Horchata Recipe made two ways. Come see how easy it is to make the homemade drink and how to make a Horchata Frappuccino!
I was at a friend’s wedding reception recently and the most adorable sugar cookies with the design of a Mexican tile on each one and concha’s (Mexican sweet bread) were the refreshments. The cookies were {almost} too cute to eat. Even the cake was made to look like Mexican tiles. I was loving everything about the dessert table. And then I made it to the end of the dessert table to the drink table. I felt pure joy when I saw one of the drink options was Horchata! Apart from the gorgeous bride, this was hands down my favorite part of the reception!
Horchata is delicious. It is the perfect drink when serving dessert or any Mexican main dish. The traditional drink takes hours to make, but not my easy recipe! You can have this drink ready to serve in just 35 minutes.
How to Make Horchata:
- First, heat milk to 100 degrees F.
- Then, add the rice and let it sit for 30 minutes.
- Add the rice mixture to the blender.
- Next, add 2 cups of water.
- Add ground cinnamon.
- Then, add the vanilla.
- Blend for 2-3 minutes.
- Next, pour the mixture through a strainer into your pitcher.
- Add 10 cups of water.
- Finally, add 1/2 cup of sugar, and stir until blended.
Traditional Horchata takes hours to make, but not my easy recipe! Minute Rice helps me get it in glasses in just 35 minutes! My family loves having it when I whip up our favorite Mexican dinner, or as a dessert whipped up with some ice cream to make a frappe!
Horchata Recipe Questions Answered:
What is Horchata?
Horchata (pronounced or-CHAH-tah) is best known as a Mexican drink flavored with cinnamon, sweetened with sugar, and made with rice and water. The rice is blended up finely and mixed with the water, sugar, and cinnamon resulting in a milky looking drink.
Why is it called horchata?
There is kind of a trail to follow to understand why it is called horchata. The word horchata comes from the Latin word hordeata which actually comes from the term hordeum. Hordeum is the Mediterranean custom of grain-based beverages.
Horchata was originally made with dried and sweetened tiger nuts. The popularity of this grain-based beverage grew and eventually, the tiger-nuts were exchanged for white rice and cinnamon.
Cook’s Note:
- Feel free to add more cinnamon to the recipe if that’s your taste, especially when making the Frappe!
- I suggest using any milk except skim in this recipe. This includes almond milk, rice milk, etc.
- Either serve this recipe right away over ice or pop it back in the fridge for an hour to chill. I usually serve it over ice because I can’t wait that long.
- This Horchata recipe will keep, chilled, for up to 1 week.
LOVE MEXICAN FOOD AS MUCH AS I DO?
Check out some of my personal favorite recipes:
- Chicken Burrito Bowl
- Restaurant Style Refried Beans
- New Mexico Style Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas
- Mexican Spinach Dip
- Sweet Corn Tamales Cake
- Green Chile Pinto Beans
- Guacamole
- Picadillo
- Enchilada sauce
- Carne Asada Street Tacos
- Queso Blanco Dip
- Breakfast Taco Bar
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Easy Horchata Recipe
Ingredients
FOR HORCHATA:
- 1 cup milk any kind but skim
- 1 cup Minute Rice
- 12 cups water divided
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup granulated sugar
FOR HORCHATA FRAPPUCCINO:
- ½ cup horchata
- 1 cup vanilla ice cream
- whipped cream for garnish
- ground cinnamon for garnish
Instructions
FOR HORCHATA:
- First, in a microwave-safe bowl heat the milk in the microwave until it reaches 100 degrees F, about 1-2 minutes. Pour the rice into the hot milk and let it sit for 30 minutes.
- Then, transfer the rice mixture to a blender canister. Add 2 cups of the water, cinnamon, and vanilla. Blend on high for 2-3 minutes, or until all the rice is finely chopped and blended.
- Next, place a fine mesh strainer over a large pitcher (at least 3 quarts). Pour the mixture through the strainer into the pitcher. Discard what’s left in the strainer.
- Add the remaining 10 cups of water and sugar, stir to combine. Finally, serve over ice.
FOR HORCHATA FRAPPUCCINO:
- In the canister of a blender, add the Horchata and ice cream. Blend until smooth, about 3-5 pulses. Pour into a tall glass and garnish with whipped cream and ground cinnamon.
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This post first appeared on Food Folks and Fun on April 30, 2015. I have since updated the post and pictures.
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My favorite Minute Rice product is the Minute® Ready to Serve Chicken Rice Mix.
My kids love Horchata! Thanks for sharing this recipe using Minute Rice. Regular Minute Rice would be my choice.
I love to use Minute Rice in my homemade stir-fries.
15 minute Curried chicken salad.
(Lets try this again!) I use their Tapioca pearls in my homemade crockpot spaghetti sauce. And a box of regular Minute White Rice is always on hand. Leftover rice is awesome for breakfast with butter and sugar on it!
(Hmm. My comment disappeared. I’m trying again.) I use their Tapioca pearls in my homemade crockpot spaghetti sauce. And I always have a regular box of Minute White Rice on hand. Leftover rice is an awesome breakfast with butter and sugar on it!
I use their Tapioca pearls in my homemade crockpot spaghetti sauce. And I always have a box of regular Minute White Rice on hand. Leftover rice is awesome for breakfast with butter and sugar on it!
never heard of minute rice but sounds really delicious
Like a lot of people on here, I love using Minute Rice to make rice pudding. I think that it may have been the first rice brand that I used in order to make a rice pudding recipe from the old red Betty Crocker cookbook when I was a pre-teen. 🙂
The gluten free rice is my favorite minute maid product!
I love the MultiGrain Rice Medley!
I love the old stand by of white minute rice!
I’m not sure of its exact name — my favorite Minute Rice product comes in small one-serving sizes you can heat up in the microwave. Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for sharing. I am going to try this for dinner this evening.
This Horchata Frappe tastes better than Starbucks!
I would have never thought to use Minute Rice for horchata! Now I just need to find a Minute Rice recipe for rice pudding…
There’s one on the Minute® Rice website: https://www.minuterice.com/en-us/recipes/2525/ClassicMinuteRicePudding.aspx
Enjoy! 🙂
I would have never thought to use Minute Rice for this but it’s genius! Now I’m off to find a good rice pudding recipe using Minute Rice…
I like the Minute Ready to Serve Chicken Rice Mix!
Hmmm. Having trouble getting my comment to post?
This one posted!
So am I.
I like using Minute Rice white rice in my quick chicken casserole recipe. It makes a busy night’s meal so quick and easy.