Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice is the perfect copycat recipe for all Chipotle lovers! With fresh cilantro, bright lime juice, and zesty garlic, youll want to eat it with everything! Plus, bonus directions for white AND brown rice, on the stove-top, Instant Pot, AND rice cooker!
Short and medium grains tend to be soft, moist, and sticky. Around here, all you need to know is that we use long-grain white rice.
How to Make Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice in a Rice Cooker
Add 1 cup rice to your rice cooker. Fill the water up to the level 1 (for 1 cup of rice).
Add a teaspoon of oil, bay leaf, and a little salt. Close the lid and set to cook.
Once the rice is cooked, open the rice cooker and fluff with a fork. Then transfer to a bowl and add in the cilantro, lime juice, and lemon juice. Taste and add salt to taste. Serve warm and enjoy.
Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice
Calling all Chipotle lovers! I have the recipe youve been waiting for! The basis and foundation of all deliciousness at Chipotle. The Cilantro Lime Rice.
Now, this Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice isnt just good. Its the warm, comfort of rice mixed with fresh cilantro and bright lime juice, with just a little zing from the fresh minced garlic.
Make your own burrito bowl. Eat as a side. Put it IN a burrito. Its so amazing, youll want to eat it with everything.
The best part? It is SO easy to make! And store. You can even make a big batch and freeze it portions for later (meal prep, ftw!).
Ive included stove-top directions for the white cilantro lime rice because I think thats really “the classic.” BUT Ive also included directions to make the brown rice, as well as Instant Pot and ricecooker directions.
So make this rice however you want, just make it ASAP!
I think making this rice on the stove-top is the best and easiest method, but Ive also included Instant Pot and rice cooker directions for the gadget-lovers out there below.
Chipotle White Rice Recipe – At Home – by a former Chipotle Employee
FAQ
What kind of rice do they use at Chipotle?
Which rice is better at Chipotle?
Does Chipotle have regular white rice?
What kind of rice is the brown rice at Chipotle?
Does Chipotle have rice?
Fresh cilantro, zingy lime, and a twist of lemon pack the rice with a ton of flavor. It’s just like the rice at Chipotle, but you don’t need to wait in any long lines. Just toss everything in a pot, and it’s ready in no time. It’s freezer-friendly, too. So you can have this side ready for your next meal.
Which type of rice is best for which recipes?
Forbidden rice, which is also known as black rice, is one of the healthiest rice varieties you can buy and make salads or mix it with vegetables and meat. Other healthy rice varieties are wild rice and brown rice, including types like brown jasmine rice and brown basmati rice, that are good to prepare fried rice, curries, or risottos.
Does Chipotle have lime rice?
The good news is, now that Chipotle has shared the method behind its famous Cilantro Lime Rice, when you’re whipping it up at home, you can put in as little (or as much) salt as your heart desires — or can handle. Chipotle’s Cilantro Lime Rice is blowing up the internet with a new viral video on Chipotle’s TikTok channel.
Does Chipotle use olive oil to cook rice?
After the rice is cooked, it’s tossed in the smallest amount of olive oil to keep the grains separated (according to their website, Chipotle uses rice bran oil, although it’s much more likely you have olive oil in your pantry). There’s also the balance that’s found in tossing the rice in both lime and lemon juice.