Name: Cilantro Lime Rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 3 Cups white rice (long grain); 2 tbs cilantro (finely chopped); 1 clove garlic (minced); 2 tbs butter (melted); 1 tbs olive oil; .5 tsp Salt (to taste); 1 whole lime (juiced, can use zest also)

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This is a delicious side dish with Mexican food best served with enchiladas, black beans, and Mexican Cesar salad. Tastes greet in a burrito with your other favorite ingredients.

5 from 2 votes

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This Cilantro Lime Rice recipe was submitted by one of my neighbors from the Nextdoor App. We’ve all been sharing recipes as we’re spending time at home while being quarantined and I encouraged them to submit their recipes on my site to share. This sounds like a delicious and zesty side dish that would go perfect with a simple grilled marinated chicken breast or some tasty tacos!

Simple Ingredients Make This Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe Incredibly Easy To Make

Cilantro
Lime
Butter
Garlic
Olive Oil
Long Grain Rice
Salt

Cilantro Lime Rice

This is a delicious side dish with Mexican food best served with enchiladas, black beans, and Mexican Cesar salad. Tastes greet in a burrito with your other favorite ingredients.

Ayo Alabi

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 25 mins

Total Time 35 mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Mexican, Southwestern

Servings people

Calories 393 kcal

Ingredients

3 Cups white rice long grain
2 tbs cilantro finely chopped
1 clove garlic minced
2 tbs butter melted
1 tbs olive oil
.5 tsp Salt to taste
1 whole lime juiced, can use zest also

Instructions

Mix juice, melted butter, garlic, and cilantro in a bowl
Place rice in cooking pot or rice cooker with olive oil
Coat the rice with oil
Pour cilantro mixture into rice and mix well
Add salt water according to your cooking pot or rice cooker
Cook rice le you would normally cook rice

Notes

Make it a complete meal by serving with grilled marinated chicken!

Nutrition

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Recipe Creator Ayo Alabi

I’m a wife, mother, sister, and daughter, which is where my life of cooking comes from. Being the youngest of five, I wanted to make sure that I can cook just like my grandmother, mom, and sisters. I love inventing recipes based on my palate even if it means that my food is eclectic. Working from home and home-schooling has given the motivation to get back into developing recipes. I love working on Southern Soul food, Mexican food, Chinese stirfry dishes, and African dishes.