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Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe

Today’s Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe is a tasty side dish to add to your dinner to your tonight! Take ordinary rice to the next level with our cilantro rice. It’s a refreshing twist for your Cinco de Mayo celebrations! 

Today's Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe is a tasty side dish to add to your dinner to your tonight! by cookingwithruthie.com

Why we love Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe

I’ve loved rice for as long as I can remember, it’s one of my comfort foods. I remember as a child anxiously waiting for dinner when my mom served rice.  

I liked to build this little igloo with the butter inside and then wait for it to get all melty. Bursting the little thing open with my fork and watching all the butter ooze out was/still is still so beautiful to me. 🙂

The funny part about this story is that the other night my son Jake and I were prepping our rice on our plates with dinner and we both went through that exact same process. Hahahah. I guess the apple really doesn’t fall too far from the tree!

Today's Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe is a tasty side dish to add to your dinner to your tonight! by cookingwithruthie.com

How to make Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe

  • In a stock pot with a lid, combine rice, water, salt, cilantro leaves, and lime juice.
  • Bring to a boil, cover with lid, and reduce to low.
  • Simmer for 18 minutes- do not lift lid or stir.
  • Remove from heat and let stand covered for 5 minutes.
  • Fluff with fork, sprinkle with fresh cilantro, serve.
  • Enjoy!

Today's Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe is a tasty side dish to add to your dinner to your tonight! by cookingwithruthie.com

Tips & Tricks for Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe

This recipe is the perfect way to cook your rice. The trick is in not opening the lid or stirring it all! Just combine all the ingredients into the pot, bring it to a boil, cover and simmer for 18 minutes. Remove from heat and sit for 5 THEN open it and fluff with a fork.

It’s magical. PERFECT rice every time!!!!

You can even use brown rice with this recipe but of course it has to cook for a longer amount of time so adjust accordingly.  It tastes every bit as good as white rice and it’s actually better for you too.

Today's Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe is a tasty side dish to add to your dinner to your tonight! by cookingwithruthie.com

Yield: 8

Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe

Cilantro Lime Rice on www.cookingwithruthie.com is a tasty side dish to add to your dinner tonight!

Today's Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe is a tasty side dish to add to your dinner to your tonight!

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 23 minutes
Total Time 33 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups white long grain rice
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/4 cup cilantro leaves, rough chopped
  • 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lime juice
  • *2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves to garnish

Instructions

  1. In a stock pot with a lid, combine rice, water, salt, cilantro leaves, and lime juice.
  2. Bring to a boil, cover with lid, and reduce to low.
  3. Simmer for 18 minutes- do not lift lid or stir.
  4. Remove from heat and let stand covered for 5 minutes.
  5. Fluff with fork, sprinkle with fresh cilantro, serve.
  6. Enjoy your Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 52Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 269mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gProtein: 1g

More Cinco de Mayo Recipes

Enjoy our Cilantro Lime Rice at your Cinco de Mayo fiesta this year! 

 

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  1. I love cilantro rice. This would rival Chipotle!

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