Coconut Rice with Pineapple and Cashews is about to become your new addiction!  

This Coconut Rice  is sweet, slightly creamy cooked coconut milk, pineapple juice and crushed pineapple, brightened by cilantro, lime and roasted cashews  AKA HEAVENLY!   This Coconut Rice recipe is an easy side for any main dish and impressive enough for company and great at potlucks!


I am constantly going through different “cravings.”  Mostly Mexican, mostly Asian, but right now, its everything tropical island.  I love the sweetness of pineapple and mangoes, the freshness of lime, and sweet, creamy coconut.  Drool.

 I currently have in my lineup to share with you Island Shrimp Salad, Caribbean Sweet Heat Chicken, Island Sweet Chili Chicken and on and on.  All seeping with paradisaical flavors.  And what does every tropical (and even Asian) entree need as a side?

The perfect Hawaiian coconut rice!  Hello gorgeous.

I can pretty much guarantee you won’t be able to stop eating this  Pineapple Coconut Cashew Rice.  After all it cooks IN the pineapple juice and coconut milk so it is as tropically delicious as it gets.

This coconut rice recipe starts with a can of crushed pineapple that you measure the pineapple juice of and add coconut milk to equal 3 cups.

Bring to a simmer…

Then add your rice, crushed pineapple, Thai red curry paste, coconut flakes and ground ginger, garlic, onion, salt and pepper.

Cook, covered for approximately 20 minutes while the rice drinks in all that tropical goodness.  Just think of all that flavor ingestion!  mmmmm….

When the rice is done soaking in all the juices, its slightly creamy from the coconut milk, sweet refreshing from the pineapple, with just slight undertones of spices.  Just before serving (so the lime doesn’t get lost), stir in your cilantro, lime juice to balance the sweet pineapple, and your roasted, salted, cashews to add a depth of nutty crunch.

 And then its eating time!

AKA a taste of paradise time.

AKA.  My favorite time.

Sweet, creamy Pineapple, Coconut Rice.   I’ll meet you in the tropics.

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Coconut Rice with Pineapple and Cashews

Coconut Rice with Pineapple and Cashews is about to become your new addiction! This Coconut Rice  is sweet, slightly creamy cooked coconut milk, pineapple juice and crushed pineapple, brightened by cilantro, lime and roasted cashews  AKA HEAVENLY! 

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Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Servings

-6

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups uncooked long grained rice, rinsed and drained
• 1 20 oz. can, crushed pineapple chunks in pineapple juice NOT syrup
• 1 13.5 oz. can unsweetened coconut milk (I like Chaokoh)
• 3 tablespoons sweetened coconut flakes
• 1 tablespoon Thai red curry paste
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Garnish

• 3 tablespoons lime juice more or less to taste
• 1/2 cup salted roasted cashews
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
• freshly cracked salt and pepper to taste

Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Servings -6 Ingredients 1 1/2 cups uncooked long grained rice, rinsed and drained 1 20 oz. can, crushed pineapple chunks in pineapple juice NOT syrup 1 13.5 oz. can unsweetened coconut milk (I like Chaokoh) 3 tablespoons sweetened coconut flakes 1 tablespoon Thai red curry paste 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper Garnish 3 tablespoons lime juice more or less to taste 1/2 cup salted roasted cashews 1/2 cup chopped cilantro freshly cracked salt and pepper to taste

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Instructions

1. Drain pineapple juice from crushed pineapple in a measuring cup. Add coconut milk to equal 3 cups liquid, adding water if necessary.
2. Add liquid to a large pan and bring to a gentle simmer then stir in all remaining ingredients EXCEPT Garnishes. Bring to a boil then cover and reduce heat to low (dial should be a little above lowest setting). Simmer for approximately 20 minutes or until rice is tender, stirring at 15 minutes, adding water if necessary.
3. When rice is tender, remove from heat and let rest 5 minutes, covered.
4. When ready to serve (not before), stir in lime juice, cilantro and cashews.
5. Taste and season with freshly cracked salt and pepper and additional lime juice to taste if desired.

 Carlsbad Cravings Original

• Mexican Rice, Cilantro Lime Rice, pineapple, mangos, jicama, etc.  You can also add toppings such as guacamole, homemade salsa, or salsa verde

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