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
Jicama & Carrot Slaw with Honey-Lime Dressing
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Easy Cilantro Lime Brown Rice Recipe
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
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Katie | Healthy Seasonal Recipes
I love simple side dishes like this that completely elevate a regular old weeknight meal.
Ali+|+Gimme+Some+Oven
This sounds amazing! Love that you used brown rice. 🙂
Denise @ Creative Kitchen
Hi Dara! Love cilantro and lime so this rice sounds amazing! I'm finally back to blogging, and feels great after several months of quiet (or more!). So thrilled to be back! 😉
Gwen+@SimplyHealthyFamily
It's been far too long since I've made a good side of rice. This is on my to do list next week, I think I'll serve it with grilled fish! oxox
Tami
Your recipe says to cook the garlic, salt & cumin for 30 mins.?!? Is that right? Do you mean 3 mins?
Dara
Ack! I meant 30 seconds so that the spices and garlic don't burn. Thanks for catching that. Clearly I was a little tired or distracted when typing out the recipe!
Millie l Add A Little
This looks great and simple! I bet it goes well with so much!
Anna+@+Crunchy+Creamy+Sweet
I can only imagine how delicious this rice is! Definitely need to try it! Pinned!
Amanda
Putting this in a burrito would be perfect. Gonna try this next burrito night! 🙂
Feisty Eats
Do you have measurements for the cilantro or lime?
Dara
Sorry about that! The recipe has been fixed now to include the cilantro and lime. That would be important for "cilantro lime rice", right? 🙂
Feisty+Eats
Hey it happens. Thanks. This looks great. I love cilantro and your recipes!
Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness
My hubs and I were just saying its been too long since we ate rice. I have been cookin' up a massive amount of quinoa lately. But with this recipe, I think it's time to visit our dear, ricey friend! Love anything cilantro lime...pinned!