Coconut Rice

One of my old co-workers used to always bring in delicious coconut rice from a restaurant, which is sadly no long in business.  Since we can't buy it anymore, I guess we have to make it!

I make this using a rice cooker, but you can cook it in a large pot on the stove.  If you aren't using a rice cooker, you will need to make sure that you check your rice often while it is cooking.

Ingredients:

2 cups Jasmine rice

1 400 mL can of coconut milk

1 1/4 cups water

pinch of sea salt

1/4 c. coconut meat/re-hydrated dried coconut

1 Tbsp. coconut oil

Directions:

1. Put coconut milk, water and salt in the rice cooker.

2. Re-hydrate dried coconut by soaking in warm water for 5 minutes.  Roughly dice coconut.

3. Melt coconut oil in a large pan over medium heat.  Add rice and coconut meat and cook for 15 minutes, until fragrant and lightly toasted.

4.  Transfer rice and coconut meat to rice cooker.  It should take about 20 minutes for the rice to cook.

This works well as a base for entrees and desserts!