Tropical Rice

Submitted by Bellinda

"This rice has such sweet and comforting aroma. Coconut, pineapple...you'll love it. I was looking for a rice dish to go with my Recipe #382313 and this is what I found on the net. To add an extra layer of flavor you could substitute some of the chicken broth with lime juice or orange juice and to make it spicy add a minced scotch bonnet pepper."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 cups rice
• 1 1⁄4 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 cup crushed pineapple
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup green onion, chopped
• chopped macadamia nuts, to taste (or almonds)
• toasted coconut flakes, to taste

directions

1. Rinse rice and add to a pot with the broth and coconut milk (and juice if you want) and cook until done. I use a rice cooker.
2. Fluff up the rice and add the pineapple, soy sauce, sesame oil and sugar. Mix well, taste and adjust seasoning.
3. Top rice with green onions, nuts and coconut flakes before serving.

Reviews

[Starrynews]

This has a nice, mildly sweet flavor from all of the goodies packed in here. Leftovers reheat well. Thanks for sharing!

 

[WI Cheesehead]

Wow! I have to give this a 5, even though we didn't use the pineapple. I LOVED the coconut milk in this. I've just started using it and am so glad I found this recipe. I did in the rice cooker, but had to add a bunch more broth and added some olive oil. I made with your recipe#313537 and both were a hit! Made for V@gan Swap 8-09. UPDATE: This made it into my Top Fav's of 2009 cookbook. Original Review 8-1-09.

 

[Elmotoo]

YUMYUMYUM! This makes a lot of rice, too. Great for leftovers. ;) I recommend doubling the scallions. hehehe. Made for VIP veggie swap 8/09.

 

[Sydney Mike]

GREAT, GREAT COMBO OF INGREDIENTS here ~ The coconut & pineapple is always nice together, but the addition of the green onions & nuts took it up another notch! Another time I just might take the hint & substitute OJ for half of the chicken broth! Another nice keeper of a recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed for the VIP chef in the Vegetarian/Vegan Recipe Swap 13]

 

[Debbwl]

Love the combination of flavors. Made using long grain Brown rice and macadamia nuts. It was a little sweet for our taste which next time will be easily fixed by adding half a scotch bonnet as suggested as an option in the description. Went well with Thai Chicken Skewers and can see it going well with Bahama Shrimp Skewers also. Thanks so much for the post.