Mango & Coconut Rice Pudding

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups leftover rice or 2 cups cooked rice
• 2 cups milk or 2 cups rice milk
• 1/2 cup sugar or 1/2 cup preferred artificial sweetener
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon coconut extract (optional)
• 2 large mangoes, seeded and sliced
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, add the cooked rice, milk, sweetener/sugar, vanilla and coconut flavoring. bring to a boil, then cook for about 20 minutes, or until the liquid has soaked into the rice and has a more pudding like consistency. stir in the diced mangos and let "cook" for 3-4 minutes.
• 2 while rice pudding is cooking, prepare the coconut flakes. in a small skillet, toast them over medium high heat, until they begin to brown. stir often to prevent them from burning.
• 3 serve the mango rice pudding with toasted coconut on top.