Print this page Close this window

Photo

SWEET STICKY COCONUT RICE

Makes: 6 servings

Ingredients:

Sweet Coconut Rice
1 1/4 cups sweetened condensed milk
One 13 1/2-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
1/3 cup sweetened flaked coconut
4 cups cooked glutinous rice

Caramelized Pineapple
1 pineapple
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1/3 cup sweetened flaked coconut and roasted walnut for garnish.

Cooking:

  1. In a 2-quart pan, combine sweetened condensed milk, coconut milk, and flaked coconut; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, stirring once or twice; simmer for 5 minutes. Add glutinous rice and cook, stirring occasionally, until rice absorbs liquid. Remove pan from heat and cover.
  2. Toast coconut for garnish: Spread coconut in a pie pan and toast in a 350 degree F oven. Stirring frequently, until lightly browned, 4 to 5 minutes.
  3. To serve, scoop rice into bowls and sprinkle with toasted coconut and garnish with roasted walnuts.

Adapted from Quick and Easy by Martin Yan (Chronicle Books). Copyright © Yan Can Cook Group, 2005.