Holiday Comfort Food Reader Recipes: Arroz Con Leche
Posted by: Erin Flaherty
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2:00PM, Saturday November 21st 2009
After we called for comfort food recipes to cook during the holidays, lots of you sent a whole mess of deliciousness our way! So let’s get moving or, um, cuddle up and get stationary with our first up, from reader Susan Ramirez.
“Every time it gets cold I love to make Arroz con Leche. It’s very easy, if you can make a soup, you can make this!”—Susan
How to make this insanely easy recipe, after the jump…
You Need:
- 1 cup of rice
- 2-3 sticks of cinnamon
- 3-4 cups of milk (you might need more depending how creamy you like it)
- 1 cup of sugar
- small pot of water
- First, fill the pot halfway with water, and add the cinnamon sticks to it. Bring water to a boil.
- When the water is boiling, add the rice; let the rice cook. The water should slowly start to evaporate, and you will be adding the milk soon.
- Once you have tasted the rice and determined that it’s soft and ready to eat, add the 2-3 cups of milk.
- Stir the rice with milk, add the cup of sugar, and taste to make sure that it has enough (or if it has too much, just add more milk). Let it sit on the stove for 2 minutes, just so it can thicken up a bit.
- Pour in a bowl and get ready to eat. My grandma likes to add a little bit of cinnamon powder on top with some raisins, which is perfect for a really cold night. What’s so awesome about this dish is you can refrigerate it and eat it cold as rice pudding for a snack the next day.
Got a favorite comfort food recipe you’re willing to share? Send it to style@thefrisky.com with the subject line: Recipe. We’ll post the most mouth-watering ones so you’ll have plenty of cozy food ideas throughout the coming cold months.
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mayorbubbles
wrote on November 21 2009 @ 02:28 pm: [report]
I make this ALL THE TIME! I call it breakfast rice
HayleyIB
wrote on November 21 2009 @ 02:56 pm: [report]
mmm, i love this!
I usually treat it more like oatmeal and add sugar and butter.
melissaann
wrote on November 21 2009 @ 05:21 pm: [report]
I am getting off the couch right now to make. Frisky, please post more recipes that include things I already have! This is awesome. I am assuming I can just dump a few tsp of cinnamon instead of cinnamon sticks?
dizzy
wrote on November 21 2009 @ 05:43 pm: [report]
You gotta be careful when serving that to others, though. Some people hate rice pudding. I like cardamon in mine, too.
Leifhan
wrote on November 21 2009 @ 07:38 pm: [report]
this is a peruvian traditional recipe.
Padme912
wrote on November 21 2009 @ 08:14 pm: [report]
MMmm. Sounds yummy. This seems great for staying in on a cold night.
impoddity
wrote on November 21 2009 @ 09:51 pm: [report]
My mom makes something similar, except she uses evaporated milk. My gramma likes to put vanilla soymilk in hers.
Rose
wrote on November 22 2009 @ 05:15 am: [report]
You can make a delicious vegan version with coconut milk instead of cow’s, or three-quarters coconut one quarter cow’s for non-vegans, and it’s delicious too.
amber
wrote on November 22 2009 @ 10:40 pm: [report]
Oh, I can’t wait to try this.
Barbara
wrote on November 23 2009 @ 12:00 pm: [report]
@ melissaane “Frisky, please post more recipes that include things I already have!”
Amen to that. I will second that notion.
Erin Flaherty
wrote on November 23 2009 @ 12:09 pm: [report]
@barbara & melissane: Hee, you don’t have rice and milk? (Eh, maybe I don’t either…)
powplz
wrote on November 23 2009 @ 12:11 pm: [report]
@Erin- that’s how I read that at first too, I think they DO have that and want MORE recipes comprised of ingredients they already have on hand, like this one.
spatula
wrote on November 23 2009 @ 12:18 pm: [report]
well, YUM. Totally trying @Rose’s idea of coconut milk, too.
Humble Bee
wrote on November 23 2009 @ 02:28 pm: [report]
I’m glad you guys liked it! Its really easy and really yummy.
whatshesays
wrote on November 23 2009 @ 03:11 pm: [report]
I’m so excited! I’m going to make it for my roommates before we all leave for thanksgiving.
theattack
wrote on November 23 2009 @ 07:14 pm: [report]
@Humble Bee: I guess that means you posted this? This sounds so delicious, and I can’t wait to try it. Too bad I forgot to buy rice at the grocery store last night. Oops. If this was your recipe, can you tell me if this is just enough for one serving or for a couple of people?
amanda lynn
wrote on November 24 2009 @ 12:49 am: [report]
i do a recipe similar to this with leftover rice from chinese food. om nom!
Humble Bee
wrote on November 24 2009 @ 12:17 pm: [report]
@theattack
This makes for up to 2-3 people!
2 cups makes for 4-5 people, I have a big family so this is great because you just tweak the sugar amounts, and add a little more milk etc.
Morwen
wrote on November 24 2009 @ 01:50 pm: [report]
It’s also a traditional Christmas recipe in Denmark.
Jillakiss
wrote on November 30 2009 @ 08:40 am: [report]
Hi Susan, I used your recipe to make a dish for Thanksgiving dessert and it went over really well. I actually used brown rice to make it slightly healthier. Thanks for the idea.