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Easy Coconut Lime Rice

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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!

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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!

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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!

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Asian
Keyword Easy Coconut Lime Rice
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 446 kcal
Author Chrissie (thebusybaker.ca)

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:

  1. Add the rice, coconut milk, water, salt, lime juice and lime zest (if using) to your rice cooker. Stir to combine.

  2. 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:

  1. Add the rice, coconut milk, water, salt, lime juice and lime zest to a medium pot over medium heat. Stir well to combine.

  2. Cook over medium heat for about 13-15 minutes, or until it appears all the liquid has absorbed.

  3. Remove the pot from the heat and let stand for about 10 minutes with the lid on.

  4. 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.

Nutrition Facts
Easy Coconut Lime Rice
Amount Per Serving (4 servings)
Calories 446 Calories from Fat 252
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 28g 43%
Saturated Fat 25g 125%
Sodium 314mg 13%
Potassium 368mg 11%
Total Carbohydrates 44g 15%
Dietary Fiber 3g 12%
Sugars 4g
Protein 6g 12%
Vitamin C 6.8%
Calcium 3.2%
Iron 13%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  5. giselle picillo says

    This 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.

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    • Chrissie says

      Great 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 🙂

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  7. Deseree says


    Thank you for making note that this recipe MUST be made with canned coconut milk and not the jug. I would have overlooked that.

    Reply

  14. Jacquelyn Hastert says


    This would pair well with so many main entrees. I can’t wait to taste the flavor that explodes from this.

    Reply

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