Rice with garlic, lime and cilantro

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How to Make Garlic, Lime, and Cilantro Rice

Time: 30 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 8

Serve this delicious Mexican-style rice with garlic, lime, and fragrant cilantro as a side dish for meat, fish, or chicken. Long-grain rice is pre-fried in oil with garlic and onion to create a fluffy and flavorful texture. It's then topped with chicken broth and simmered with lime zest and juice until tender. Fluff the rice with a fork and toss with chopped herbs before serving.

The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

2 cups long grain rice
1 tbsp. l. rapeseed oil (canola)
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 large onion, chopped
1 teaspoon coarse salt
3-4 cups lightly salted chicken broth
Juice of 3 limes and zest of 2 limes (reserve the juice of 1 lime for serving)
Chopped cilantro for serving

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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and onion and sauté for 3-4 minutes. Reduce heat to low and add rice and salt. Cook over low heat for 3 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent the rice from burning.
Add 2 cups of broth, the juice and zest of two limes, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 10-15 minutes, or until the rice is tender. Add more liquid if needed. The rice should not be sticky.