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Tuck this Easy Cilantro Lime Brown Rice into burritos or serve it as a side dish. It's a fantastic whole grain and gluten-ree recipe that you'll make over and over again. 50 calories and 4 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP
It's not often that my kids get excited over side dishes. When it's just plain rice and steamed broccoli, who can really blame them? But this...this rice! Now this is something to get excited over.
Even though I'm usually throwing rice and water in a saucepan at top speed, desperately hoping that it will be ready so we can eat before leaving for some activity or another, I've decided that I must regularly work five extra minutes into dinnertime prep to sauté some onion, garlic and spices to pep up the rice.
That deserves some kind of Mother of the Year award, doesn't it?
This is the same rice that I served underneath the Spice Rubbed Lime Salmon Recipe that I told you about earlier this week. They were meant for each other! It's also really good with Grilled Curry Chicken.
I'm even okay with admitting that the other side dish was "the usual"...steamed broccoli. But my kids didn't care because both the salmon and the rice were winners in every sense. The taste, the novelty and the taste again.
While this works beautifully with the spiced salmon, I guarantee that I will be tucking it into enchiladas and tacos, and serving it alongside southwestern roast chicken and spiced roasted cauliflower.
I made this recipe in a saucepan, but next time I'm going to sauté the onions, garlic and spices in a skillet, then transfer them to a rice cooker with the brown rice and water. A perfect time-saver!
Other recipes with lime:
Grilled Chicken Tenders with Chipotle Lime Yogurt
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Easy Cilantro Lime Brown Rice Recipe
Tuck this Easy Cilantro Lime Brown Rice into burritos or serve it as a side dish. It's a fantastic whole grain and gluten-ree recipe that you'll make over and over again.
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Side Dishes
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour
Servings: 6 Servings
Calories: 50.2kcal
Author: Dara Michalski | Cookin' Canuck
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- ½ onion diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup brown rice
- 2 cups water
- juice of ½ lime
- ¼ cup minced cilantro
Instructions
Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan set over medium heat.
Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic, cumin and salt, and cook for 30 seconds.
Add the brown rice and stir to combine with the onion mixture.
Add the water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer until all of the water is absorbed, 45 to 55 minutes.
Fluff the rice, mix in the lime juice and cilantro, and serve.
Notes
Weight Watchers Points: 4 (Freestyle SmartPoints)
Nutrition
Serving: 0.33Cup | Calories: 50.2kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1.2g | Fat: 1.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 2.4mg | Fiber: 1g
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Sheila
Great! I would add more cilantro and lime next time for flavorReply
Ram
Lime rice is a favorite staple here in Southern India.
You might also like to try ...
- Coconut Rice
- Tamarind Rice
- Tomato Rice
- Mint Rice
... there are many more.For added crunch roast some peanuts lightly in a small amount of oil and add to the rice.
Eating this accompanied by wafers of your choice should take you pretty close to heaven.
You could top it off with rice mixed with Greek yogurt (or what we call curd here) seasoned with some spices and mixed with fruits like grape & pomegranate preferably eaten warn!
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Stephanie+@+Eat.+Drink.+Love.
I always order the cilantro brown rice from Chipotle and need to try this at home! So refreshing and perfect for stuffing in a burrito or as a side!
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Jenny+@+The+Peachy+Pair
Hubby loves rice and cilantro. Think this would be a hit!
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Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life
I love cilantro lime rice...mainly because I am addicted to cilantro and lime. They are staples in my house! I'll have to try it with brown rice!
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