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Coconut Rice

A bowl of creamy coconut rice made with coconut milk, salt, and sugar, garnished with a touch of cilantro
  • Serves:  6
  • Prep Time:  5 min
  • Cook Time:  18 min

Ingredients

  • 1 (14-ounce) can coconut milk, shaken
  • 1 ¼ cups water
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 cups long-grain white rice, rinsed

Method

  1. In a small saucepan, stir together the coconut milk, 1¼ cups water, salt, and sugar.  Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. 
  2. Stir in the rice and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed, about 18 minutes. 
  3. Remove the lid and fluff the rice using a fork. Turn off the heat and let the rice sit on the hot stove for another 2 to 3 minutes before serving.

Notes

To make in a rice cooker: 

  1. Pour the coconut milk, 1¼ cups water, salt, sugar, and rice into a rice cooker. 
  2. Set to ‘quick mode’ or setting for long grain white rice. 
  3. Fluff the rice with a fork, and serve.