Easiest Way to Best Tasty Arroz Con Leche

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Arroz Con Leche. This Arroz con Leche is the Cuban version of rice pudding. It's richer and sweeter than regular rice pudding. Being Cuban myself, I prefer this version of this delicious dessert to any other.

In a small saucepan, combine the water, rice and cinnamon.

To make arroz con leche, start by bringing white rice, water, and a cinnamon stick to a boil over high heat.

Next, add both regular milk and sweetened condensed milk to the rice, along with salt, vanilla, and raisins.

You can have Arroz Con Leche using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Arroz Con Leche

1. Prepare 2 cup of Calrose rice (Soak in water for 1-2 hours).

2. Prepare of tea.

3. You need 4 cup of Water.

4. Prepare 6 of each Whole Cloves.

5. It’s 4 of each Cinnamon sticks (approximately 3 inches long).

6. Prepare 1 of each Star Anise (whole).

7. Prepare of In a pot.

8. You need 1 can of Evaporated milk.

9. It’s 1 cup of Water.

10. It’s 1 can of Coconut milk.

11. It’s 4 cup of Tea from previous step.

12. Prepare 2 cup of Soaked Calrose rice.

13. Prepare of Towards the end.

14. You need 1 can of Cream of coconut.

15. It’s 1 can of Sweetened condensed milk.

16. Prepare 1/2 cup of Brown sugar.

17. It’s 1 tsp of Good vanilla extract.

Arroz con Leche vs Rice Pudding.

Just by looking at the photos, you may notice that this arroz con leche recipe is not a rice pudding recipe.

This rice with milk recipe is loose, almost like a soup!

Yes, yes, and for some reason, in Spanish it's still called arroz con leche.

Arroz Con Leche step by step

1. Soak Calrose rice in water for 1-2 hours..

2. Meanwhile place spices and water for tea in a pot and bring to boil, then reduce heat to medium. Let boil in medium heat for 15-20 minutes..

3. Once tea is done let cool a little. Strain spices from tea, leave only the cinnamon sticks in it..

4. Place evaporated milk, remaining 1 cup water, the 4 cups of prepared tea and coconut milk in pot..

5. Bring to a boil, once it starts boiling drain rice and add to pot. Cook on medium heat until rice is cooked through and mixture thickens..

6. Once rice is cooked through stir in coconut cream, sweetened condensed milk, brown sugar and vanilla..

7. Let boil for a little until mixture thickens, make sure you dont let it stick (mixture will thicken up).

8. Transfer to glass cake dish to cool, top with ground cinnamon..

9. Enjoy!! (:.

10. Optional: you can add raisins if youd like when you boil the evaporated milk before adding the rice..

Maybe it should be called sopa de arroz con leche (rice with milk soup).

Arroz con leche, aka rice pudding, was a dessert my mom grew up on.

My great-grandma made it, and I wanted to find a recipe that tasted just like it.

Fortunately, I did just that and now have introduced this delicious dessert to my own children.

Arroz con Leche, or rice pudding, is an authentic Mexican recipe that is sweet and smooth.