I mentioned last week that I have a bit of a thing for Mexican food. I wasn’t lying. I love it. I love cooking it and I love eating it and I love thinking about it.
I also love going to Chipotle, but the closest one to me is a good 45 minutes away. I don’t cry about it too much though. I just recreate my favorite dishes from there at home. Take, for example, this cilantro lime rice. It’s a Chipotle favorite of mine.
This rice is good served as a side with tacos, but it’s really good served inside the taco. Or inside the burrito. Or in a burrito bowl. Or on chocolate cake.
What?
Just making sure you were paying attention.
Cilantro Lime Rice
- 1 cup extra long grain white rice
- 2 cups water
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lime
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro (or more, to taste)
- salt, to taste
Pour the rice, water, and 1 tbsp of the olive oil into a small sauce pan. Bring to a boil and continue boiling over medium heat until the water just skims the top of the rice. Reduce heat to low, cover the pan, and continue cooking for 15 minutes. Turn the heat off after 15 minutes and keep covered for 5 more minutes. Remove lid and transfer the rice to a large bowl. Add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil, the juice of the lime, and the finely chopped cilantro to the rice. Mix well and salt to taste.
| Tags: side dish, stove top 22 comments »
March 14th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
I made cilantro lime rice last week too! I like mine mixed into chipotle chicken salad, yum. Sadly I lost my photos. Luckily that means I get to make some more!
March 14th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Um, I think my husband is in love you now. He is OBSESSED with everything Chipotle! Thanks for the recipe!
March 14th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
This picture is gorgeous – pretty rice! Food photography is so freaking hard and you are great at it.
March 14th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
And also, why is it so hard? It’s FOOD. It doesn’t like, move or anything. But getting good pictures takes talent.
March 15th, 2010 at 12:13 am
What a beautiful bowl of rice! I love the cilantro lime rice at Chipotle, too. Thanks for a great recipe.
March 15th, 2010 at 5:34 am
I adore Chipotle, we just ate there yesterday in fact
Thanks for this yummy recipe!
March 15th, 2010 at 5:38 am
i LOVE chipotle. i do not, however, love rice. i’m not sure why it bothers me so, but it does. i will say, though, that if i were ever going to love it, it would contain cilantro and lime.
March 15th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
haha! never been to chipotle, but I really want to..there are none near me, so it’s off my radar. this rice sounds yuummmm!! I love all food mexican too, it’s my thing
March 16th, 2010 at 4:56 am
The rice sounds perfect to me and hey, maybe you should just try it inside a chocolate cake…lol
March 16th, 2010 at 8:04 am
oh nom, nom, nom!
March 16th, 2010 at 10:49 am
I’ve never heard about this dish. I also never tried Mexican food. But looks great I’d love to try it.
Your blog is amazing! I read all the posts and copied many recipes that I’m crazy to bake.
March 17th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
your picture is beautiful! And the rice sounds incredible. like everyone else who commented, my husband and I LOVE chipotle. i’ll be making this!
March 18th, 2010 at 11:36 am
Well, the rice probably would be OK with chocolate, but cilantro? LOL
Great photo!!
March 18th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Do you think you could make this in a rice cooker?
March 18th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
^ i make the rice plain in the rice cooker, let it sit for five minutes then add a small pat of butter, chopped cilantro and lime juice with a pinch of salt. comes out just like chipotle!!
March 22nd, 2010 at 8:03 am
I love Mexican food too! Unfortunately we don’t have Chipotle’s in Canada but I did get to try it when I went to Seattle and it was yummmmmmmmy. Especially their guacamole. I don’t think the taco/burrito places here even make their own guacamole. This rice sounds like it would make an already delicious burrito even better.
March 23rd, 2010 at 2:58 pm
I don’t really care for rice, but the one time I ate at Chipotle, I loved this stuff. Wow. So good. Thanks for thowin’ this one out there so I can eat rice the one way I like it!
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March 26th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
I make this all the time and my husband and kids don’t even complain about the green specs. So good!
March 28th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
I make a version of this rice all the time. I totally love it!!
April 11th, 2010 at 9:31 am
I have made this twice in the past two days. It is SO good! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!
April 30th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
I feel sad for you, our Chipotle is only 2 mins away. Needless to say, we eat there several times a month. We are having company for dinner tonight and I am making a taco bar and decided I must include this rice. I will post another comment with the responses it gets. Thanks!
May 7th, 2010 at 7:22 am
I made the rice last night. It was delicious! I would have never made it without seeing your recipe.