Sweet Coconut Rice

  4.5 – 25 reviews  

Delicious coconut rice that can be prepared on the stovetop or in a rice cooker. This tastes fantastic when coupled with a stir-fry or Thai green curry! Either jasmine rice or long-grain white rice should be used to make this dish.

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Additional Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  1. 1 ½ cups long-grain white rice
  2. 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
  3. 1 ¼ cups water
  4. 1 teaspoon white sugar, or more to taste
  5. 1 tablespoon shredded coconut, or to taste (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Stir rice, coconut milk, and water together in a saucepan. Dissolve sugar into the liquid.
  2. Bring the mixture to a simmer then reduce heat to medium-low. Cover the saucepan and simmer until the majority of the liquid has been absorbed by the rice, 15 to 20 minutes.
  3. Leaving the saucepan on the burner, turn the heat off and let rice steam until sticky, 5 to 10 minutes more.
  4. Garnish with shredded coconut.
  5. Check liquid for sweetness before cooking. I dip a spoon in to taste the liquid and make sure it’s sweet enough.
  6. If you are nuts for coconut like me, add the shredded coconut as a garnish prior to serving.

Reviews

Bryan Pollard
This rice recipe as is will make excellent Coconut Rice authentic to good Thai coconut rice. The only change I made to it was to add by eye a tiny amount more of sugar (maybe 1/4 tsp, of Turbinado sugar which does not change the rice’s color) and I did check the liquid before fully absorbed as stated in the tip section for sweetness. For my taste it was fine. Find your sweet spot, and go with it. I made it in a typical saucepan on the stovetop. You will not be disappointed. Enjoy!
Brian Sandoval
Love this. I cooked with a Rice Cooker. I doubled the Recipe. – 3 rice cooker cups of Basmati. – 2 (14oz) cans of coconut milk – 2 rice cooker cups of water – 2 tsp of sugar – 1 rice cooker cup of shredded coconut I panicked as I thought maybe it might turn out too liquidy. Once the rice cooker turned off I left the lid closed for 10 mins, then open and stirred. Let it sit for 5 minutes before serving. Perfection. Served with sweet chilli chicken and mango salad. I will definitely be making this rice again. Thank you
Carrie James
This rice recipe is perfect to accompany Thai peanut sauce chicken!
Heather Hamilton
I added a tad bit more water to ensure thorough cooking and crushed red pepper & salt for taste. It went well with my Cajun Shrimp and Edamame
Kelli Jacobs
Great recipe! This is a wonderful way to add some pizazz to plain old white rice. I did make a slight change to the sugar and added 1 T. I also didn’t have any shredded coconut on hand, so I omitted that. My family really liked it!
Sabrina Green
I made it but made a few changes and it was delish! Definite keeper! I doubled the recipe and instead of using two cans of coconut milk, I did one can of coconut milk and one can of coconut cream for a little more sweetness! I also added flakes while cooking and then again on top as a garnish. It came out creamy and smooth and just yummy! It’s a definite keeper! (I also made this to pair with coconut chicken, because I am a Huuuge coconut lover and it was an amazing dinner!).
Annette Rodriguez
I make this recipe almost weekly and our family loves it. I’ve found that in my rice cookers (one a simple 3 cup cooker which only has on/off settings and one a 5.5 c Tiger brand cooker with multiple settings) I get a better result with 2 c uncooked rice, keeping all the other ingredients the same. It’s a little less mushy and the grains have a better texture.
Mr. Nicholas Thompson PhD
I read reviews suggesting using half coconut milk and half water, so I decided to use one can of sweetened coconut milk, and one 16.9 fluid oz of coconut water with pulp. I used two cups of short grain white rice. It came out delicious but may be a bit sweet for some people. It did total to 54 g of sugar for the whole pot of rice.
Justin Choi
I put everything in the rice cooker at the same time and it turned out perfectly delicious.
Bradley Cook
My whole family loved this rice, I added 3 tablespoons of sugar and made it sweeter and also shredded coconut it was fantastic!
Kent Sanders
Not bad. I used long grain rice but I think I should try basmati next time. I also used a tablespoon of organic sugar instead and it’s not bad at all.
Rebekah Hernandez
I made my Coconut Rice last night using my rice cooker. In order to keep the same consistency as I make my regular rice, I used the measuring cup that came with the rice cooker. My measurement is 3 cups of rice, 2 cups of coconut milk and 1 cup of water. Left it on low for 10 minutes after boil and it came out perfect and not mushy. Will definitely make it again.
Nicholas Bender
It was ok !
Michele Hopkins
It made a creamy tasting rice, but I prefer the coconut lime rice recipe.
Robert Dickson
Easy and rich tasting!
Dr. Renee Turner
I had coconut rice for the first time last week in a Thai restaurant. This is a perfect match. Delicious! Thanks so much for the recipe. I used brown jasmine rice in mine.
Jonathan Riley
It didn’t have enough of a coconut flavor for my family.
Lisa Walker
Okay, but not a strong coconut taste. Made this in my rice cooker. I used the stated amount of sugar. I found that if I added some sugar on my rice at the table it bought out the coconut taste more. Not a bad recipe by any means, but I would want to play with it some more to suite our tastes. My teen didn’t like it at all. A lot leftover.
April Harris
Amazing! My boyfriend made this last night with caramelized baked chicken (another wonderful recipe on here). It went perfect with it! I loved the sweetness of this rice. It is the right amount of sweet. Delicious!
Justin Fuentes
Great and easy to make and tastes great too
Stacey Colon
EXCELLENT recipe – only thing I added was salt. I like sweet rice, so I used two tsp of sugar. Added the coconut just before serving and it was terrific. We served it as a side dish with BBQ brisket, steamed broccoli and a green salad. Will make it with chicken curry next time. Two thumbs up!

 

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