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Cilantro Lime Poblano rice in a pot with a cooking spoon.

Cilantro Lime Poblano Rice

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings
Course: Side Dish
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Rice white or brown, ideally long grain
  • 1 Onion
  • 4 Cloves Garlic
  • 2 Poblano Peppers
  • 2 tbsp Lime Juice juice of 1 lime
  • 2 tsp Lime Zest zest of 1 lime
  • 1/3 Cup Minced Fresh Cilantro
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
  • 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
  • As needed Water read note

Method
 

  1. Dice the onion.
  2. To a medium pan, add the diced onion and oil. Turn the heat to medium-high and cook, stirring occasionally.
  3. While the onions are cooking, dice the poblanos and mince the garlic.
  4. Once the onions have softened, add the garlic to the pan and cook until fragrant, roughly 30 seconds.
  5. Add the diced poblano peppers, salt, and black pepper to the pan and cook until the poblano peppers are softened.
  6. While the poblano peppers are cooking, wash the rice and place it in a pot.
  7. Once the poblano peppers are done cooking, process the mixture in a food processor until smooth. Add water as needed.
  8. Measure the liquid poblano mixture. Add extra water as needed until you are 4-8 tablespoons short of the recommendation on your rice packaging.1
  9. Cook according to package instructions.
  10. While the rice is cooking, juice and zest the lime and mince the cilantro.
  11. Once the rice is done cooking, stir in the lime juice, lime zest, and cilantro.
  12. Enjoy!

Notes

1: Water: Even though we blend the poblano pepper, onion, and garlic, that doesn’t make enough liquid to cook our rice in. To make up for that, we add extra water. Still, we recommend using less liquid than your package of rice states. This rice can get on the wet side if you’re not careful, so drop anywhere between 4 and 8 tablespoons from the liquid requirement for your rice. Take into consideration the type of rice you are using when deciding. If you’re making brown rice, you’ll want to take more liquid away than white rice. Brown rice takes more water to cook, after all.