Jalapeño, Cilantro, Lime Rice-Chipotle Copycat Recipe

Have you had Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice? It is delicious. I created a copycat healthier version with a small addition of heat. This Jalapeño, Cilantro, Lime Brown Rice is incredibly fresh and full of tasty flavor made with healthy brown rice.

Jalapeno, Cilantro, Lime Rice

Can you say yum? This Jalapeño, Cilantro, Lime  Rice is so incredibly fresh and full of tasty flavor. This recipe is made with healthy brown rice. This guiltless rice combination is so delicious you can eat it as a meal or use it as your new favorite side dish!

Jalapeño, Cilantro, & Lime Brown Rice

I have recently started doing Cross Fit at Iron Forged Athletics with my husband and daughter. It has been very strenuous and demanding on my body. I just wasn’t having the energy or the recovery that was necessary to keep participating in the workouts. But I was really enjoying the challenge for my fitness and the bonding I creating from the interaction with my family. While Cross Fit is much more intense than my normal work out routines, I was shocked at how much I was particularly struggling. My Cross Fit trainer suggested it was my diet. While every body is different, my coach suggested that my low-carb diet just wasn’t sufficient to this high intensity training. She suggested I add in brown rice and sweet potatoes on the days I work out. I have to say, I was shocked on how much the addition improved my energy and  increased my performance.

Jalapeño, Cilantro, & Lime Brown Rice

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Problem was, I hated brown rice.

I LOVE the white, sweet, sticky rice, but it is not healthy… I would rather have no rice than the crunchy, earthy brown rice. So I decided to play with my food and create something I would like. Jalapeños, cilantro, lime, garlic…. surely that can make boring rice into something amazing, right?

I threw jalapeños, cilantro, lime juice, and garlic into my Cuisinart DFP-14BCNY 14-Cup Food Processor, Brushed Stainless Steel and pulsed it on high. (I love this food processor. It is the BEST EVER and I can’t live without it.) I sautéed chopped onions in olive oil. I rinsed my rice very good.

Best Rice Cooker

Then I added the brown rice with chicken broth, sautéed onions and my cilantro mix in my Panasonic SR-DE103 Fuzzy Logic 8 Pre-Program Rice Cooker.  (This is the best rice cooker. It cooks rice perfectly and makes my life so much easier! I can’t live without it.) I cooked it according to directions.

The verdict? This jalapeño, cilantro, lime rice was definitely a winner!!! Sometimes I even impress myself.

Jalapeño, Cilantro, & Lime Brown Rice

Cilantro Rice

And guess what?

My family loved this lime cilantro rice recipe too!

So go ahead and try this Jalapeño, Lime, Cilantro Rice. You will love it. And when you do, I told you so!

How do you cook it on stove top?

*This recipe is for a rice maker. I make all my rice in my rice maker. If you do not have a rice maker, cook it according to directions on rice package in your pot with the same ingredients.

*To keep this recipe Gluten Free, use a Gluten Free brown rice.

If you like this recipe, check out: Jalapeño Cilantro Hummus, Fresh Hot Jalapeño and Garlic Relish, and Pumpkin Chorizo Dressing.

Jalapeño, Cilantro, & Lime Brown Rice

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Jalapeño, Cilantro, Lime Rice

Have you had Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice? It is delicious. I created a copycat healthier version with a small addition of heat. This Jalapeño, Cilantro, Lime Rice is incredibly fresh and full of tasty flavor made with healthy brown rice.

Course Entree, Side Dish

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword cilantro lime rice, lime rice

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Servings 8

Calories 205kcal

Ingredients

• 2 jalapeños
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2 cups cilantro remove leggy stems
• 1 lime juiced
• 1 tb olive oil
• 1 chopped onion
• 2 cups brown rice
• 4 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• Combine jalapeños, garlic, cilantro, and lime juice in a food processor or blender.
• Pulse until finely chopped.
• Sauté chopped onion in olive oil until completely cooked and translucent.
• Rinse off brown rice until water is clear.
• Add rice, broth, onions, and cilantro mix to rice maker.
• Cook according to the directions of the brown rice setting.
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition

Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Sodium: 531mg | Potassium: 170mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 7.1% | Vitamin C: 10% | Calcium: 2.4% | Iron: 5.3%