Biko (Filipino Rice Cake)
Biko (Filipino Rice Cake)

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Biko (pronounced bee-koh), a rice cake, is a native Filipino delicacy or 'kakanin' where glutinous rice is cooked with coconut milk and brown sugar then topped Latik. The latik can be either in curd form or syrup. Biko is a Filipino dessert made with glutinous rice, coconut milk, and brown sugar.

Biko (Filipino Rice Cake) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Biko (Filipino Rice Cake) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have biko (filipino rice cake) using 4 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Biko (Filipino Rice Cake):
  1. Prepare 4 cups Glutinous rice
  2. Prepare 3 cans (14 oz) Coconut milk
  3. Make ready 2 1/2 cups dark Brown sugar,packed
  4. Take 1/4 tsp Fine salt

Biko is a sweet Filipino sticky rice cake. It is made of glutinous rice, coconut milk, coconut cream, and brown sugar, topped with caramelized coconut cream. It is often served during fiestas, birthdays, Christmas, New Year and any other special events. Every Filipino enjoys biko because it is delicious and very affordable to make and not to.

Instructions to make Biko (Filipino Rice Cake):
  1. Place rice in a large bowl. Soak with cool water overnight.
  2. Rinse and drain rice. Set aside.
  3. Reserve 3/4 cup of coconut milk. Pour the remaininh coconut milk and 1 1/2 cups of water in a large sauce pan. Cook in medium heat until it simmers.
  4. Add drained rice into the simmering mixture. Stir often making sure rice does not burn along the sides of the pan. Continue to cook over medium heat until rice soaks up most of the liquid.
  5. Reduce heat and add 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar and salt to the rice mixture. Continue to cook, stirring often. Taste a small amount of rice to check if it is cooked through.The mixture should be thick and sticky at this point.
  6. Transfer cooked rice mixture into a baking pan generously buttered, spread to an even layer.
  7. In a small sauce pot, combine the reserved coconut milk and the remaining 1 cup of brown sugar. Bring to a boil until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and allow it to cool slighty before gently pouring over the rice mixture.
  8. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake for an hour until brown sugar topping has thickened and is bubbling.
  9. Allow to cool before serving.

Filipino Biko Recipe, consists of malagkit (glutinous) rice, coconut milk, sugar, and topped with 'latik'. Biko is a rice cake with caramel topping or latik and here is the recipe for Biko. Biko is usually served during birthday parties, fiestas, Christmas, New Year and other celebrated events in Philippines. Biko is a Filipino rice cake made from sticky rice (locally known as malagkit), coconut milk, and brown sugar. Like other rice cakes, this is referred to as kakanin (derived from the word "kanin" which means rice) and is often eaten as dessert or meryenda (mid-afternoon snack).

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