Oven Baked Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe
 
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Delicious flavorful rice that is the perfect complement to any of your favorite Mexican dishes. Also, this recipe is very forgiving...if you do not have fresh garlic or onion, you can use dehydrated or powdered onion in its place.
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Recipe type: Rice
Cuisine: Mexican
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 2½ cups long-grain white rice
  • 2 cups chicken broth (I use two cubes of chicken bouillon dissolved into 2 cups hot water.)
  • 3 cups hot water
  • 2 limes
  • 6 tbsp softened butter or canola oil
  • ¾ tsp salt, divided
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed (or ¼ tsp garlic powder or dehydrated garlic)
  • ¼ cup chopped onion (or ¾ tsp onion powder or 1 tbsp dehydrated onion)
  • ¼ cup chopped cilantro leaves, very loosely packed
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a 9x13 pan combine rice, chicken broth, water, the juice of ONE of the limes, butter OR oil, ½ tsp of the salt (reserve the other ¼ tsp for after rice is cooked), crushed garlic, and chopped onion.
  3. Next, carefully stir to distribute ingredients evenly, cover with foil, and place in the 350-degree oven and bake for 1 hour.
  4. Remove rice after 1 hour. In a small bowl, mix the juice of the second lime, ¼ tsp salt, ½ tsp sugar, and ¼ cup chopped cilantro leaves. Pour mixture over baked rice and stir carefully until well combined.
  5. Serve and Enjoy!
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/oven-baked-cilantro-lime-rice-recipe/