Rice with Milk (Arroz con Leche)
Arroz con leche is a sweet dish of creamed rice.
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked rice
- 2 cups water
- 7 cups milk
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 cups white granulated sugar or fruit syrup
- ½ tsp salt
- Outer peel of 1 lemon (remove white pith)
- Cinnamon powder
- Mint leaves (optional, for garnish)
Ingredients for 5 servings (2.8 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Put the rice in a strainer and rinse it until the water runs clear.
- 2
Put the rice in a pot with the water, and boil it for 7 minutes until the rice softens and the water is almost completely absorbed.
Stovetop - 3
Add the milk, the sticks of cinnamon, and the lemon peel. Boil over moderate heat for 10 minutes. Take the cinnamon sticks and the lemon peel out, and cook for another 5–6 minutes until the rice is softer, stirring often with a wood spoon.
Stovetop - 4
Add the sugar, and cook for another 30 minutes; then add the salt, and cook for 1–2 more minutes, stirring often.
- 5
Take the rice mixture off the heat and place it in a deep glass dish, sprinkle with cinnamon powder, and refrigerate.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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