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Essential Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe

Author: Tiffany, Mornington Lane
This is the essential Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe you need in your weekly meal rotation. Simple, quick, and easy to make, you’ll be enjoying homemade cilantro lime rice in about 30 minutes.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Appetizer, Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 cup Long grain white rice, uncooked
  • Juice from 1 lime
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
  • ¼ cup Cilantro, roughly chopped fine
  • ¾ teaspoon Salt (table)
  • ¼ teaspoon Olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Cook rice with 1 bay leaf.
  • While the rice cooks, roughly chop the cilantro fine.
  • Once rice is cooked, remove and discard the bay leaf. To the cooked rice, add olive oil, juice from lime, lemon juice, salt, and cilantro. Stir to combine.
  • Serve and enjoy!
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