Horchata de arroz is one of the most delicious beverages I’ve ever tried. My kids are obsessed with it or at least with the horchata I make. Not all horchata is the same and according to my kids I make the best!
The ingredients you need are:
- long grain rice
- Mexican cinnamon stick
- water
- sweetened condensed milk
- evaporated milk
- sugar
- Mexican vanilla
- ground cinnamon (optional)
Horchata de Arroz
A delicious Mexican beverage made from rice
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup long grain rice
- 1/2 a Mexican cinnamon stick
- 10 cups water
- (1) 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk
- (2) 12 oz cans of evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 2 tbs Mexican vanilla
- ground cinnamon optional
Instructions
-
Add the rice and cinnamon stick to a large bowl. Add 6 cups of water. Cover the bowl and transfer to the refrigerator to soak for 10-12 hours.
-
Add half of the soaked rice and water to the blender. Blend for 1 minute then strain into a pitcher using a fine mesh strainer. Then repeat with the remaining soaked rice and soaking water. Discard the solid bits that are left behind in the strainer.
-
Add the sweetened condensed milk, sugar and evaporated milk to the blender and blend for 15 seconds.
-
Strain into the pitcher using the fine mesh strainer.
-
Add the vanilla and remaining 4 cups of water to the pitcher. Stir well.
-
Serve over ice. Top with ground cinnamon if desired. Store the leftover horchata in the refrigerator.