Best Rice With Coconut Milk Recipes

EASY COCONUT MILK RICE

Steps:

• Shake up the can of coconut milk before opening. Combine coconut milk, water, rice, and salt in the bowl of your rice cooker.
• Set the rice cooker to the quick cook setting and start the cycle. If your rice cooker does not have this setting, just use the shortest setting available.

COCONUT RICE

Steps:

• Saute 2 tablespoons minced ginger in a saucepan with butter. Add 1 cup rinsed basmati rice, 1 cup coconut milk, 1 cup water and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat; cover and simmer until the liquid is absorbed, 15 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes off the heat; fluff with a fork. Garnish with cilantro and cashews.

COCONUT RICE

Steps:

• Rinse and drain rice in cold water. Place in a saucepan with water, coconut milk, and salt. Place the pot over high heat and, bring the liquid to a boil. Stir and reduce the heat to the lowest possible setting and cover the pot tightly with the lid. Continue cooking for 15 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat and let stand 10 minutes, covered. Fluff with fork and serve.

COCONUT RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over high heat, combine rice, coconut milk and salt; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.

BASMATI RICE WITH COCONUT MILK AND GINGER

Steps:

• Place rice in a fine strainer, and rinse with cold water until water runs clear. Transfer to a medium saucepan. Add 1 cup water, coconut milk, chicken broth and salt. Cover, and place over medium-high heat. Bring liquid to a boil, then reduce and simmer until liquid has been absorbed and rice is tender, about 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat, and stir in scallions and ginger. Add a little more coconut milk if rice is too dry. Season to taste with salt. Serve.

STICKY RICE WITH COCONUT MILK AND MANGO

Steps:

• Rinse sweet rice until water runs clear. Soak rice in warm water, 2 to 4 hours. Drain.
• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Line the steamer with cheese cloth and spoon rice into cheese cloth; steam until thoroughly cooked, about 20 minutes. Remove steamer from heat and transfer rice to a bowl.
• Mix coconut milk, sugar, and salt together in a saucepan; bring to a simmer. Pour 3/4 of the coconut milk mixture over rice; cover bowl and let sit for 5 minutes.
• Pour remaining coconut milk mixture over rice and top with mango slices.

RICE PUDDING WITH COCONUT MILK

Steps:

• In a medium pot, stir together the rice, 1 1/2 cans coconut milk (reserve remaining coconut milk for Round 2 Recipe Coconut Chicken Soup), sugar, and lime peel. Put the pot over medium heat, bring it to a simmer, and cover. Cook until the pudding becomes very thick, 20 to 25 minutes.
• While the pudding is cooking, toast the shredded coconut in a dry skillet over medium heat until golden brown.
• After the pudding has cooled 10 minutes, stir in the vanilla. Serve the rice pudding topped with diced mango and sprinkled with toasted coconut.

RICE WITH COCONUT MILK

Steps:

• Rinse rice in several changes of water.
• Drain, discard water and set aside.
• In a medium pot, over medium heat, bring coconut cream to a boil.
• Add rice, sugar and salt.
• Add coconut milk and return to a boil.
• Cook, partially covered, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, 15 to 20 minutes, or until all the liquid has been absorbed and the rice has fluffed.