Cilantro lime rice is a total staple at my house. I love to serve it alongside tacos or inside of burritos.
I mentioned last week that I have a bit of a thing for Mexican food. I wasn’t lying. I love it. I love cooking it and I love eating it and I love thinking about it.
I also love going to Chipotle, but the closest one to me is a good 45 minutes away. I don’t cry about it too much though. I just recreate my favorite dishes from there at home. Take, for example, this cilantro lime rice. It’s a Chipotle favorite of mine.
Or how about Qdoba?? Have you been to Qdoba? Their rice is good too.
Anyway, this rice is perfect served as a side with tacos, but it’s really good served inside the taco. Or inside the burrito. Or in a burrito bowl. Or on chocolate cake. Wait. What?
Just making sure you were paying attention.
Anyway, if you’re looking for a side dish for Mexican food, I think you’ll enjoy this lime cilantro rice. It’s super easy to prepare and it’s always a hit!
Cilantro Lime Rice
Ingredients
- 1 cup extra long grain white rice
- 2 cups water
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lime
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro or more, to taste
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Pour the rice, water, and 1 tbsp of the olive oil into a small sauce pan.
- Bring to a boil and continue boiling over medium heat until the water just skims the top of the rice.
- Reduce heat to low, cover the pan, and continue cooking for 15 minutes.
- Turn the heat off after 15 minutes and keep covered for 5 more minutes.
- Remove lid and transfer the rice to a large bowl. Add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil, the juice of the lime, and the finely chopped cilantro to the rice.
- Mix well and salt to taste.
Dea Win says
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECIPE. I will make some after I get finish doing my RAW CHALLENGE 🙂
Pat Campbell says
I made the rice last night. It was delicious! I would have never made it without seeing your recipe.
Samantha says
I feel sad for you, our Chipotle is only 2 mins away. Needless to say, we eat there several times a month. We are having company for dinner tonight and I am making a taco bar and decided I must include this rice. I will post another comment with the responses it gets. Thanks!
LadyJayPee says
I have made this twice in the past two days. It is SO good! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!
Esi says
I make a version of this rice all the time. I totally love it!!
Aliceson says
I make this all the time and my husband and kids don’t even complain about the green specs. So good!
Bugaboo says
I don’t really care for rice, but the one time I ate at Chipotle, I loved this stuff. Wow. So good. Thanks for thowin’ this one out there so I can eat rice the one way I like it! :o)
Ashley says
I love Mexican food too! Unfortunately we don’t have Chipotle’s in Canada but I did get to try it when I went to Seattle and it was yummmmmmmmy. Especially their guacamole. I don’t think the taco/burrito places here even make their own guacamole. This rice sounds like it would make an already delicious burrito even better.