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Arroz con Leche

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Arroz con Leche

Mexican rice pudding slowly cooked in milk with cinnamon and vanilla — comforting and genuinely fragrant. Cooking the rice in water with the cinnamon stick first is what infuses the flavour before the milk goes in.

Total time
45 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
40 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Mexican
vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

200gshort grain rice
1Lwhole milk
400mlsweetened condensed milk
1cinnamon stick
1 tspvanilla extract
1 tspground cinnamon for serving
1 pinchsalt
500mlwater

Instructions

1

Cook rice in water with cinnamon stick until water is absorbed.

2

Add whole milk gradually, stirring over medium heat.

3

Simmer stirring frequently 25 minutes until rice is very soft and creamy.

4

Add condensed milk and vanilla, cook 5 more minutes.

5

Remove cinnamon stick, add pinch of salt.

6

Pour into bowls or glasses.

7

Dust with ground cinnamon and serve warm or chilled.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
545
Protein
17.3g
Fat
17.1g
Carbs
81.6g
Fiber
0.9g
Sodium
2173mg

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