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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Recipes / Breakfast Recipes / Cereal / Homemade Rice Krispies Cereal

Homemade Rice Krispies Cereal

by Sarah Pope / Updated: Nov 10, 2023 / Affiliate Links ✔

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  • Factory Processing Destroys Cereal Grain Proteins
  • Puffing Rice at Home is Easy!
  • Rice Krispies Cereal Recipe+−
    • Ingredients
    • Instructions
    • Recipe Notes
homemade rice krispies in a bowl

Eliminating processed foods from the pantry is a difficult road at first. Probably one of the hardest items to stop buying is the ubiquitous boxed breakfast cereal, without a doubt, America’s favorite way to start the day. 

The problems with conventional boxed breakfast cereals like rice krispies are many. Genetically modified ingredients, loads of sugar, additives, and chemicals with plenty of synthetic vitamins added to the mix. This artificial fortification hides a multitude of dietary sins from the consumer examining the nutrition label.

The issue with organic boxed cereal is less clear. Examination of the ingredients for many brands seems harmless enough with just a few whole foods listed.

The apparently healthy label hides a nasty little secret, however.  Violent factory processing is required to manufacture it.

Factory Processing Destroys Cereal Grain Proteins

This factory driven process, called extrusion, applies so much heat and pressure to the cereal grains that they actually liquefy. This slurry allows the grains to be quickly and easily shaped into the puffs, flakes, and other shapes that make each cereal distinct.

The manufacturing process used to make boxed cereal is so violent and denaturing that the proteins in the grains are actually rendered toxic and allergenic as a result. This is why whole grain boxed breakfast cereal is shockingly even more toxic than cheap boxed cereals made with white flour — because whole grains are higher in protein.

The more protein, the more toxic the boxed cereal.

What to do?

The good news is that unhealthy versions of processed foods like boxed breakfast cereal can usually be replicated at home using simple preparation techniques which do not denature the food or add toxins like what happens in a factory.

Puffing Rice at Home is Easy!

The recipe below provides an easy way to make rice krispies at home to enjoy as a cereal or to make rice krispies snack bars. The simple process involves blending rice and water, soaking overnight, cooking, and then drying/puffing on the stovetop.

By making your own homemade rice krispies, you can enjoy all the crisp yumminess without taking the risk of developing food allergies or digestive issues from factory-produced versions loaded with toxic grain proteins.

This recipe is best in small batches of 8 servings total. This ensures that you won’t overeat the cereal and it will be a treat to enjoy once or twice a week.

Bonus! If you love this recipe, try these homemade marshmallow krispie bars too!

homemade rice krispies in a bowl
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Rice Krispies Cereal Recipe

Make homemade rice krispies cereal yourself with leftover cooked rice. It is a far healthier option than synthetically fortified, GMO-ridden boxed cereals.

Servings 8
Author Sarah Pope

Ingredients

  • 2 cups white basmati rice
  • 3 cups filtered water
  • expeller pressed coconut oil
  • 3 Tbl Plain, whole milk yogurt

Instructions

  1. Combine rice and water in a pot. Note: It is best not to use wild rice or brown rice for this recipe.

  2. Optional step to add extra digestibility to the rice: Stir in yogurt, buttermilk, lemon juice, whey or apple cider vinegar and leave covered on the counter for a minimum of 7 hours.

  3. Bring pot to a boil. Cover with a tight fitting lid, reduce heat to a low simmer and cook for 10-15 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed.

  4. Remove pot from heat, crack the lid slightly and let cool.

  5. Spread cooled, cooked rice on cookie sheets thinly so that the rice is no more than 1/4 inch thick.

  6. Preheat oven to 275 F/135 C and dry the cooked rice for 2 hours.

  7. Remove dried rice from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes.

  8. Heat small pan filled with 1 inch of expeller pressed coconut oil to 375 F/190 C using a digital food thermometer. Take care not to heat the oil higher than this temperature or it will cause free radicals called acrylamides to form in the oil.

  9. Break the dried rice into chunks and drop one or two into the frying oil and leave for about 30-45 seconds. You will hear a popping sound as the cooked rice pops like popcorn.

  10. When very lightly browned which takes less than a minute, remove the crisped rice from the hot oil with a stainless steel slotted spoon and place on a large plate covered with a clean tea towel to soak up excess oil.

  11. Repeat until all the dried rice has been crisped.

  12. Once cooled, break the homemade rice krispies into individual grains and store in a large glass mason jar in the refrigerator or cool cellar.

  13. Serve homemade rice krispies in a bowl with milk or cream and a whole natural sweetener like sucanat or coconut sugar (where to find). Top with fresh fruit if desired.

Recipe Notes

Jasmine rice may be substituted for basmati rice if desired. Do not use wild rice.

Buttermilk, lemon juice, or ACV may be substituted for the yogurt but the taste of the cereal may be affected slightly.

If you accidentally end up with burnt rice in the first steps, the linked article provides an easy solution.

The homemade rice krispies may also be used to make rice krispies bars for school lunches and snacks. Click here for a homemade marshmallow recipe.

homemade puffed rice cereal in a green bowl

More Homemade Cereals to Try

Love these homemade rice krispies? Here are more healthy versions of boxed store cereals along with healthy rice recipes.

  • Wheat or spelt cold breakfast cereal recipes
  • Grain free cold breakfast cereal recipes
  • Homemade corn flakes cereal recipe
  • Perfect yellow rice recipe
  • Saffron rice recipe
  • Rice cakes recipe

* Why I use white rice instead of brown. This article details how to avoid arsenic contamination in rice.

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Category: Cereal, Gluten Free Recipes, Snack Recipes
Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: Amazon #1 bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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Comments (95)

  1. Jotham Timothy Bessey

    Nov 17, 2023 at 6:40 am

    5 stars
    Many boxed Cereals have another dark secret, preservatives.
    BHT is a gas added to the packaging of grain based food. It is not listed in the ingredients because it isn’t, technically, part of the food.
    However:
    it does infiltrate the food.
    it is a neurotoxin
    it can be boiled out (as in cooking pasta) but remains in the preparation of cold cereals.

    Reply
  2. Keira

    Nov 9, 2023 at 11:15 pm

    5 stars
    Love this is a better version. Can’t wait to try it out.

    Reply
  3. Leah Oxendine Miller

    Sep 1, 2023 at 5:04 pm

    1 star
    This didn’t turn out well. All I got was brown, hard rice. I meticulously followed the directions too

    Reply
    • Sarah Pope

      Sep 2, 2023 at 10:12 am

      You can’t use brown rice. It has to be white, long grain rice.

  4. Ingemar

    Aug 22, 2023 at 8:09 am

    5 stars
    Can I use any type of rice?
    I’m in Asia, and the most common type of rice here is short grained rice (it’s not sticky rice).

    Reply
    • Sarah Pope

      Aug 22, 2023 at 12:54 pm

      I don’t know if another type of white rice will work as I haven’t tried it. Brown rice will not work.

  5. Halley Smith

    Aug 6, 2023 at 10:23 pm

    5 stars
    Do I boil the rice in the same water the rice has been soaked in for 8 hours?

    Reply
    • Sarah Pope

      Aug 7, 2023 at 10:11 am

      You need to drain the soaking water and use fresh water for cooking.

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