When my son was born over 13 years ago, I first experienced this. I received this dish from my talented cook brother. It is an easy dish that can be made ahead and refrigerated.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 2 cups brown rice
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Bring water and brown rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 30 to 45 minutes.
- Transfer cooked rice to a large serving bowl and cool slightly, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Whisk together lime juice, garlic, olive oil, and salt in a small bowl; stir into rice. Fold in cilantro.
Reviews
I read the reviews before I made it and I added a little avocado oil before I cooked the rice and it did not stick together like some people have said. I did not soak it for 15 minutes before cooking, but I will try that next time to see if it’s even less sticky. Flavor was excellent!
Just an FYI, at Chipotle they mix in milk with their Cilantro Rice. I know milk sounds strange, but I have watched them do it multiple times. When I asked about it, they said it helps the rice not stick together and adds moisture.
It was outstanding!! I used Jasmine Rice my favorite and I added just a little extra cilantro than it called for, why you might ask, because cilantro makes everything taste better.
Super easy and great tasting! I did not add the recipe amount of cilantro. I made another recipe from this site last night that called for a half a cup of cilantro, the cilantro overpowered the entire dish. Live and learn! Thank you for the recipe.
Like others, I made this exactly how the recipe says and it was too gluey. To fix that, next time I will rinse the rice first, add a little of Avacado oil to the water and let it sit for 15 minutes before I cook it. This is how my white rice recipe tells me to make it and it always turns out wonderful. It does make a lot, but I love leftovers. I loved the taste of this and will be making it again!
delish! made in instant pot. this is suck a fuss free recipe!
I made this with Mahatma Jasmine rice in my instant pot. 1:1 rice to water. It was amazing! The rice was tender but every grain was separate from each other. Then I tried it with a varying amount of lime zest and it got even better!
Tasted great!
Made it tonight to go with honey garlic chops. Hubs really liked it. I had a little mishap when I was putting in the like juice. My hand shook and the like fell over the edge of the spoon, so there was a lot more juice than the recipe called for. Lol That was on me though. Regardless, it was good. Just a little less lime juice next and it will be perfect.
Delicious! I added 1/2 tsp lime zest!
Great side to our Taco Tuesday Night! Easy to make and delicious!
Good flavor. Substituted water with chicken broth for increased flavor.
Really good!
when I made the rice, I combined what this recipe called for and a few other recipes. First, the ration of 2 to 1, so 2 cups of water to 1 cup of rice worked perfectly. The trick is to not stir the rice at all and even let it sit for a few minutes. At first, I thought it was lacking flavor, so I added like 1/4 more of lime juice, more garlic powder, salt and pepper. I think what really boosted the flavor was when I added some Adobo. Overall, pretty good recipe to start, definitely needs some tweaks.
Delicious, I will gladly make it again! Thank you!
Great recipe even leaving out the garlic and lessening the salt. Lime and cilantro are the keys! Super easy too.
Love the flavor and goes perfect with my grilled honey cilantro lime salmon topped with cucumber cilantro lime salad. Yes, we love cilantro
Very easy to make and the kids really enjoyed it. We will make this again for sure in the future.
Ok but didnt have a ton of flavor
Super easy using a rice cooker and VERY tasty! Thanks for a great side dish to my Mexican flavored meals.
Made as written and everyone loved! Said it tasted like a restaurant.