Description
Delicious sweet coconut rice that can be thrown in a rice cooker or done on the stove. This is great when paired with a Thai green curry or stir-fry! Ideally, make this with either jasmine rice or long-grain white rice.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups long-grain white rice
- 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
- 1 ¼ cups water
- 1 teaspoon white sugar, or more to taste
- 1 tablespoon shredded coconut, or to taste (Optional)
Instructions
- Stir rice
- coconut milk
- and water together in a saucepan. Dissolve sugar into the liquid.
- Bring the mixture to a simmer
- reduce heat to medium-low
- place a cover on the saucepan
- and simmer until the majority of the liquid has been absorbed by the rice
- 15 to 20 minutes. Leaving saucepan on the burner
- turn heat off and let rice steam until sticky
- about 5 to 10 minutes more. Garnish with shredded coconut.
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 25 mins
Servings: 4