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Coconut Rice

Humble rice gets a remake with coconut milk, transforming the ordinary to extraordinary! It’s the perfect accompaniment to many tropical and Asian dishes!  It couldn’t be easier to bring rice to a deliciously exotic level.

Coconut Milkl Rice with Chopped Cilantro and Macadamia Nuts

Don’t judge a book by its cover. Big things come in small packages.

It’s like white rice – it’s plain and simple.  Humble by all accounts. Until you do a little tweaking and inhale the aroma.

Until you take that first bite, and stare unbelievably at that bowl of simple white rice and realize it’s not at all what you thought it would be…

Coconut Rice 2

Being Asian American, I grew up on white rice.  Not even the nutty brown rice I adamantly feed my own kiddos.  No, I grew up on bowls and bowls of plain old white rice.  Every. Single. Day.

I hated it as a kid.  But once I left the nest?  Ever since that time, I’ve have a soft spot for fluffy soft, perfectly cooked white rice.  I could eat it by the spoonful.  I did eat it by the spoonful.

But this Coconut Rice was a startling discovery for me. I don’t know how we managed to go through years of eating, without tasting this deliciousness.

Coconut Rice

I made this scrumptious Coconut Rice to go alongside my Pan Seared Mahi Mahi recently.  And once everyone downed every last bite on their plate, I knew we were onto something good.

I went on to make this Coconut Rice for the next two weeks straight, and my boys noshed on it eagerly and happily.  By the spoonful, straight and unadorned.

I still generally adhere to whole grains and brown rice because I’m that kind of mama in real life 🙂  But now I always keep a stash of coconut milk in my pantry because Coconut Rice will want to make an appearance on our table in dinner rotation fashion.

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Coconut Milkl Rice with Chopped Cilantro and Macadamia Nuts

Coconut Rice

4.67 from 3 ratings
This Coconut Rice is perfectly cooked, soft, and aromatic in flavor! It brings plain rice to a deliciously exotic new level! Just 5 ingredients to this yummy coconut rice.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Steam: 15 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 4
Author: Amy Dong

Ingredients  

  • 1 ½ cups uncooked white jasmine rice
  • 1 can coconut milk, shaken up, 14 oz.
  • 1 tsp white sugar
  • ½ tsp table salt
  • kosher salt to taste
  • 1 ¼ cups water
  • Optional garnishes: chopped cilantro, green onions, or macadamia nuts

Instructions

  • In a heavy pot, combine coconut milk, sugar, 1/2 tsp table salt, and water. Stir on low heat just until sugar dissolves. Add rice. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Immediately cover and reduce to simmer. Simmer 25 minutes.
  • Turn off heat. Keep covered (no peeking!) and let sit 15 minutes.
  • Gently fluff the rice. If there is a bit of coconut foam on top, simply fluff it into the rice. Sprinkle lightly with kosher salt to taste, and fluff again. Serve warm.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories: 258kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 298mg | Potassium: 80mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin C: 0.003mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg
Course: Side
Cuisine: Asian, Carribean
Method: Stovetop

Source:  Chew Out Loud

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9 comments

    • Cheryl

    How would you adjust to make this in an instant pot?

    • Tasa

    What would you recommend for making this recipe in a rice cooker? Is that even possible? Thanks!

      • Amy Dong

      Hi, Tesa! You can use a rice cooker, but the liquid amount may need to be tweaked, as rice cooks differently when it comes to rice cookers 🙂

    • Pam C

    Hi, Amy! Can you help me? I would like to triple this recipe. Do i just triple all of the ingredients? How do I adjust the time?
    Thank you!
    Pam

      • Amy Dong

      You can triple the ingredients, but measure carefully so that the liquids aren’t over-measured. With rice, there is generally no need to adjust the time, as it all steams at the same rate. Hope you love it!

        • Pam C

        Thank you, Amy! I will let you know how it goes:)
        Pam

    • Rebecca Bermudez

    Mmmm Made this last night! So delicious, Thank you for such a beautiful blog and sharing this recipe. I’ve got you pinned and bookmarked to come back for more. I used this rice as a side for our version of Mahi Mahi with Mango Salsa. Similar to yours and I used your method of cooking the fish, I just do a simple marinade first and add sweet peppers to the salsa. Thanks again, Super Yummy!

      • chewoutloud

      Yay!! So happy to hear it :). Thanks for letting us know!!

    • Liz

    NICE RECIPE RECIPE. THANK YOU.

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