Jamaican rice porridge recipe
Try this Jamaican rice porridge recipe for tasty, creamy, healthy breakfast. Easy to make with rice, cinnamon, nutmeg and your favourite milk.
Rice porridge is not the most popular Jamaican porridge but when it come to taste, it falls in the top category.
How To Make Rice Porridge From Scratch
- Wash the one cup of rice to remove as much of the starch as possible.
- Put the rice to cook in a saucepan with fours cups of water, quarter teaspoon of salt and a cinnamon stick/leaf
- Cook until the rice is tender
- Add a cup of unsweetened milk. Let the rice absorb the milk.
- Sweeten with condensed milk
It is that simple.
What Rice To Use
I usually use white rice to make rice porridge because it easier to cook.
I sometime use brown rice because it’s much healthier but it takes a bit longer to cook.
Milk To Use
It’s up to you the type of milk you use.
I use unsweetened plant based milks such as soya milk, almond milk, rice milk.
If you are vegan you can use vegan condensed milk to sweeten the porridge.
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Jamaican rice porridge recipe
Make Jamaican rice porridge for breakfast. Have it with a slice of toast.
Ingredients
Method
- Wash the rice until the water is clear.
- Pour the rice into a large enough saucepan, add water, the salt and cinnamon stick.
- Put to cook on medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes or until the rice is tender. Make sure to stir occasionally and reduce heat if necessary to prevent burning.
- Add the cup of unsweetened milk and stir constantly. Add the vanilla and nutmeg and stir. Cook for another 4-8 minutes.
- Turn the flames off. Sweeten to taste with the condensed milk
- Now enjoy the beautiful taste of Jamaican rice porridge.
Nutrition
Notes
- Rice: Different types of rice absorb water differently, so you may need to adjust the amount of liquid in this recipe depending on the variety you use. This recipe uses white long-grain basmati rice.
- Coconut milk: You can substitute the coconut milk for long-life cow’s milk or any other plant-based milk.
- Cinnamon: It doesn’t matter whether you use cinnamon leaves or sticks. You can also use ground cinnamon; add it to the pot with the nutmeg and vanilla extract.
- Sweeteners: You may need to use more sugar or condensed milk if you like your food really sweet. Start with the amount provided and go from there. Also, you can use either if you don’t want both.
Great recipe, I tried this yesterday for breakfast and it tasted wonderful.
Glad to hear that. Thanks for sharing
I just I just made this rice porridge (rice pudding) this morning and gave it to my mother and husband and both like it. My mother, who also make Caribbean dishes (Caribbean background), she said this is a rice pudding because of the thick consistency; not porridge.
Its yummy.. I needed to add a little flour as well.. Thanks Lisa
Hi Lesa, tried your rice porridge its very nice.Whenever I’m making mine I always add a little flour to hold it together. Just a thought
Kind regards.