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Cilantro Lime Rice is one of those recipes that you need in hand since this is the perfect side dish to so many different meals. Besides rice is one of the signatures dishes in our latino cuisine. Rice is prepared in so many different ways and also colors.
Cilantro Lime Rice
Ingredients
- 1 cup of white rice
- 1 tablespoon of cooking oil
- 1 clove large garlicpureed
- 1 teaspoon of sea salt
- 2 cups of boiling water
- 1 tablespoon of cilantro paste
- 1 lime
Instructions
- Place a a sautéing pan in the stove and add cooking oil, let the oil warm and add the rice. Stir and combine with the oil.
- Then add the garlic pureed and the salt and combine.
- Pour the boiling water and add the cilantro paste and stir once.
- Finish adding the juice of one lime and cook covered for 15-20 minutes until al dente.
- Enjoy with your favorite meat.
Notes
We do it yellow using saffron or red with tomato paste, we add vegetables like peas and carrots, we like it combined with beans and even with pasta. We also like rice cooked with seafood and meats, to prepare yummy casseroles and we even eat it as dessert. Who doesn’t love a good arroz con leche.
So I thought would be nice to add this cilantro lime rice recipe to my repertoire and show you how easy it is to make. Believe me, after you make it the first time it will become the favorite side dish you will use for almost serving anything.
And now that grilling season is to start having an easy recipe for cooking rice it is also a good thing. Watch the video below and learn how to prepare this cilantro lime rice recipe.
This cilantro lime rice goes perfect with grilled meats, like chicken, beef or seafood. I also like it as the base to serve grilled skewers also known in Spanish as alambres. If you have leftovers or this cilantro lime rice, which I doubt, you can use for making burritos or to add to hamburger meat to make meatballs or hamburger patties instead of the breadcrumbs.
Cooking rice is easy but also a serious thing. People say that when you are successful cooking rice and making a perfect sunny-side egg you can consider yourself a great cook. Because both eggs and rice require technique and patience in order to achieve success.
The trick of cooking perfect rice is to use boiling water and to stir once or twice after you added the water in. If you stir too much or add too much water rice will become very tender and won’t be al dente. Which it isn’t good when you are serving a latino style dish. We really like our rice al dente not mushy.
Follow my tricks and recipe steps and you will be successful making this yummy cilantro lime rice.
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