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Orange Mocha Chocolate Rice Pudding

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Please tell me I’m not the only one saying, “ORANGE MOCHA FRAPPUCCINOS!” like the male models in Zoolander. Try as I might I can’t un-think it, can’t cram out the visions of the windshield washer fluid fight, can’t stop singing Wham!’s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go. Can’t and won’t!

Orange Mocha Chocolate Rice Pudding || Heather's DishHere’s the thing about rice: I love the stuff. I love it with a little soy sauce and sriracha while I’m bundled in a blanket in front of the TV. I love it wrapped around fresh fish and veggies at sushi restaurants. I love it in soups and salads. My two favorite ways to eat it though are with fried chicken and cream gravy (we always used to eat it like that growing up – I miss it!) and in rice pudding. Honestly it just does not get better than that!

Let me clarify the first love though – we used to have rice instead of mashed potatoes all the time. I don’t know if it was just easier to cook rice, if it was cheaper to cook rice, or both, but my mom always served rice as the starch of choice with anything that required gravy. Fried chicken, roast beef, meatloaf, you name it. To this day I like rice better although it’s not often I get to have it with gravy (because I never make gravy. Go figure).

So when I was trying to come up with a recipe that would showcase the amazing flexibility of rice I was super torn. Gravy or sweet? Sweet or gravy? Sweet gravy?

SWEET GRAVY IT WAS HARD!

I ended up going for sweet because I didn’t have any flour to help make gravy, and I – ahem – was in a chocolate mood that day. I desperately searched my pantry for inspiration in rice pudding and found a box of cocoa powder and a fresh orange. DONE AND DONE.

Orange Mocha Chocolate Rice Pudding || Heather's Dish

While I’ve never been a fan of those chocolate-covered oranges, I really do love chocolate and orange together when I’m the one in control of the ingredients. I love how European it makes me feel – the bright simplicity of the orange mixed with the deep intoxicating chocolate just makes me imagine that I’m traipsing through Tuscany or something. That’s the beauty of rice too – it’s this amazing chameleon ingredient. Regardless of where it’s grown it has this international appeal and always goes with everything! Kinda like the little black dress of starch if you will. RiceSelect™‘s Jasmati® is a long grain American grown jasmine rice. It has the same sweet, enticing aroma and subtle nutty flavor of exotic Thai jasmine rice. The grains are snowy white, soft and tender and hold up well is so many dishes!

The thing I love about this rice pudding is that it’s not sickeningly sweet. The Jasmati rice keeps a great texture (no mushiness please), and the orange and coffee add the perfect amount of bitterness. The two different types of chocolate make for one decadent chocolate rice pudding!

Orange Mocha Chocolate Rice Pudding || Heather's Dish

ORANGE MOCHA CHOCOLATE RICE PUDDING

  • 3 cups milk
  • 2 cups strong brewed coffee
  • 1/2 cup RiceSelect Jasmati rice
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 4 Tbsp cocoa powder
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 4 oz 60% cocoa chocolate, chopped
  • zest of one large orange
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Combine the milk, coffee, rice, brown sugar and salt in a large stockpot and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat and, stirring constantly, cook the mixture for 30-40 minutes until the rice is tender and the liquid is almost completely gone. Remove from the heat and stir in the cocoa powder, butter, chopped chocolate, orange zest and vanilla extract. Pour into serving dishes and refrigerate for at least an hour. Serve cold or at room temperature!

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  9. I would use it in my Chicken and Rice casserole or in stuffed peppers

  19. I would use the riceselect to spice up my life with the texmati and kasmati, they would be nice additions to our current meal menus!

  25. I was originally thinking of stuffed peppers! However after seeing your dish I think I would challenge myself with a dessert. I have honestly never used rice in a dessert before!

  27. I love just plain rice to put chili on top! I’ve even used homemade spaghetti sauce on top of rice before and it’s DELICIOUS! I know, it does sound weird but trust me, it’s delicious especially if you make your homemade spaghetti sauce with loads of vegetables! cfingram @ gmail

  32. I’ve never tried Rice Select but I think it would be a great way to kick up my Stuffed Bell Peppers recipe.
    lisalmg25 at gmail dot com

  34. I grew up in New Orleans so I’m ok with rice in a lot of different dishes. I love that Texmati rice with red beans

  36. Wow! I bet this was very difficult. We eat rice a lot and I make all sorts of entrees, side dishes, and desserts from rice. One of my all time favorite rice dessert recipe is rice with mango. It’s similar to a rice pudding with added coconut milk and fresh sliced/diced mangoes (whatever you prefer) added with slight cinnamon or cinnamon sugar. It’s a big hit with my family.

