Often called Arroz con Leche, this is a sweet custard-like pudding. I haven't had a single person not love this traditional Mexican rice pudding. You might want to double the recipe!

Sweet Rice

white rice

unsalted butter

water

milk

all-purpose flour

white sugar

vanilla extract

heavy cream

raisins

cinnamon

Bring the rice, butter, and water to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender, and the liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.


Whisk together 2 cups of milk, flour, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract in a bowl, and pour the milk mixture over the cooked rice. Stir to combine, and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Stir in 1 cup whole milk, the cream, raisins, and cinnamon until thoroughly mixed, and allow to cool for a few minutes. Serve warm or cold.


This is a great recipe!!  I made a few minor changes and substituted the 1 cup of whole milk with evaporated milk and used sweetened condensed milk instead of the heavy cream.  This is the closest I have come to finding a recipe that tastes like my Grandma's!! Thanks!

SMOOTH &amp; CREAMY!  This is not overly sweet.  I thought I had made it wrong because it wasn't thick like other rice puddings.  I researched Arroz con Leche and found it is "soupier" than American rice puddings.  I cooked it a little longer to thicken to my preference, and once it cooled, it was perfect.  SMOOTH &amp; CREAMY!  Thank you crys7422 for sharing your recipe.  I learned something new tonight!

I did as one reviewer and used sweetened condensed milk to replace that 2nd cup of milk.  It was very good and made it more rich.  If you do this, remember, do not add that 1/3 cup sugar.  Try it first.

It's a nice rice pudding, but nothing spectacular. I made it for a crowd and it did not all get eaten. It's good, but not amazing.

This is a great recipe!  Very creamy!  I didn't change a thing and it thickened up just right.  My husband said it wasn't sweet enough and added more sugar but I love it as is.  As for those who say they loved this recipe but changed ingredients, you do realize don't you, that if you change an ingredient, add an ingredient or delete an ingredient then it is no longer this recipe.  Just one of my petpeeves about many of the reviews on this site.  But, enjoy this recipe as is or with alterations.  bg

I've noticed a lot of reviews stating the rice is really soup-y or watery. I've made this plenty of times and it's always pretty thick. So, I'm thinking it could be that some people are following package directions for cooking the rice and then adding the water to the cooked rice? If that is not the problem, omit the 1 cup of milk added after the sweet rice is made, which will make it more custard-like. I hope this helps!

My family loved this receipe. I omitted the egg, and sugar. I did substitute evap milk for the 1 cup whole milk and used sweetened cond. milk for heavy cream as others suggested.

i love this rice! its so tasty and creamy! Definitely one of my favorites! Thanks, crys 7422!

I have made this recipe a couple of times now.  Like others when I followed it exactly it was a little too runny and not sweet enough.  Each time I "doctored" it up a bit and I've finally got it the way my gramma used to make it.  I had a happy accident and added two eggs instead of one.  Two make my two cups of Milk I added a whole can of sweetened condensed and topped it off with 2%.  I left that third cup of milk out completely.  No added sugar.  Thosone were my only changes.  It came out thicker and richer.

I don't usualy like rice pudding but decided to try this recipe. Am I ever glad I did. It is smooth and creamy and best of all, yummy. I plan to make it again soon.

This recipe should have included instructions to serve with a straw.  I made it to take to a pot luck and was so disappointed.  If the measurements are correct on the ingredients, then something else is wrong or omitted.  A waste of good ingredients.

This recipe was very good, I did take some advise from other reviews and used evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk.  I loved this recipe as a child and remember my mother boiling her water with a few sticks of cinnamon before adding the rice and ommiting  the 1/2tsp of ground cinnamon.  Overall this is a great Arroz con Leche.  Thanks for sharing

This is the best I've ever had.  I substituted half Splenda in the recipe and it still came out awesome.  Although I didn't add the raisins as my wife doesn't care for raisins in her Arroz con Leche.  It's well worth the time it takes to make it.

Thanks I made this for my apartment during our mission trip this fourth of July!

The ingredients were good but too much made it kind of runny when its supposed to be creamy, and I even combined the right amount and didn't even use it all and it still came out runny. next time I make I will make a few small changes. only reason why it didn't get 5 stars Good recipe though.

Don't know what I'm doing wrong, 1st time it was waaaay to runny, 2nd time it was not runny at all and tasted sticky. I used to eat sweet rice when I was younger and LOVED it.....guess I'll keep looking until I find a recipe similar to what I remember:(

This is so good!  creamy and delicious!!!  This one is a keeper!

