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Cool Off With an Horchata – A Mexican Rice Drink.

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One of my favorite summer time drinks is a Mexican horchata.  An icy cold rice drink with a splash of vanilla and cinnamon.

This is my drink of choice at Mexican taquerias, Latino festivals, and when visiting Mexican shopping districts in L.A.

It’s interesting that horchata is originally from Valencia in Spain.  Throughout Spain they still drink horchata, however, it’s made from tigernuts – chufa.

Having drank both versions, my favorite is from Mexico.  Like most Mexican agua frescas (natural water drinks), it’s thinned down with water which makes it a great refreshment on hot summer days.

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Cool Off With an Horchata – A Mexican Rice Drink.

Cool Off With an Horchata –  A Mexican Rice Drink.

Cool off with an horchata. An icy cold Mexican rice drink with a splash of vanilla and cinnamon.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup white rice (I use basmati)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 5 cups water
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup raw honey

Method:

  1. In a large bowl, soak the rice and cinnamon stick in 4 cups water overnight.
  2. Once soaked, remove the cinnamon stick. Add the rice with the soaking water to a blender and blend contents until smooth (there will be rice solids remaining).
  3. Strain the contents into a pitcher with a fine sieve or cheesecloth reserving the rice solids.
  4. Add the strained rice solids back to the blender with about a cup of the horchata mix from the pitcher. Blend again.
  5. Strain the contents into the pitcher again reserving the rice solids.
  6. Add the rice solids back to the blender. Add 2 cups milk, 1 cup cold water, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and honey. Blend until smooth.
  7. Strain the contents back to the pitcher and discard the remaining rice solids.
  8. Mix the contents of the pitcher thoroughly and chill.
  9. Serve over ice cubes with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
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Have you had an horchata or a Mexican agua fresca?  What flavor is your favorite?


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  1. Caroline @ Kitchen Simpatico says

    July 23, 2012 at 7:34 am

    Oh, this looks so refreshing and will inspire me to try and make this rice version at home. I do love my Spanish horchata de chufa but I actually think the rice horchata is a lighter, more refreshing option on a hot summer day. Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
    • Diana Bauman says

      July 23, 2012 at 7:42 am

      Thanks for stopping by Caroline!

      Reply
  2. Katie @ Mexican Wildflower says

    July 23, 2012 at 8:41 am

    Looks amazing!Now all I’m going to think about is horchata today! 🙂

    Reply
  3. Lynn says

    July 23, 2012 at 9:15 am

    Maybe it’s just a slow Monday for the brain, but I can’t figure out whether this uses cooked or uncooked rice???

    Reply
    • Mare @ just-making-noise says

      July 23, 2012 at 2:52 pm

      Hey Lynn, its uncooked rice 🙂 No worries, if you aren’t familiar with Horchata… that is a typical question asked by many. Including myself when I drank my first Horchata several years ago 😉

      Reply
  4. Mare @ just-making-noise says

    July 23, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    We love horchata too. I should post a recipe for the Honduran version of Horchata… its good and has interesting ingredients in it!

    Hey, I feel kinda stupid asking, but I’m stuck on #4 of the instructions… it says to put the rice solids back in the blender with a cup of horchata mix… what is the horchata mix? the rice water? Thanks!!

    Reply
    • Diana Bauman says

      July 23, 2012 at 9:37 pm

      Mare, I would love to see how the Honduran version is made! I’m sure it’s great 😀 Yeah, the horchata mix is the rice water.

      Reply
    • Katie @ Mexican Wildflower says

      July 26, 2012 at 12:17 am

      I’d love to try the Honduran version! So yes please write a post about it some time! 🙂

      Reply
  5. pat winter says

    July 23, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    This sounds spectacular. After sending this off I am going to start a batch. Ill do it “right” the first time and tomorrow I will make another batch using plain water kefir in place of the water. It would then be a probiotic drink and perhaps then I could turn that into a probiotic popsicle.

    Reply
    • Diana Bauman says

      July 23, 2012 at 9:36 pm

      Oh my Pat, that sounds awesome! Let me know how it goes with the water kefir! I’d like to start a batch 🙂

      Reply
  6. Noelle (@singerinkitchen) says

    July 24, 2012 at 6:55 am

    This is one of my favorite drinks! Delicious!

    Reply
  7. Charo says

    July 24, 2012 at 9:42 am

    Hi everybody from Spain!!

    Well, you know, Diana, we drink very, very, very cold horchata, yummy!

    But if you enjoy truely, you’d eat “fartons” and drink “horchata” (made from tigernuts, yes!). That’s perfect in summertime.

    xo, x, xo from Spain!!

    Charo

    Reply
  8. Susan says

    July 24, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    Diana- Were your ears burning?! Just yesterday my daughter and I saw a delivery truck in front of a restaurant that said “Delivering the finest Mexican beverages” with a great big picture of Horchata on the side of the truck. My daughter asked if we could go in and buy some, but I told her no because I didn’t know what was in their version. She almost did a backflip when I showed her that you had sent out a recipe for it today using wholesome ingredients. Too cool! Can’t wait to try it!

    Reply
    • Diana Bauman says

      July 24, 2012 at 1:05 pm

      Susan, that’s awesome! Let me know how she likes it ;D

      Reply
  9. Caralyn @ glutenfreehappytummy says

    July 24, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    what a unique recipe! sounds so refreshing and delicious!

    Reply
  10. Paula @ Frosted Fingers says

    July 24, 2012 at 6:51 pm

    Oh thank you! We get this at our local Mexican restaurant and I wondered how to make it.

    Reply
  11. Paloma says

    July 25, 2012 at 7:00 pm

    I sooo wish I liked the very Mexican horchata… plus you make it sound sooo good! 🙂

    Reply
  12. Beth says

    July 25, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    Wow, that sounds simple enough. I never would have guessed how to make this. My daughter calls Horchata “liquid churros”. I need to make this for a family party.

    Reply
  13. Jeanne G. says

    July 26, 2012 at 10:09 am

    I love horchata. In Guatemala, they make it without milk and it’s a bit lighter (and dairy-free, obviously). I also love agua de jamaica. Yum!

    Reply
  14. Mrs. Mordecai says

    July 28, 2012 at 11:02 pm

    Looking forward to trying this. Thanks!

    Reply
  15. Sarah Acosta says

    January 30, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    So glad to have found this on your site! My MIL tried to give us the instant variety (she has no idea about food additives/preservatives/chemicals, etc) which I threw out, but always wanted to make the real thing. I’m particularly fond of both kinds (Spain and Mexico) partially because when my son was just learning to talk he called it “muchacha”. LOL! XD

    Grathias por todo! 🙂

    Reply
  16. jen says

    March 21, 2015 at 3:25 pm

    I made the crucial mistake of cooking the rice instead of soaking… the horchata is very thick. can i water it down? [with milk] thanks.

    Reply
  17. kimberly says

    April 6, 2015 at 11:38 am

    Hi Diana,
    My daughter just came home from serving an LDS mission in New Mexico and AZ, spanish speaking and fell in love with this drink. How much does your recipe make? I want to make it for her homecoming. Thanks

    Reply
    • Diana Bauman says

      April 15, 2015 at 6:31 am

      It makes about a pitcher full. 1 quart and half … around there.

      Reply
  18. Debra says

    September 21, 2015 at 1:27 am

    When I first tasted this drink was at a Mexican restaurant a friend had order it and I ask if I could try it and it was so good and now I’m tempted to make it now.

    Reply

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