Coconut Rice for a Crowd

Name: Coconut Rice for a Crowd
Yield: Makes 60 ½-cup servings
Cuisine: Ghanaian
Ingredients: 2 (13- to 15-ounce) cans coconut milk with cream (or milk and cream from 2 coconuts); 2 (13- to 15-ounce) cans coconut milk with cream (or milk and cream from 2 coconuts); 2 (13- to 15-ounce) cans coconut milk with cream (or milk and cream from 2 coconuts); 1½ tablespoons salt; 16 cups any long-grain white rice, washed, if necessary; 2 (13- to 15-ounce) cans coconut milk with cream (or milk and cream from 2 coconuts); 2 teaspoons turmeric for a faint yellow tint (or more if a more pronounced color is desired)

Preparation info

Makes
60
½ cup servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ghana Cookbook

By Fran Osseo-Asare and Barbara Baëta

Published 2015

About

This recipe makes enough for two large 18-inch oval enameled roasting pans with covers and serves up to 60 people. The recipe can easily be halved. This is the only way I am able to successfully prepare large quantities of rice without having it go mushy on me as it does when cooked on a stovetop.

Ingredients

16 cups any long-grain white rice, washed, if necessary
2 teaspoons turmeric for a faint yellow tint (or more if a more pronounced color is desired)

Africa
Ghana
Main course
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Bring 32 cups of water to a boil on the stovetop in one or two large pots (if using turmeric, add to the water at th