Chipotle Rice Recipe
Chipotle-style rice at home — copycat cilantro lime rice, a steak bowl, and a homemade burrito bowl for weeknights when everyone builds their own plate.
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Ila NathansonIngredients
- 1 cup white rice
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 1.5 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 lime lime zest
Instructions
- 1rinse your rice till the water runs clear, then in a medium pot add rice, water, and lime zest. bring it to a boil and stir occasionally.
- 2turn the heat down to a simmer after it has reaches a boil. do not stir, it will make the rice sticky!
- 3after all the water has dissolved (about 15 minutes) add in the lemon and lime juice. then mix in your chopped cilantro.
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Open in Pepper →Cilantro Lime Rice Worth Making At Home
Rice is the part of dinner that stretches everything else. Get it fluffy, bright with lime, and flecked with cilantro, and a pound of chicken or steak suddenly feeds the whole table.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection on the nights everyone wants something different — one kid picks beans and corn, someone else piles on steak, and the rice holds it all together.
Every recipe here starts with that rice: the copycat Chipotle's cilantro lime rice, a basmati version with garlic and olive oil, a Cilantro Lime Rice Steak Bowl, steak and eggs with avocado, plus a Homemade Chipotle-Style Burrito Bowl and Chipotle Burrito Bowls with chipotle in adobo.
Quick Tips
- 1
Rinse the rice first
Run white or basmati rice under cool water for about 30 seconds until it runs mostly clear so the grains stay separate instead of gummy.
- 2
Add lime off heat
Stir in the lime juice and chopped cilantro after the rice has rested 5 minutes off the burner, so the flavor stays fresh and bright.
- 3
Let it steam covered
Once the water is absorbed, keep the lid on and the pot off the heat for 10 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
- 4
Rest the steak
Give cooked steak 5 minutes on the cutting board before slicing thin against the grain so the juices stay in the meat.
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