Lime and Coriander Rice

Lime and Coriander Rice is the perfect accompaniment for Mexican food, and if you know Mexicans, you know their love for coriander! It’s used to garnish every single taco or as a vital ingredient to give more flavour to a simmering sauce or stew. Coriander always makes an appearance in most Mexican meals. 

Having said that, if coriander isn’t your thing, we won’t judge! Just substitute it with parsley in this recipe, and you’ll get a similar result.

We like to use basmati or white long grain rice. Just make sure to wash and rinse your rice with cold water before cooking, as this will help to get rid of some of the starch and avoid the rice from losing its shape when it cooks.

Another good tip when cooking rice is to always cook your rice with a ratio of 1:2 in mind. For example, if you’re cooking one part rice use two parts of water. Or you can calculate using 1 cup of rice to feed 4 people, you can then plan accordingly and duplicate or triplicate depending on how many people you’re cooking for.

The liquid you use to cook your rice with can be water, chicken or vegetable stock. For more flavour, we recommend using stock, but if you haven’t got any at home just use plain water. For a more fragrant rice, try adding lime zest while it’s cooking. The zest of the lime releases it’s natural oils and gives the rice more of a lime flavour. 

Once the rice is cooked, remove it from the heat and let it rest for 20 minutes, then fluff it up using a fork. You can then add the fresh coriander and lime juice, without making your rice mushy.

To make our coriander and lime rice (or cilantro lime rice) even better, we add 1 to 2 teaspoons of Gran Luchito Chipotle Lime Paste and combine it lightly – it gives you even zestier rice with a light chipotle flavour!