Coconut Rice Mexican Style

Name: Coconut Rice Mexican Style
Prep time: 60 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Mexicana
Ingredients: 1 coconut, reserve the coconut water as well; 1 cup precooked rice; 2 1/2 cups water, boiling; 1/2 cups raisins

Vanessa Cruz

Try this recipe for delicious coconut rice Mexican style, it's a different way to cook rice and you can serve it as a side dish.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 26-06-2013

Preparation

Low

Peel the coconut, removing the hard shell, and reserve the water. In a food processor or blender, grind the coconut as much as you can. Add the coconut water to blend. With a fine strainer or a cloth, squeeze the grated coconut, removing as much liquid as you can; this liquid is called coconut milk. In a thick pot, pour all the coconut milk and let it cook over high heat until all the liquid evaporates and the residues in the pot begin to brown. This is the way to obtain the coconut oil that will give flavor to your rice. Pour the rice into the pot with the coconut oil. Add the 2 1/2 cups of boiling water to the squeezed coconut, let it rest for a minute, strain the water, and add it to the pot with the rice. Add the raisins and a pinch of salt. Cook over low heat until the liquid evaporates, with the pot covered or until the rice is tender.