Linda's Coconut Horchata

A refreshing Mexican rice drink thats easy to make. I dont know if this version is traditional but I did have something similar at a very authentic Mexican restaurant. Either way, its still delicious

Linda's Coconut Horchata Ingredients

• 1 cup uncooked white rice

• teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 4? cups water, divided

• ? cup light coconut milk

• ? cup superfine sugar

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How to Make Linda's Coconut Horchata

1. Pour rice, cinnamon, and 3 cups water in a blender; blend until rice begins to break up, about 1 minute.

2. Transfer rice mixture to a large bowl and stir in remaining 1 1/2 cups water; let stand for at least 3 hours, whisking occasionally.

3. Strain rice mixture with a fine sieve into a large pitcher and discard rice.

4. Stir coconut milk, sugar, and vanilla extract into the pitcher. Chill completely and stir before serving over ice.

Linda's Coconut Horchata Nutritions

• Calories: 183.3 calories

• Carbohydrate: 36.5 g

• Cholesterol:

• Fat: 2.6 g

• Fiber: 0.5 g

• Protein: 2.4 g

• SaturatedFat: 1.5 g

• ServingSize:

• Sodium: 9.9 mg

• Sugar: 11.2 g

• TransFat:

• UnsaturatedFat:

Linda's Coconut Horchata Reviews

• All I had was Jasmine rice, which is a long grain.1. Did a quick rinse of the rice, because Ive read its best to rinse your imported rice due to the difference in handling procedures (i.e. use of talc to give rice a whiter look) at the foreign company vs US companies2. Blended on High (my blender says Liquefy) for 1 minute3. Used full coconut milk vs light, which some say light is just full diluted with water4. I wasnt around to whisk occasionally, but let it sit unattended for the full 3hrs5. Used coconut sugar, which is just as sweet but much lower glycemic index.6. I didnt bother transferring rice from blender to a bowl, but later blender clean up would have been easier vs. dealing with the settled rice in the bottom of the blenderMy wife normally cant stand horchata, but she wanted seconds of this one Great recipe. Thanks

• Good The coconut flavor was very subtle, coconut lovers might prefer more I used Silk original coconut milk. Maybe canned variety would provide a bit more. Blending the cinnamon with the rice in the beginning was great, as dissolving larger amounts of cinnamon is difficult at the end ( if youve done this before with cinnamon at the end you know what Im talking about). The fam loves horchata, age 2-7 for the kids and my husband and I too The last time we were in mexico we stumbled upon horchata with coconut milk and it was great We had to try this. Definitely worth it to try this variety