Homemade Coconut Milk
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 22 minutes
- Yield: 1 1/2 cups 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups filtered water
- 1/2 cups unsweetened organic shredded coconut
Instructions
- Heat water in a saucepan to near boiling.
- Add hot water and shredded coconut to blender.
- Let sit 15 minutes
- Using a Vitamix, blend on high for 3 minutes until creamy. If you have a regular blender, blend for 5 minutes.
- Pour mixture through a nut milk bag, nylon stocking or a colander lined with cheesecloth. Squeeze the cheesecloth well to extract coconut milk.
- Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator for 3-5 days.
Notes
The recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/3 cup
- Calories: 45
- Sodium: 5 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5 g
- Protein: 1 g