Arroz Con Leche

Ingredients

• 3 cups whole milk
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 cup rice (short or medium grain)
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup raisins (soaked in warm water to soften and drained)
• Ground cinnamon and butter, for garnish

Instructions:

1. Gather the ingredients.
2. Combine the whole milk and water in a large pot and bring to a slow simmer over medium-low heat.
3. Stir in the rice, add the cinnamon sticks, and continue cooking at barely a simmer, uncovered, until the rice is softened, for 20 to 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
4. When the rice is soft, remove the cinnamon sticks.
5. Stir in the condensed milk, vanilla, salt, and raisins.
6. Return to a slight simmer and cook for an additional 10 to 15 minutes, or until most of the liquid is absorbed and the rice has a pudding-like consistency.
7. Serve hot, topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a dot of butter.
8. Enjoy your food.

Tip for you:

If you don’t often cook with condensed milk, you may want to familiarize yourself with the difference between evaporated milk and condensed milk; they will be shelved together in the grocery store and may have similar looking labels, but they are not the same and can’t always be swapped for one another. Sweetened condensed milk is evaporated milk with sugar added; if you use the unsweetened evaporated milk, the rice pudding will not be sweet.