Try our recipe for cilantro lime rice as a standalone dish or with your favorite Mexican meal, at Genius Kitchen. In a medium saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil. Add rice and 1/4 teaspoon salt; cover, and reduce to a simmer. Cook until water is absorbed and rice is just tender, 16 to 18 minutes. Meanwhile, in a blender, combine cilantro, lime juice, oil, garlic, and 2 tablespoons water; blend until smooth.

Goes Great With: Asian-Style Salmon Packets Robin Baskette, Lexington, Kentucky. Serve this rice with practically everything, from fish tacos to Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Sauce. The Best Cilantro Lime Rice With Chicken Recipes on Yummly Becky's Easy Cilantro Lime Rice, Peanut Chicken Fried Rice, Cilantro Lime Chicken With Beans And Rice.

Cilantro Lime Rice Recipes

Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe (with Video)Cilantro lime rice is the best rice for burrito bowls, and pretty much any Mexican food, right? Cilantro haters, please look away, this one’s not for you.) It works well with Asian dishes too. But you don’t want to just toss plain rice with cilantro and lime juice and call it a day. Well, you could, but the rice wouldn’t be close to as good as it could be.

Cilantro lime rice made well is irresistible. As in, “as soon as you finish one batch, you’ll want to make another” irresistible. Or, “take your hands off my food, this is all for me” irresistible. Tips for making the best ever cilantro lime rice? First, use basmati long grain rice. It’s more aromatic than plain rice and the flavor complements the cilantro and lime. Second, start by lightly browning the rice in some olive oil.

It’s how we normally make rice pilaf or Spanish rice. The browning brings out wonderful flavor in the rice that you can’t get any other way.

This is the main difference between this recipe and other recipes you may find online for cilantro lime rice. Finally, use fresh limes and toss some grated lime zest in with the water that you add to the rice. The lime oils in the zest will infuse the rice with lime flavor as it cooks. At the very end, after the rice is cooked and fluffed, you’ll add in chopped fresh cilantro and lime juice.

I made a quick video on how to make this cilantro lime rice, check it out! Mushroom Risotto Recipe here.