Butter-Toasted Cilantro Lime Rice with a Parchment Paper Trick for Perfectly Fluffy Results
A home cook walks through making cilantro lime rice from scratch, toasting the rice in a full stick of butter before cooking it in chicken broth with lime zest, jalapeño, and fresh cilantro. Key tips include using a parchment paper lid to prevent mushy rice and adding cilantro only after cooking to preserve color. Served burrito-bowl style with taco-seasoned ground beef and kidney beans.
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🧾 Ingredients
- 1cilantro (2 bunches)
- 2lime or lemon
- 3lime zest
- 4garlic cloves
- 5onion
- 6jalapeño (green)
- 7butter (1 stick)
- 8chicken broth
- 9rice (4 cups)
- 10salt
- 11black pepper
- 12ground beef
- 13taco seasoning (2 packets)
- 14garlic salt
- 15onion powder
- 16red kidney beans (canned)
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