Hot Buttered Sweet Rice

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Enjoy the comforting taste of Hot Buttered Sweet Rice. This cozy meal mixes sugar and creamy melted butter on top of warm, soft rice. It’s a simple and fast way to treat yourself any time you’re craving something sweet.

Prep Time4

Cook Time21

Assemble time5

Total Time30

Course: Dessert

Keyword: Buttered sweet rice, Sweet rice

Servings: serving

Calories: 185kcal

Author: Jaz

Ingredients

1/2 cup cooked white rice
1/2 tablespoon melted unsalted butter
2 teaspoons turbinado raw cane sugar

Instructions

Cook rice (instructions for 1 cup of uncooked rice)

Add the rice and water to a saucepan (if you want to add any whole spices also add them). Turn the heat to high.
Once the water comes to a gentle boil, cover with a tight-fitting lid and cook for 11 minutes.
After 11 minutes, turn the heat off and let the rice rest for 10 minutes with the lid on. Do not remove the lid during this time.
After the resting time, remove the lid and fluff the rice gently.

Assemble the dish

Transfer the cooked rice to individual serving bowls. I usually use ½ cup of cooked rice per serving.
Sprinkle the turbinado raw sugar over the top of the rice.
Finally, drizzle the melted hot butter or ghee over the sugared rice.
There's no need to mix beforehand. Mix while eating to enjoy the crunchy sugar granules.

Notes

1. Cooking time: It will take you around 20-30 minutes to make this dish depending on how much rice you are cooking. But if just assembling the dish with cooked rice, it takes 5 minutes.

2. Substitutions

You can substitute unsalted butter with ghee.
Turbinado raw sugar can be substituted with regular sugar, maple syrup, or any other sweetener.

3. Assembly: This dish is best when assembled fresh. You can cook rice ahead of time.

4. Extra flavor: I prefer plain rice, but if you want, you can add whole spices for extra flavor such as cloves, green cardamom, cinnamon sticks, and bay leaf when cooking rice, or you can sprinkle some cinnamon powder on the finished dish.

5. Nutrition: Nutritional information is per one serving with 1/2 cup cooked rice.

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