This Easy Coconut Rice is the perfect side dish for all your favourite Asian-style meals! Make it in under 20 minutes with only a few simple ingredients!
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I don’t know about you but I’m always looking for new side dishes to jazz up our weeknight meal routine. We eat rice about once a week and for some reason we’ve been in one of those flavourless white rice ruts! Can you relate?? This Easy Coconut Lime Rice is just about as easy to prepare as regular white rice, but it’s got TONS of flavour your family will love!
I’ve shared so many of my favourite Asian-style recipes with you in the past, like these Healthy Chicken Teriyaki Rice Bowls, these Korean Beef Rice Bowls, and this fantastic Honey Garlic Shrimp recipe. This Easy Coconut Lime Rice would be the perfect side dish for any of those delicious and easy dinner options!
How to make Coconut Rice
Making this Easy Lime Coconut Rice is so easy, especially if you have a rice cooker. Simply add all the ingredients to your rice cooker, set to cook, and let the rice cooker do all the work!
If you don’t have a rice cooker, simply follow the stove-top directions outlined in the yellow recipe card below – just add all the ingredients to a medium pot, cook on medium heat until all the liquid is absorbed, let stand with the lid on for several minutes, fluff with a fork, and serve!
Real, good-quality coconut milk is an essential ingredient in this Easy Coconut Lime Rice Recipe – be sure to buy the canned variety and steer clear of the coconut milk beverage sold in the natural beverage aisle.
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I hope you love this Easy Coconut Lime Rice as much as we do! Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite Asian-style main dish you’d serve with this Easy Coconut Lime Rice? I’d love to know!
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Easy Coconut Lime Rice
This Easy Coconut Lime Rice is the perfect side dish for all your favourite Asian-style meals! Make it in under 20 minutes with only a few simple ingredients!
Ingredients
- 1 cup white basmati rice
- 2 cups canned coconut milk (mix well before incorporating so both the coconut water and coconut cream are included)
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- zest of one lime optional
- chopped parsley for garnish (optional)
Instructions
Rice Cooker Instructions:
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Add the rice, coconut milk, water, salt, lime juice and lime zest (if using) to your rice cooker. Stir to combine.
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Place the lid on and set to cook. When the rice cooker lets you know the rice is done (it will switch from COOK to KEEP WARM), fluff with a fork and serve with a sprinkling of fresh parsley for garnish, if desired.
Stove Top Instructions:
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Add the rice, coconut milk, water, salt, lime juice and lime zest to a medium pot over medium heat. Stir well to combine.
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Cook over medium heat for about 13-15 minutes, or until it appears all the liquid has absorbed.
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Remove the pot from the heat and let stand for about 10 minutes with the lid on.
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Fluff with a fork and serve.
Recipe Notes
Be sure to use canned coconut milk for this recipe as it contains the solid coconut cream and coconut water. The coconut cream brings the intense coconut flavour, so using a thin, low fat coconut beverage will not work for this recipe.
Lora says
March 12, 2019 at 9:51 amSo great to have as a side with all my favorite Asian dishes!!
Catalina says
March 12, 2019 at 11:41 amThis rice looks heavenly!Perfect for my busy weeknights!
Katerina @ diethood .com says
March 12, 2019 at 12:43 pmSuch a wonderful rice recipe!! Perfect for weeknights!
giselle picillo says
March 12, 2019 at 4:20 pmThis looks delish, just wondering about the 3 cups liquid to 1 cup rice. Isn’t the usual ratio 2:1. I don’t want to go ahead and make it, only to have it all mushy and soggy.
Chrissie says
March 14, 2019 at 8:02 pmGreat question! Because the coconut milk is partially coconut fat solids, it isn’t actually 3 cups liquid. The coconut cream makes the rice soft and fluffy, and it’s never mushy when I make it 🙂
Deseree says
March 12, 2019 at 7:27 pmThank you for making note that this recipe MUST be made with canned coconut milk and not the jug. I would have overlooked that.
Krysta says
March 18, 2019 at 9:57 pmI’m gonna make this with a green curry some time! Have you ever used jasmine rice?
Chrissie says
March 24, 2019 at 8:01 pmYes, any long grain rice should work 🙂
Demeter says
March 21, 2019 at 10:53 pmThis is one side dish that is perfect with so many meals! I never get tried of it.
Chrissie says
March 24, 2019 at 7:51 pmThanks! I’m so glad 🙂
Cathy says
March 22, 2019 at 3:10 amI can’t wait to try this! Sounds so flavorful!
Chrissie says
March 24, 2019 at 7:51 pmThanks!
Catalina says
March 22, 2019 at 7:57 amOur whole family will go crazy over this rice! This is a winner!
Chrissie says
March 24, 2019 at 7:51 pmYou’ll love it! Thanks!
Melanie Bauer says
March 23, 2019 at 10:10 amLooks really amazing! Love how simple and easy to make this side dish, need to try this!
Chrissie says
March 24, 2019 at 7:50 pmThanks so much!
Jade Manning says
March 23, 2019 at 5:48 pmhow awesome I’ve never made my own rice like this, perfect side dish!
Chrissie says
March 24, 2019 at 7:49 pmThanks so much!
Jacquelyn Hastert says
March 25, 2019 at 11:03 pmThis would pair well with so many main entrees. I can’t wait to taste the flavor that explodes from this.
Sandra | A Dash of Sanity says
March 30, 2019 at 8:16 pmI love it! Looks like my new favorite side!