Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Coconut Rice Pudding

Pressure cooker coconut rice pudding is the most delicious dessert you will ever make in your Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi, Crockpot Express or Mealthy! A creamy dairy free and gluten free pudding everyone will love.

Instant Pot Coconut Rice Pudding

If you have never thought of adding this tropical ingredient into this classic dessert, you should!! If you want to make it an easy Ninja Foodi recipe too it works in that pot too for sure. It doesn’t really matter what brand you have at home they all have the high pressure function so no worries.

We started by making “original” Instant Pot rice pudding at first. That was such a hit with my family and fans reading my blog that I thought I should try another flavor. I am so glad I did.

Ninja Foodi Coconut Rice Pudding

• When my daughter needed to try a gluten free diet I got used to using coconut milk instead of cow milk and though it would work well with this.
• Tweaking a few ingredients and coming up with this became an amazing new treat we now make over and over again.

I now opt for this one over the other if I have the ingredients in my cupboard. Since I was born in Hawaii I guess I think of tropical flavors every time I bake. Ok so this isn’t really baaaaaaking persay since it isn’t in the oven but I haven’t used that thing for quite a while now.

I mean you can make cakes in this baby too, if you haven’t tried anything beyond just dinner I would broaden your horizons and just go for it.

Here’s a peek at the first one we made below though. We topped it with cinnamon but you could either leave it plain, choose nutmeg or even some pumpkin spice would be yummy in the fall.

Pressure Cooker Coconut Rice Pudding Ingredients

1. Rice
   1. uncooked
   2. white
   3. I use long grain or jasmine rice usually
   4. brown rice hasn’t be used yet, that would change the timing
2. Butter
3. Evaporated milk
   1. you could use dairy free evaporated milk instead
   2. some stores sell lactose free evaporated milk too if you want
4. Coconut milk
5. Milk
   1. use almond milk for dairy free
   2. soy milk could be used as well
   3. almond milk coconut creamer
   4. or just use additional coconut milk
6. Whisked egg
7. Water
8. White sugar will bring a bit more sweetness to it
9. Top with a bit of cinnamon if you like or leave plain
10. Make sure you use sweetened shredded coconut, unsweetened is a NO go friends.

We aren’t counting the calories when we enjoy a bowl full of this goodness. All in moderation friends, just enjoy it with your family and hear the OOhhhhhs and Ahhhhs.

Can I substitute coconut cream for coconut milk in rice?

Yes, you can substitute one for the other when cooking rice, but there are a few things to consider since cream is much thicker and richer with 20% more fat of course. I mean we aren’t counting calories here so I would say go for it if that is what you have on hand. In fact, if you’re making black rice pudding sweeter I would use half and half to make sweeter!

It’s one of our favorite Instant Pot recipes for sure. Of course if you have a Mealthy or Crock pot Express this will work too. I have them all. Granted I am a food blogger so maybe that kinda’ makes sense but I did want to make sure it wouldn’t make a difference between any of them, and it doesn’t.

The biggest difference is the size of your inner pot liner. I have and use a 6 quart all of the time. Some dishes you could double if you had a larger version, but I suggest you do NOT make more than one batch at a time with this. I don’t know why it matters but I feel the texture of the rice is different if you try to do more than listed below.

You really don’t NEED the shredded coconut, that is just to amp up the flavor. I love it though. Totally up to you. We did continue to fool around with our original recipe though and also came up with this pressure cooker chocolate rice pudding you can try. It’s a great Instant Pot dessert recipe you can make really quickly.

Instant Pot rice pudding with almond milk

Rather use almond or cashew milk instead? Go for it, it’s pretty darn forgiving. As long as you have some sort of dairy or non dairy alternative that is creamy it seems to work well. Of course the difference will be the overall flavor of the dish.

I prefer vanilla almond milk if I am going to use it inside something sweet or with cereal personally. Another question might be the type of rice used. I suggest long grain or Jasmine since that is what has been tested. Brown will take much longer and just doesn’t seem right for this dish to me so I didn’t even try it.

Arborio rice is much more expensive than others and I like to stick with cheap dishes so I didn’t test that one either. If you do take the time to fool around with these please leave your findings below so others will know. 😉

More coconut recipes you’ll love

• Our coconut banana bread or coconut zucchini bread recipes are to die for.
• Chocolate coconut cake is a poke cake with all the goodness.
• Pressure cooker coconut chicken is dairy free and something new you should try.

If you’re really coconut obsessed you can even make coconut foot scrub while enjoying coconut muffins! lol You really can go all out with this YUM.

If you love this dessert but do want to tweak it there and there you can do so. You can add chocolate chips they will melt on top and give it another flare. All models will work the same, just follow directions below and in recipe card.

Instant Pot Coconut Rice Pudding Recipe

• Set your pressure cooker to saute (brown/sear on Crock Pot Express) and add your butter until it melts, then add your rice and stir so it is all coated. Turn to off/cancel.
• Add coconut milk, regular milk (or almond), 1/2 of your shredded coconut and sugar. Stir.
• Close your lid and steam valve and set to pressure cooking for 14 minutes followed by a quick release.
• Open the lid and set aside. Set to saute and quickly whisk together your egg and evaporated milk. You want it to be ready when it begins to bubble so nothing burns.
• Then add a bit of hot pudding from pot into the egg bowl to temper it. This is important so you don’t get scrambled eggs inside your creation.
• Stir and once it thickens (will be quick) turn machine off and remove pot. Transfer contents to room temperature bowl so it doesn’t continue to cook. Eat or refrigerate and then enjoy

How to Save Leftover Homemade Rice Pudding

If you do have some left it will save well but you need to keep it moist and in a sealed container so it doesn’t dry out. When you are ready to enjoy it again I would fold in some fresh milk of your choice to loosen it up. You can do this while it’s served cold or pour on top before warming in the microwave for 30 seconds or so.