Coconut Rice with Ginger Recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 cup of rice

1 cup of coconut milk

1 cup of water

1 tablet of chicken stock (or two small cubes)

1 onion (chopped)

½ inch piece of ginger (peeled)

1 tsp of sugar

Directions

1. Crush the tablet of chicken stock in a pot. Add the onion, ginger, sugar, water and coconut milk to the pot. Stir the ingredients and bring to a boil.
2. Reduce the flame to low then add the rice to the pot.
3. Cover the pot and cook until all liquid has been absorbed.
4. Fluff the rice and let sit for a few minutes
5. Remove the piece of ginger before serving the rice.
6. Enjoy!

Tips:

• It is best to rinse the rice prior to cooking it. This will remove the starch that is coating the rice and will stop it from being clumpy and from sticking together.

Two simple ways to rinse rice:

·      Simply place the rice in a sieve and rinse under running water until the water runs clear. Be sure to shake the sieve while rinsing.

OR

·      Place the rice in a bowl. Fill bowl with water. Use hands to rub the grains together. The water will become cloudy. Drain the water. Repeat this process 2 to 3 times until the water remains clear.

• Liquid chicken stock can be used as a substitute for water. In that case, you would use ½ of the chicken stock cube.

•  To cook perfect rice every time, make sure the liquid it always exactly double the amount of rice (no more, no less). The rice will not be too hard or too soft.