Cilantro Lime Rice; Meatless Monday

Have y'all e'er eaten at the Chipotle Mexican Grill?? Do savour the burrito or the burrito bowl? If yes, in addition to then convey y'all e'er wondered why their rice tastes so good??? Well, because it is cilantro-lime rice! I convey tried to recreate it at dwelling in addition to I must say, that I convey been successfull! Well, earlier going into the details of that recipe, allow me tell y'all that Chipotle is 1 of the few fast nutrient chains that I consume at.. May last 1 time a year?? I cannot shout out upward when I concluding ate there. You see, my hubby in addition to I nosotros don't consume out much. We similar everything fresh in addition to cooked at home. But sometimes, when y'all are away or busy running errands, y'all convey to form of consume out. I don't consume pizza in addition to sandwiches every bit I avoid gluten. Chipotle has gluten gratis options in addition to is relatively fresh?? That's why it is 1 of the few identify that I eat.

Coming dorsum to the Cilantro Lime rice, it is pretty tardily to brand at dwelling in addition to requires rattling few ingredients: rice, cilantro, lime, salt, dark pepper in addition to olive oil. They mightiness convey seat Adobo seasoning, simply I convey kept it to the basics! This recipe plant good amongst both freshly cooked rice in addition to leftover rice, which makes it perfect for weeknight dinners or for those times, when y'all desire to seat together a repast inwards a jiffy! I convey shared the recipe for rice that is already cooked in addition to ready. Please follow your method of selection for cooking the rice. If the rice that y'all are using is leftover rice, delight warm it upward earlier next this recipe.

Servings: 2

Prep time: two mins

Cook time: none

Total time: three mins

Ingredients:

Cooked rice: four cups
Cilantro: two tbsp, finely chopped
Olive oil: 1 tbsp
Lime juice: from 1 modest lime
Salt: to taste
Black pepper: 1/8 tsp
Garlic powder: 1/8 tsp ( optional)

Method:

Add four cups of warm/ hot rice to a bowl.

Now add together all the other ingredients in addition to toss until the rice is thoroughly mixed amongst the other ingredients. Be gentle piece mixing so that the rice does non move mushy!

Serve hot amongst a side of your choice.

Enjoy!

Cooking made easy:

While cooking Basmati rice, to ensure long grains, soak the rice for xxx mins later on thoroughly washing it. Then drain it in addition to move along it aside for xxx mins. The soaking lengthens the grains in addition to the draining in addition to drying helps it foreclose from breaking upon cooking.

Follow the instructions on the packet piece cooking rice every bit every crop of rice is different.

Tip for good for y'all living:

While choosing rice, pick out those amongst a higher glycemic index in addition to those that convey non been processed every bit good much. Parboiled rice is ameliorate than raw rice. Matta rice & brownish rice are less processed than their other counterparts in addition to so convey a higher fiber content, lower glycemic index in addition to less calories.

Food for thought:

Once y'all eliminate the impossible, any remains, no affair how improbable, must last the truth. Arthur Conan Doyle