Easy Cilantro-Lime Rice

Description

Serve this cilantro-lime rice with tequila-lime chicken!

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 cup basmati rice
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 ½ cups chicken broth
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup chopped cilantro
  • ¼ cup whole-kernel corn
  • 2 teaspoons green onions, chopped
  • 1 lime, zested

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir rice and garlic in hot oil until fragrant
  2. about 2 minutes. Stir chicken broth
  3. lime juice
  4. and salt into rice; bring to a boil
  5. reduce heat to medium-low
  6. cover the saucepan with a lid
  7. and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed
  8. about 15 minutes.
  9. Stir cilantro
  10. corn
  11. green onions
  12. and lime zest into rice until well-mixed.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 6

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