Steps to Prepare Perfect Cilantro Lime Rice

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, cilantro lime rice. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Cilantro Lime Rice is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Cilantro Lime Rice is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cilantro lime rice using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cilantro Lime Rice:

1. Get 1 Cup Jasmine Rice
2. Take 1 1/4 Cup Water or Chicken Stock
3. Get 1 Tbsp Olive or Veg Oil
4. Make ready 1 Tbsp Butter
5. Get 1 tsp Salt
6. Prepare 1 Lime (Juice and Zest)
7. Prepare 1 Large Bay Leaf
8. Make ready 1/4-1/2 Cup Chopped Cilantro

Instructions to make Cilantro Lime Rice:

1. Rinse Rice in a strainer. Rinse until water runs clear. In a sauce pan or pot, heat Olive Oil and Butter over Medium Heat. Add Rice. Cook, while stirring often, until Rice just starts to turn light brown. Add Lime Zest. Stir.
2. Add 1 1/4 Cups Water or Chicken Stock. Add Salt, Bay Leaf, and Half of the Lime Juice. Stir, and Turn Heat up to Medium High. Once boiling, cover and turn heat down to Medium Low. Allow to cook for 15 Minutes.
3. Remove Bay Leaf. Let Rice Cool for 20 Minutes or so. In the same pot or a mixing bowl, add other half of Lime Juice. Add some extra Olive Oil (optional) @ 1 Tbsp. Add Cilantro. Fold all Ingredients together.
4. Enjoy!

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