Go with the Grain: Copycat Chipotle® Cilantro-Lime Rice
If you're a fan of the Chipotle chain, you'll love this! I am always looking for easy recipes - so easy they hardly even qualify as an official "recipe." This is one of the best that even non-cooks can master on the first try. It has three main ingredients - all of which I love! I could literally eat several servings of this rice without an entree.
Ingredients
Rice
Salt
Water
Fresh Cilantro
Fresh Limes
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Directions
1. Following the directions of the rice that you use, measure out the water needed for rice cooking.
2. Wash and cut the stems off of fresh cilantro. I use the same amount of cilantro as I do rice in a recipe.
3. Add the water and cilantro into a blender.
4. On high speed, blend until you have a lovely green cilantro liquid.
5. Measure the rice.
6. Add the cilantro liquid and rice to a pan. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat and cover. Cook for 15 minutes and then let stand 5 minutes.
7. Squeeze fresh lime juice over the cilantro rice.
- By Holly Homer
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