# Horchata

This horchata recipe is smooth, rich, sweet, and so delicious to drink!

- Servings: 8 servings
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup dry long grain white rice
- 8 cups hot water
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- vanilla
- 0.25 cup sugar

## Instructions

1. Add 1 cup of dry long-grain white rice into a large high-power blender.
2. Pulverize the rice into a powder.
3. Pour in 8 cups of very hot water.
4. Add in two sticks of cinnamon.
5. Put the lid back on and let it sit on the countertop overnight until the water is cooled and the cinnamon sticks have softened.
6. Once the water is cooled and the cinnamon sticks have softened, make sure the lid is very secure and blend for 2 minutes.
7. Get a pitcher, a strainer, and some cheesecloth.
8. Slowly pour the mixture through the cheesecloth into the pitcher.
9. Discard any gritty rice or big cinnamon bits caught in the cheesecloth and strainer.
10. Add a can of evaporated milk into the pitcher.
11. Add a can of sweetened condensed milk into the pitcher.
12. Add a touch of vanilla to the pitcher.
13. Add 1/4 cup of sugar into the pitcher.
14. Give it a good stir to incorporate everything.
15. Pour the horchata over ice in a cup.

## Equipment

- blender
- pitcher
- strainer
- cheesecloth
- cup
- straw

## Tips

- Do not use ground cinnamon.
- Make sure to give it a good stir before serving it.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1G8xYkK1HN/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/da81fa28-b6de-4182-aa49-1538a8e7814a
- Extracted: 2025-08-09

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