COCONUT RICE RECIPE: How To Make The Best Coconut Fried Rice / best coconut rice recipe

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: coconut cream diluted with water

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil adds healthy fats, while canola is less expensive.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: habanero

Jalapeños are milder, while habaneros are more accessible.

chicken or vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Homemade broth is healthier and cheaper than store-bought.

Heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a pot until melted.

Add the white part of 1/2 cup spring onion and sauté for 1 minute until translucent.

Add the green part of the spring onion and sauté for another minute.

Add 2 cups of super basmati rice to the pot and toast for 5-7 minutes until the rice starts to pop like popcorn.

Pour in 4 cups of chicken stock and 1 can of coconut milk into the pot.

Add salt to taste and stir to combine.

Cook the rice on the lowest heat for 20 minutes, keeping the pot covered.

While the rice is cooking, prepare the vegetables by stir-frying the remaining spring onion, ginger, garlic, and scotch bonnet pepper for 1-2 minutes.

Add 1 cup of carrots and 1 cup of frozen peas to the stir-fried vegetables and sprinkle with a little salt, cooking for 5 minutes on medium heat.

After 20 minutes, check the rice; if it’s not fully cooked, stir and let it cook for an additional 5 minutes.

Once the rice is done, combine it with the stir-fried vegetables and mix well.

Serve with avocado and banana as sides.

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