Lime Cilantro Rice

Presenting you the new kind of rice - Lime Cilantro Rice, with zesty lime and cilantro flavors, tender, fluffy rice makes a great side dish for a Mexican or Asian Dinner party. Use it as a side dish for baked fish, chicken, meat, or tacos and burritos. Simply delicious!

This rice recipe is almost mandatory accompaniment to any our family’s Mexican food dinner nights. Whether we’re making Taco Dinner Board, Sweet Potato Tacos, Vegan Meat Tacos, or Healthy White Bean Chicken Chili, a bowl of this fluffy rice is always on the table. 

 The instructions for this rice cooking are very easy to follow and you’ll have a perfect side dish ready in less than 30 minutes! I also like to freeze it to have read ahead of time. 

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Lime Cilantro Rice Recipe

Here’s what you’ll need to make this Lime Cilantro Rice

• 1 cup brown or white rice, uncooked, properly rinsed
• ⅛  teaspoon black ground pepper (or use chili pepper mix for a little spice)
• 2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon lime zest
• 1 ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• ¼ cup cilantro, finely chopped
• ½ of a small onion, white, chopped
• 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth (i used vegetable bouillon cubes)

How to make a easy Lime Cilantro Rice

Heat a little olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

Add the chopped onion and cook until translucent. Stir in the garlic powder and cook for a few minutes more. 

Add in rice and stir, until all the rice is coated in the onion and garlic. Season with salt and pepper.

Toast the rice for 2-3 minutes, and pour in the veggie stock. 

Reduce the heat to medium-low and add in lime zest. Taste for seasoning and add more if needed.

Close with a lid and simmer on low for 20-25 minutes. 

Remove from the heat, drizzle with lime juice, stir and let the rice sit for 10 minutes. 

Fluff the rice with a fork and stir in chopped cilantro until all the rice is covered. Serve warm as a side dish, in Buddha bowls, tacos, burritos, with Fish and etc.

Can you freeze Cilantro Lime Rice?

Allow the ready rice to cool. Divide between ziptop bags or airtight containers and freeze up to 2-3 months.

When ready to use, simply let thaw at room temperature and then reheat it in a skillet or microwave. 

I hope you enjoy this easy and quick Lime Cilantro Rice recipe, please do let me know how it turned out 🙂 Thank you,

Julia

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Lime Cilantro Rice

Presenting you the new kind of rice - Lime Cilantro Rice, with zesty lime and cilantro flavors, tender, fluffy rice makes a great side dish for a Mexican or Asian Dinner party. Use it as a side dish for baked fish, chicken, meat, or with tacos and burritos. Simply delicious!

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Author: Julia | The Yummy Bowl

Course: Side Dish

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 5 servings

Calories: 151kcal

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup white rice (uncooked, properly rinsed)
• ⅛ teaspoon black ground pepper (or use chili pepper mix for a little spice)
• 2 teaspoon garlic powder or 1 large garlic clove
• 1 teaspoon lime zest
• 1 ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• ¼ cup cilantro (finely chopped)
• ½ of a small onion (white, chopped)
• 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
• Olive oil for cooking

INSTRUCTIONS

• Heat a little olive oil (good quality virgin olive oil) in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add the chopped onion and cook until translucent. Stir in the garlic powder and cook for a few minutes more.
• Add in rice and stir, until all the rice is coated in the onion and garlic. Season with salt, pepper. Toast the rice for 2-3 minutes, and pour in the veggie stock.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low and add in lime zest. Taste for seasonign and add more if needed.
• Close with a lid and simmer on low for 20-25 minutes.
• Remove from the heat, drizzle with lime juice, stir and let the rice sit for 10 minutes.
• Fluff the rice with a fork and stir in chopped cilantro until all the rice is covered. Serve warm as a side dish, in Buddha Bowls, burritos, with fish and etc.

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NOTES

Instead of garlic powder, you can use 1 fresh garlic clove, minced, and paste-like. But every garlic is different and if yours is way too strong use less or go for garlic powder.  Personally, I don't like fresh garlic taste with a simple dish as rice but it's a personal preference.  

For Extra flavor I like to add in a little Vegeta seasoning. This is a universal all-purpose seasoning blend (usually yellow), made from vegetables, herbs, and spices. But if this is not available where you are located, I'd recommend dry vegetable or chicken bouillon cube (bio/organic preferred).

My favorite way to use this rice is in Buddha Bowls and as a side with Sweet Potato and  Kale Tacos and Vegan Meat Tacos

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Nutrition Facts

Lime Cilantro Rice

Amount Per Serving

Calories 151

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)