Arroz con Leche

Name: Arroz con Leche
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 200g short grain rice; 1L whole milk; 400ml sweetened condensed milk; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp ground cinnamon for serving; 1 pinch salt; 500ml water

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

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

Add whole milk gradually, stirring over medium heat.

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

Add condensed milk and vanilla, cook 5 more minutes.

Remove cinnamon stick, add pinch of salt.

Pour into bowls or glasses.

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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