Easy Rice Pudding
You know what I am very lousy at?
Figuring out how much rice to make for a meal.
Either we’re scraping the pan for the last bits or I’m packing up a huge container with no sauce to go with it after dinner.
Of course, it makes me feel better that take-out places seem to be equally bad. Sometimes we have twice as much rice as we need and other times we get half a cup to go with our two entrees.
Over the summer, I started making rice pudding with my leftover rice. The girls (and, let’s be fair, me) love it for an afternoon snack, it’s super easy, and it keeps my rice overages from going bad in the back of the fridge.
Also, that one time when I had some cream to use up in a hurry and used that instead of some of the milk? That was a good time.
easy rice pudding recipe
Easy Rice Pudding
This is a perfect use for leftover rice! It's sweet, delicious and a total crowd pleaser!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups cooked rice
- 2 cups milk divided
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
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In a saucepan, combine the rice and 1 1/2 cups milk together and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the milk is mostly absorbed, about 10 minutes.
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Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together the remaining 1/2 cup milk, the egg, and the white sugar.
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Pour the mixture into the rice on the stove and stir, letting it cook, for a few minutes, until it has thickened. Add the brown sugar and cook another minute or two, stirring to keep from burning on the bottom.
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Remove from heat and stir in butter, vanilla, and cinnamon. Let sit for about 10 minutes to thicken up and serve warm, or let cool completely in the fridge.
Recipe Notes
(Adapted from All Recipes)
if you liked this easy rice pudding recipe, you might also like these other recipes:
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- Roasted Vegetable and Chicken Rice Bowls with Guacamole and Ranch
Weirdly, I've always wondered how to make this!
We're big fans of rice pudding over here. Seth likes the cinnamon route but my favorite is to mix a sprinkle of hershey's dark chocolate cocoa powder in mine. Oh my.
I've never made rice pudding (and didn't even start eating it until pregnancy #1) but seeing this post makes me want to run right into the kitchen and cook up some rice! Question for you – have you ever made it with brown rice?
I've made it with brown rice. We only buy brown rice and my husband loves his rice pudding. It works fine, it sometimes just has slightly more texture because brown rice doesn't get as soft.
loooooooooooove rice pudding. This looks like an easier recipe than the ones I usually use, so thanks!
Also, I always, always make too much rice … and not on purpose.
The easiest rice pudding I’ve ever made!!!!😀
Just made a double pot of easy rice pudding! Keep up the good work
As soon as I added the egg milk and sugar mix I knew it would give me cooked egg strands and of course I now have cooked egg strands in my pudding, tastes okish but looks unappealing