Arroz con Coco Blanco is a traditional Colombian rice dish from the coasts of the country. This coconut rice is an easy and simple side dish and it goes well with seafood.
This Arroz con Coco Blanco or Coconut Rice is a typical dish from the coast of Colombia and is simply delicious! It's creamy, soft and with amazing coconut flavor.
I remember having arroz con titoté and this recipe in Cartagena as a side dish with every meal and felt in love it with them.
This quick and easy coconut rice recipe is delicious. It's made with just 4 ingredients and under 30 minutes.
How to Make Coconut Rice
Place the rice in a small pot, add the coconut milk, sugar and salt.
Bring to a boil over medium high-heat. Stir once, cover and reduce heat to low, cook for 20 minutes
Do not remove the cover. Remove the pot from the heat and let it seat for 5 minutes. Fluff the rice using a fork and serve immediately.
Serve it as a side dish with seafood, stuff it into a burrito, or use it as the base of a rice bowl just add beans, corn, salsa, and guacamole.
If you are a fan of rice recipes and want to try a different recipe than your traditional white rice, this coconut rice recipe is a must-try.
What to Serve with this Dish
Rice with coconut pairs nicely with seafood dishes. Some of my favorite main dishes are grilled salmon, fried whole fish and battered fish.
More Side Dishes to Try:
Roasted Potatoes with Avocado Sauce
Coconut Rice Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Cups long grain rice
- 4 Cups coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place the rice in a small pot, add the coconut milk, sugar and salt.
- Bring to a boil over medium high-heat. Stir once, cover and reduce heat to low, cook for 20 minutes
- Do not remove the cover. Remove the pot from the heat and let it seat for 5 minutes. Fluff the rice using a fork and serve immediately.
MiMayo
The brown in real colombian coconut rice is from the carmalization of the coconutsolids in the coconut oil that seperates. This recipe without the right method is not the colombian way.
Erica
MiMayo- We have two kinds of coconut rice in Colombia "White Coconut Rice" and "Brown Coconut Rice" Here is the recipe from my site: https://www.mycolombianrecipes.com/rice-with-coconut-and-raisins-arroz-con-coco-y-pasas./ White coconut rice is serve all over the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of Colombia!
ana
Samara I'd. Like to talk to you, I lived in. Monteria myself, is rare to find someone from there, making arroz con coco as we speak
doric
this recipe helped me ace a spanish culture and food assignment thanks
Erica (not author)
Hi! I just found this recipe and I wanted to thank you for it. We needed a traditional Colombian dish to bring in for school and this will help so much with preparing it. Can't wait to try it. 🙂
Diane
For an amuse bouche, I like to place a sauteed sea scallop on a small lump of coconut rice (I use jasmine rice) then drizzle w/ saffron-scented fresh lemon juice.
Samara
@colombian traveller and @Erica: This white coconut rice is an everyday dish indeed. I agree with Erica as in Monteria my hometown we have it every single day and it is also very popular in the countryside. The brownish one is also a coconut rice but because is more elaborated we mostly do it for special ocasions or when in the mood! :). The brownish one is made in a different way. Best regards.
Andrea
You can also make coconut milk which is preferable with this dish. Its very simple just search it
Vero
I just recently found this recipe, and it sounds great! I just have a question regarding the coconut milk...is that different from coconut water? And where can I find it? I scoured a local grocery store and had no luck. Any help you can offer would be great!
Erica
Vero- You can find canned coconut at your local market (Latin aisle or Asian aisle).
Brian
I just spent a wonderful week near Tayrona staying with some local families, and all my dishes were served with coconut rice that was white. Being Korean and enjoying lots of southeast asian cuisine, it was a bit more subtle than Asian coconut rice. In addition, it seemed like they added a few bits of color - perhaps a few grains of brown rice and maybe a few shreds of carrots to give a nice look. It was a good compliment to Polla Sudado.
Sonia
Looks delicious and cooking it right now. I'd rather take recipes from local then people that have just visited a country. So ignore Columbiantraveler.
colombiatraveler
I'm not trying to be rude or anything. I just want to be clear about this. But from my many travels to colombia..in fact i just got back from an excursion going to Cartagena, Barranquilla, Santa Marta, and Tayarona....your recipe is nothing like colombian coconut rice. It looks more like asian coconut rice which is totally different. Colombian coconut rice is always dirty brown in color (and sometimes has raisins) and never white.
Erica
Colombia Traveler,
If you read my recipe list well, you will notice the brown coconut rice with raisins too. My sister lives in Cartagena and this is one of the every day side dishes in her house and you can find this rice recipe in some Colombian traditional recipe books.This rice is popular in both coasts the Pacific and Caribbean. If you read the book "Secrets of Colombian cooking" by Patricia McCausland-Gallo a Colombia chef, born in the Caribbean coast of Colombia , you can find this rice dish in her book. It is a great book with traditional Colombian recipes in English.
Thank you for your comment!
Julie
I love this recipe! I actually don't like the other rice with the raisins. thank you so much!
Siana
Funny how someone that has just travelled Colombia and hasn't even lived there, thinks they know more than you that are actually Colombian. It's absolutely ridiculous. I had a good laugh reading that absurd comment lol.
Also, love your recipes! My Aussie husband cooks all of these Colombian recipes because of you! So thank you!
Siana
Oh and I also wanted to add that White coconut rice was a staple as I was growing up in Cartagena.
Maria♥
so true,
Mike
2 Colombianraveler ....Colombians serve more white arroz de coco than brown, may I suggest don't comment until your sure..........I live in Colombia and have for the last 17 years always seen far more white arroz de coco and not the brown arroz de panela con coco.....
Deborah
My Columbian mother in law is from Cali.... and only cooks the white, and sometimes she still adds raisins.
Anonymous
"Never White"? You are definitely wrong on that! My mother and grandmother are from the coast from all the places you mentioned near and far and we most certainly had white coconut rice with fish just about every Friday growing -up. On one trip alone how can you be so sure?
Erica
Hi Raquel,
Thank you for the feedback!
Raquel77
I cut the recipe in half and it served 4. I also went a tad shy on the sugar and it was still sweet enough. It went great with our steak and aji. Definately the type of rice to have with a spicy dish.
Erica
Maggie, The coconut milk adds a wonderful flavor to the rice,perfect with spicy dishes.
soupmaker
Have all the ingredients in the cupboard and cant wait to try this one. Thanks.
Maggie
This sounds wonderful! I bet the bit of sweetness is great with spicy dishes.