Coconut Rice

By Tejal Rao

Coconut Rice
Karsten Moran for The New York Times
Total Time
35 minutes
Rating
4(2,952)
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Coconut milk lends rice both fat and sweetness, making it a richer, more mellow side than plain rice. To make it, simply replace half of the cooking water with coconut milk. It becomes a meal if you serve it with a fried egg, finely sliced pickled chiles with a little of their pickling liquid and some crushed peanuts. And if you wanted to turn it into dessert, serving it with ripe fruit like cut mango on top, you could stick to the recipe below, but bump the sugar up to 2 tablespoons.

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Ingredients

Yield:3 to 4 servings
  • 1cup long-grain white rice, such as jasmine
  • ¾cup coconut milk
  • 1scant tablespoon sugar
  • ½teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste
  • ¾cup water
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

96 calories; 9 grams fat; 8 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 0 grams monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 4 grams carbohydrates; 0 grams dietary fiber; 3 grams sugars; 1 gram protein; 243 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Rinse the rice a few times, until the water that drains away runs almost completely clear.

  2. Step 2

    Put in a medium, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat with coconut milk, water, sugar and salt. When the liquid comes up to a boil, give it a good stir, scraping the bottom of the pot. Cover the pot and turn the heat down to low.

  3. Step 3

    Cook for 15 minutes, then turn off the heat and let the rice rest for 10 minutes. Mix gently with a flexible rubber spatula. Taste, season with salt and serve.

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zitronencurry

Why do you have a tablespoon of sugar in this recipe? And also in the pate brisée recipe? There's no need for sugar in either. Seems to be an American thing. I always cut the sugar in any American recipe by a third to suit my European taste, and I've met Asians who cut it by half.

stephanie

toast one heaping cup of rice in 1-2T of butter/oil and any spices i want for 4mins then use the same measuring cup to add 2c of liquid. for coconut rice i use full fat coconut milk and just pour the can into the measuring cup, and whatever space is left in the second cup i fill with water or chicken stock. add salt, bring to boil, lower to simmer, cover and let go for 15mins. then turn off heat and let sit for 15mins more. fluff and add fresh herbs if you like. (i like cilantro and lime juice.)

james wallace

I made this as though it were a risotto, using arborio rice, gradually adding coconut cream from Trader Joe's as though it were wine. And I added some unsweetened shredded coconut as well. Loved it. I'll always make it this way henceforth!

Stephanie

I thought this recipe was delicious. I made it to go with the Coconut-Miso Salmon Curry. It was the perfect addition.

AF. Just ok.

The recipe didn’t specify sweetened or unsweetened coconut milk. I only had unsweetened so I used that, and added the tablespoon of sugar that other reviewers were complaining about. It was not sweet enough at all. I will try again but will use sweetened coconut milk.

Daphne

Delicious, only a little bit of sweetness in the aftertaste (just enough to bring out the coconut). Add sugar or not -- why get all judgy about it? Tastes like the coconut rice at my favorite Thai restaurant. Easy! I did mine in my little rice cooker using the exact proportions and it worked great.

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