HOMEMADE RICE MILK!! CHOCOLATE COCONUT RICE DRINK!! PANTRY POWER!

After overwhelming response to the video we recently uploaded on how to make oat milk, you have requested that I share how to make rice milk. So for a little fun I thought we could make chocolate coconut rice drink. The procedure is very similar to the oat milk, but with only a couple of differences. Cooked rice and water is all you need. Take it up a notch to make delicious, creamy chocolate coconut rice drink! We could probably all use a treat and this is definitely it!

A caveat first. I am using some leftover cooked rice that I needed to use up. It was parcooked or "converted" rice. It was probably not the best choice for making rice milk. I recommend that you use either a long or short grain rice, brown or white would be fine. You can use cooked like I have or you can soak dry rice overnight covered in water, rinse and then blend with fresh water. If you do the latter, you will end up with a much creamier "ricey" end result with less starchy waste. For demonstration purposes, I used the cooked rice. You can make the choice that suits you best.

I am using one cup of cooked rice and four cups of cool water. That is the base for this "milk". Yes I know that it isn't really milk, I am aware that rice does not have the ability to lactate, so for all of you who thought you would be smarty pants and point that out on the oat milk video, good for you, you recognize that oats are not a life form. We will move on from that topic and all assume we know this. For the purposes of the demonstration we are calling this "milk".

The use of a high speed blender is recommended but any blender will do here. You want to blend on high for 3 minutes to get the best result. It should be smooth and creamy looking upon completion. This mixture will need to be strained using either a nut milk bag, several layers of true cheesecloth (not the kind from the hardware store) or a flour sack towel, which is what I used. Allow this to drain lifting up and giving it a gentle squeeze to extract the majority of the liquid. In the end I had 3 cups of rice milk. Since I wanted at least four cups of liquid, I added 1, 14 ounce can of coconut milk to round it out and add creaminess. Now lets make this a chocolate treat!

I poured the rice and coconut milk back into the rinsed out carafe of the blender and added 2 tablespoons of dark chocolate, Dutch processed cocoa powder along with 1/4 cup of agave nectar to sweeten. You can use what you like here. Your sweetener of choice, honey, brown rice syrup, maple syrup, brown or white sugar or even splenda or stevia will do. Blend this for a few seconds to homogenize everything well and then you can decant and enjoy.

This will last for up to 5 days in the refrigerator. Be sure to shake well before pouring. This was silky, smooth, creamy and chocolatey. You can choose to add more or less cocoa or even add more or less sweetener to taste. If you simply want plain rice milk, you can just use the rice and water but to boost the flavor just a bit add some vanilla extract and adding a pinch of salt is always a good idea to boost all the flavors.

That is how easy it is to make rice milk. I hope this was helpful and that you learned something that will help stretch your pantry even further in these times of change. I hope you give making rice milk a try and I hope that you love it!

Happy eating!

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