Cilantro Lime Rice

 

Hello, my name is Dawn and I'm a carboholic! Yes, I love all things rice, pasta and bread! You may have suspected that by reading this blog, but I thought I'd go ahead and confess so I'd feel better. Whew, that did help a little.

 

So the hubby doesn't love rice as much as I do so I try to jazz it up so he won't notice that it's just rice. Shhhhhh. I could have it every other meal, but him, not so much. Well, what's left for me really to do but trick him just a little? Please don't tell him that I'm trying to trick him with jazzed up rice. I don't think he's noticed so mum's the word!

 

We were having some quick and easy burrito's one night last week and I thought, "oh boy, here's a night to throw in a delicious rice dish!" But I even stepped it up a notch this night. See, he loves cilantro so I searched the internet looking for a Mexican rice dish with cilantro. I remembered my friend, The Pioneer Woman, making a similar dish so I set out to find it. Well, hers seemed fine, but I thought I could make it better, so I did. I mean, what does she know with her silly blog and cooking show?? I'm practically a chef! Here's my version of Cilantro Lime Rice. The lime juice really makes this taste fresh and yummy!

 

Ingredients

 

1 Tablespoon olive oil

3 cloves garlic

1 large onion, chopped

2 cups long grain rice

1 teaspoon salt

3-4 cups chicken broth

1 can diced tomatoes with green chilies, I used Rotelle

Juice of 3 limes and zest of 2 (hold back juice of 1 lime for garnish)

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

 

Directions

 

Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and onions and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce heat to low and add the rice and salt. Cook over low heat for 3 minutes, stirring constantly to make sure rice doesn’t burn. Add 2 cups of the broth, tomatoes, and the juice and zest of 2 limes and bring to boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes or until the rice is done. Add more liquid as needed. I used brown rice so remember you’ll need to cook a little longer and most likely need more liquids as you go. The rice shouldn’t be sticky.

 

 

 

Just before serving stir the juice of 1 lime and cilantro into the rice mixture.

 

Serve with some delicious tacos, burritos, or whatever floats your boat, and enjoy!!