  42. We eat a lot of stir fry dishes with rice and I want to try some of these varieties instead of our plain white rice.

  44. I would use rice select in many dishes to help spice up my cooking. Rice goes with everything!

  46. We love jasmine rice, and it would be nice to use some that’s grown here instead of in Thailand. Our absolute favorite rice dish is mulligatawny soup– spicy curry over fragrant rice, yum. We’d try it with that first!

  51. I love rice and eat it multiple times a week. I would love to use this brand to try my hand at making my favorite ethnic food, Indian!

  54. I don’t use a lot of spices in my meals, but this would be awesome in stir fry!

  57. I would use it to make this delicious rice pudding!! It sounds amazing!!

  58. I’ve never used Jasmati rice, but think I would use it in my shrimp/orange stir fry.

  67. I never think of doing something sweet with rice, but oh my, does this sound yummy. I would probably use the rice with a paella or a curry.

  68. I would probably try it several ways. Red beans and rice would probably be the first!

  70. I would use it to make some stuffed peppers!
    ajoy1332 at yahoo dot com

  71. I love Jasmine rice so I would definitely use the Jasmati rice to make cilantro-lime rice for my Pork Carnita Burritos!

  76. I’D USE RICE SELECT TO ADD SOME FLAVOR TO MY GRANDMOTHER’S CASSEROLE RECIPE!

  77. I’ve never thought of chocolate rice pudding I’ll have to give that a try. My family loves rice pudding. I would use it to make breakfast rice since my kids love it as well.

  81. I would use it to make Mint Jasmati Rice with Baked Pork Chops.

  83. There’s an orange chicken crock pot recipe I really want to try. I would love to try it with RiceSelect!

  87. We actually don’t eat a lot of rice and I would like to remedy that. I love the idea of rice with gravy and I now really want to make your chocolate and orange rice pudding!

  88. I would make chicken fried rice with it.

    groogruxking40 at gmail dot com

  90. I would serve the Kasmatic Rice with Chicken Tikka Masala
    Digicats {at} Sbcglobal {dot} Net

  91. I’d use it to spice up our stuffed green peppers:)

    jmatek AT wi DOT rr DOT com

  93. I would use it to bring a variety of chicken meals to the table. we love chicken fried rice! and my kids love rice in general! I would also love to make orange chicken and rice!

  98. You have given me the inspiration to try to make rice pudding. I think I’ll try making a horchata flavored rice pudding… YUMMY!

  99. First off, I would definitely use it for THIS recipe (I already copied it to my recipes folder on my computer!). I would like to see how it fares with Persian jeweled rice instead of using basmati rice. Thanks for the chance to win!

  108. I would use RiceSelect to spice up my cooking by making it into unexpected dishes. My favorite would be asparagus and mushroom stuffed rice balls. They are the perfect party appetizers and a conversation starter.

    amy [at] utry [dot] it

  110. This looks fantastic. I wouldn’t have thought of it myself but I’d definitely make something with rice and gravy now that you have me thinking about it

  111. I’d use it for a homemade Mexican dish, chicken and rice with hot peppers – yum!

  112. I would use it to accompany my homemade Chicken Tikka!
    skyejaden at gmail dot com

  113. Rice is always a great addition to a meal and it spices up a dish in so many ways.

  116. I have tried this and love it with polynesian chicken.
    dolniaks at consolidated dot net

  118. I would use it to make fried rice. I used to make that all the time with stir-fried veggies, but I haven’t tried it in ages. It’s so delicious I should dig that recipe out and try it again.

  137. I’d try new recipes from a Google search for Greek or Chinese rice recipes.
    Thank you.

  142. I would love to use RiceSelect with cooked chicken and cream of mushroom soup mixed into it.

  151. I love rice pudding! This looks delicious. My favorite way to use rice is to make fried rice with leftover veggies.

  164. I would use it for both sweet (i.e. THIS RICE PUDDING) and savory (rice & bean bowls) dishes!!

  166. I would love to use RiceSelect with cooked chicken mixed into it. My family loves chicken and rice and this rice really sounds delicious.

  171. I would use it with chicken in place of noodles and have chicken and rice
    my family would love it,

  174. Ohmuhgosh, ZOOLANDER. I haven’t seen that in ages…which is way too long. ORANGE MOCHA FRAPPACHINO!

    I’d also like some rice pudding, please.

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