amazing rice balls with cheese at a wedding i attended. I have not been able to find one that tastes as amazing. Please do a recipe featuring rice balls with cheese.

This looks soooo good! Laura I love you you are the best cook ever! I appreciate the time you take to show us how to make all these delicious recepies. You are my favorite cook in the whole world:)

they look so good.. love the videos

i got so excited to see a nine minute video! love you laura :) thanks for consistently posting!

Laura your recipe is the easiest ive see i can do this thanks.

Ciao Blaubeerschoki, when I was in Sicily, I had some with just mozzarella cheese, the ragu and sometimes mushroom,peas or egg plant. They were delicious. I think you can explore and try many things. The beauty of cooking is not limiting yourself. Happy cooking.

I love your show..i spent hours just to learn how to cook

Looks terrific - I'm gonna try this!

Laura, I actually made rice balls last winter using leftovers from your butternut squash risotto recipe! First off, I love that recipe so much, and secondly, the leftovers are great for rice balls (when you add the mozzarella, like in this video). I will have to try these rice balls next! Thanks for making such great videos and recipes. Cheers!

opening your arancini and having 2 feet of melted cheese string was 100 times more impressive that any pizza advert I've ever seen on TV on the egg-wash for the breadcrumbs..... I always make my eggwash but then just let it drip through a standard kitchen seive..... the same thing you'd use to drain pasta through.....this helps capture all the "snotty" bits from an egg in the seive and leaves your eggwash nice and clean.......... I do this now for scrambled eggs, omlettes, cakes, liasons, even meringues - basically anything that needs a whipped up egg

I had these for the first time when I went to Italy two years ago. They're delicious

Wow I'm super surprised how much your recipe reminds me of my puertorican papas rellenas (stuffed potato balls) , except of instead of potatoes its rice balls. The meat filling reminds me of picadillo. It's fun to see similarities in different cultural dishes.I love your recipes!!!

They look wonderful! I'd like to make a gluten free version of these for my lunchbox just for something different. Thanks for sharing this recipe, Laura.

In Puerto Rico... we call it Almojabanas... and we made them just with chedar cheese... actually I cant tell you if is the same but... its Rice balls with chedar in it... so... but its also made without the crust just the rice and the cheese... but because they are fried they are also crispy!!!

First Laura In The Kitchen video!!

When I was in Italy, we had some rice balls that weren't stuffed but instead had ham and cheese mixed throughout the the rice! Definitely something that is authentically Italian; I've never seen or heard of them before I tried them there.

when I lived in Rome they always made arancini with rice that had a tomato sauce or something in it, not in the actual filling but in the rice. freaking delicious

Hi Laura, thank you again for a nice recipe...!! I will defenitely try this one soon. Regarding the filling; well let me stick to your filling first; it looks good..! Thanks again, regards from the Netherlands.

In Italy, the most famous Arancini are sold on the ferry going from Italy to Messina in Sicily. They seemed like they are made exactly like yours. Good recipe!