A good cilantro lime rice recipe is one of those dishes everyone should have in their cooking arsenal because it is endlessly useful. It can be used as a filling in burritos, a base to build rice bowls, or serve it as a side to complete a meal. It’s filling, delicious, and has just the right balance of cilantro and bright tangy lime flavor so you’ll want to serve it with everything.
Ingredients
Long-grain rice: I prefer long-grain rice like basmati or jasmine rice for cilantro rice because it cooks up fluffy and not too sticky. You can use almost any rice, but you might need to adjust the cooking time and amount of liquid in the recipe. Butter: Adding just a bit of fat to the rice gives it a little extra flavor and richness. Lime juice and zest: We’ll use both the zest and the juice from one lime for this recipe. For the easiest zesting, zest the lime first using a microplane and then slice it open and juice it. Chicken broth: Replacing the water in the rice with chicken broth adds a ton of flavor. Cilantro: When measuring cilantro for the recipe, very loosely pile it into your measuring cup. Don’t pack it in tightly or you’ll end up with a LOT of cilantro in your rice.
How to Make Cilantro Lime Rice
Can I make this in a rice cooker?
Yes! To make cilantro rice in a rice cooker, just add the rice, butter, lime juice, chicken broth, and salt to the rice cooker and let the cooker do its job. Once the rice is done, follow the rest of the recipe as written.
Can I make cilantro lime rice with brown rice?
You can. To make cilantro rice with brown rice, follow the measurements and cooking instructions on the rice package. Replace the water with the juice from one lime and enough chicken broth to equal the amount of water called for in the recipe, and add butter and salt. Cook according to package instructions and then stir in lime zest and cilantro to taste.
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