Cook the Book: Coconut Rice with Variations

Name: Cook the Book: Coconut Rice with Variations
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters chicken stock, or any stock or broth, or more as needed; 473 milliliters cooked white rice (preferably day old); 118 milliliters sweetened angel flake coconut (more if you really love coconut); 79 milliliters heavy cream

Cook the Book: Coconut Rice with Variations might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 2 servings with 504 calories, 8g of protein, and 30g of fat each. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet. If you have chicken stock, heavy cream, angel flake coconut, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat a griddle or large sauté pan over high heat until very hot.

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Frying Pan

Add the rice, cream, and stock. You want the liquid to cover the rice but not so much that a lot of liquid leaks around the sides of the mound of rice.

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Cream

Stock

Rice

Sprinkle the coconut on top of the rice, cover, and steam until the rice is warm and the liquid had been absorbed. If there is too much liquid, remove the lid to cook off the excess.

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Coconut

Rice

Tofu, Peas, and Peanut Rice

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Peanuts

Peas

Rice

Tofu

Use half a small package of firm tofu, a handful of frozen peas, and a handful of crushed peanuts. Follow the instructions for Coconut Rice, but add the tofu, peas, and peanuts instead of the coconut.

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Tofu

Coconut

Peanuts

Peas

Rice

Pistachio Ricotta Rice

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Pistachio Nuts

Ricotta Cheese

Rice

Use a handful of pistachios and 1/4 cup fresh whole-milk ricotta cheese. Follow the instructions for Coconut Rice, but add the pistachios instead of the coconut and fold in the ricotta when the rice is done.

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Ricotta Cheese

Pistachio Nuts

Coconut

Milk