This was a big hit at my potluck at work. I substituted 1% milk for whole milk and egg substitute for the egg and it was still great. I would try to cut down on the calories and fat further next time by using the other users suggestions as well.

i really liked it!  I added some coconut milk and evaporated milk. My family really enjoyed it!

I love this recipe, I add a little anise extract ..gives it a extra kick :-) mmm

Delicious way to use up rice leftovers!  I only used 1 tsp butter, maybe a total of 1 cup whole milk, 1/4 cup sugar. Turned out thick and creamy, just sweet enough. Yum- will make again the next time I have rice sitting in my fridge.

This recipe is the closest thing to my grandmas arroz con leche that’s I’ve found! The only thing I changed is I added a cinnamon stick in as well! That made it taste just like my grandmas! Just a side note to everyone talking about the consistency, this is a Spanish version of rice pudding, it is not meant to be thick. It’s meant to be soupy. The consistency is exactly what it’s supposed to be!

Next time I would cut down on sugar.  But very please with this recipe. I made it for Potluck and they were scrapping the bowl.

This was a great recipe. Like so many others before me, I also used the sweetened condensed milk and omitted the sugar and heavy cream. The second time I made this, I made a little change to the raisins to give it a little more flavor. I boiled a half of a cup of brandy and added the raisins to reconstitute them. Removed them from the brandy then mixed them into the pudding.

I had to add an additional 1/3 c sugar. Turned out great!!

I was only able to take a few bites before I had to throw it away. It came out tasting like mushy rice covered in sugar.

This is very good...but is alot of work...there has to be an easier way!

It did not have enough water and then not enough milk when cooking.  When it was done it didn't have the custard texture and it was not sweet enough or have enough flavor.  I won't make it again.

I used leftover rice from dinner. I subbed sweetened condensed milk for 1 cup of milk and the sugar. It came out perfect!

Again , a fine recipe. So comforting and not too sweet.

My family loves this recipe. I've tweaked it over all the times I've made it based on the available milks and creams in my fridge. I made it again the past weekend with leftover par boiled rice (I know I know, not the right rice but it still works) and it came out great. I usually add some cardamom and nutmeg because they add amazing flavour. Additionally I simmer it until it's slightly thick and then allow it to cool in a container with plastic wrap right on the surface to avoid the film. I use dried currants that plump up nicely in the pudding.

I want to make it soon, I'll add cinnamon

I used sweetened condensed milk in stead of using sugar and flour and (2) eggs. Came out delicious, my family loved it!!

Easy to make and taste wonderful,will definitely be making this again.

I added 1/4 t of nutmeg. Love this recipe!

I also followed majority of these ingredients. I used La Lechera for one of the cups of whole milk, an made my "heavy cream" from scratch.. It was my first time ever making arroz con leche.. An everyone loved it.. So Thank you! 
Oh an i saved the left over juice, an now i have horchata too. Hehe

Sweet Rice and Raisins. I added additional real vanilla extract and additional raisins (my husband likes it this way). Doing this gave pudding a bit darker color. I also add the raisins earlier into the simmering rice to plump raisins up a bit (if you do this add a bit more water when boiling rice to account for raisins to swell). Like this reciepe a great deal, easy to make. Use whole milk and cream to make it very rich and pudding like.

This recipe is great!  I did make 1 change and by doing so, my pudding was thick and delicious.  Instead of using long-grain white rice, I used Sweet rice (often used to make sticky rice).  Looks like long-grain white rice and when cooked tastes like it too...just in a thicker consistency.  Perfect for this recipe if you want a thicker overall consistency.

Needed additional sugar but otherwise it came out very good.

It's good, but more bland than I expected. Only tried it warm so far, and this is my first attempt at rice pudding. The raisins tie everything else together in my opinion-- I wouldn't leave them out .

sweet rice

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total: 45 minutes

Servings: 6

Author : crys7422

Ingredients

Instructions

Top Similar Recipes from Across the Web

Sweet Rice Porridge

Sweet Coconut Rice

Sweet Coconut Rice

Sweet Potato "Rice"

Mexican Sweet Potato "Rice"

Sweet Potato Rice Pilaf

Sweet sticky mango rice

Sweet Rice Bundt Cake

Mom's Sweet Rice Cereal

Wild Rice Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Cauliflower Rice Sweet Potato Bowls

Sweet & Sour Chicken Fried Rice

Cajun Sweet Potato Rice Bowl

Thai Mango Sweet Sticky Rice

Sweet Potato Brown Rice Casserole

Sikhye (Korean Sweet Rice Drink)

Black Rice & Sweet Potato Salad

Injeolmi (Korean Sweet Rice Cake)