Bananas Foster Rice Pudding

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5 from 2 votes

Bananas Foster Rice Pudding is a creamy made-from-scratch rice pudding topped with a delicious Bananas Foster Sauce.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Southern

Keyword: Mardi Gras

Servings:

Ingredients

6 cups whole milk divided
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (heaping) long-grain white rice uncooked
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Bananas Foster Sauce

4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons dark rum
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 ripe bananas sliced
1/3 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

In a large saucepan, bring 5 1/2 cups milk, sugar and salt to a boil over medium-high heat.
As soon as it comes to a boil, stir in the rice and reduce heat to low. (Note: You want it to simmer gently.)
Cook for 50 to 60 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Note: You want to cook it until it thickens up like yogurt.
Stir in vanilla.
Let cool and then refrigerate until chilled.
To make sauce, melt butter in a medium skillet over medium heat.
Add brown sugar. rum, cream, and salt. Stir and cook for 2 minutes.
Add banana slices and pecans. Cook until bubbles form around the edges and bananas are coated well.
To serve, stir the remaining 1/2 cup of milk into the rice pudding.
Dish into bowls and top with sauce.

Notes

The rice pudding is sweet and the sauce is very sweet. If you tend not to like really sweet desserts, try reducing the granulated sugar in the rice pudding to 1/3 cup.

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