Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice
This Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice is made with creamy avocado, fresh cilantro, garlic, and lime for a quick and easy, full-of-flavor dish.
I’ve been living in denial for the past 2 months, pretending that winter was just going to skip us this year. But last night’s wind quickly blew all those fantastical thoughts away. Now, everything is white, and there’s no denying it – I can’t sell my snow shovel at my next garage sale.
But the good news is: I no longer have to use the “the rest of my clothes are in the laundry” excuse to wear my fleece and thick, cozy socks.
(Cami, I should have taken you up on your Florida offer! It’s cold here!)
For the Love of Avocados
Within one bite, this delicious, gluten-free side dish earned its place on my “Make as Often as Possible” list thanks to its amazing flavor and ease of preparation.
I’m sort of thinking that Avocado Lime Cilantro Rice is how rice is meant to be eaten.
You really need to try this.
Don’t Like Brown Rice?
To get white rice, you take some brown rice and process (refine) it. This refining process not only turns brown rice into white, but it also destroys a bunch of nutrients as well. For example, 67% of the vitamin B3, 80% of the vitamin B1, 90% of the vitamin B6, 60% of the iron, and most of the essential fatty acids are lost when converting brown rice to white.
And if you’re interested in weight loss, you may want to note that turning brown rice into white rice removes almost all the dietary fiber. Fiber is a very essential nutrient for weight loss!
But what if you don’t like brown rice? Take the baby steps approach. In your next rice dish, replace a very small amount of white rice with brown. The next time you make it, use a little bit more brown rice, and so forth until you are using all brown.
And here’s a bonus tip: Using dextrinized rice can make brown rice even easier to love.
With this gradual approach, your taste buds get time to adjust slowly. It’s quite painless and within a few short weeks you may find yourself preferring brown rice over white.
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Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice
Ingredients
- 2 cups hot, cooked brown rice
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- 1 – 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 teaspoon granulated onion
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 small to medium ripe avocado
Instructions
- Place cilantro, garlic, lime juice, granulated onion, and salt in large mixing bowl.
- Cut avocado in half, remove pit, scoop out flesh, and add to bowl. Mash and mix with other ingredients.
- Stir hot rice into avocado mixture. Serve hot.
Notes
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This recipe sounds really good. Is this considered a side dish or main dish. How would I use it?
We mostly use it as side dish to eat with a Mexican meal or along side black beans and a green salad. But I’ve mixed green peas in and eaten it as a main dish
I tried this recipe yesterday and it was AMAZING! We all loved it including my 2 year old!
Aw, so happy to hear that, Yasmin! 🙂
I can’t say how many times I’ve made this recipe, so yummy and comforting! I’ve subbed riced cauliflower when I was out of brown rice and it came out nicely. Also, didn’t have any ripe avocados a few times so subbed in organic mashed avocado (everything bagel flavor) since it didn’t have any additives other than the spices – worked great! This is a really tasty comfort food 🙂
Thank you, Cori, for your comment and rating and fabulous suggestion for using riced cauliflower. That sounds delicious! 🙂
Reading this belatedly in the heat of summer, I’m wondering if this would also be tasty as a cold-rice dish — something you could serve on hot evenings or even take to a picnic. Have you ever sampled this when you pulled the cold leftovers from the fridge?
Hi LizzyBeth,
I feel that this dish has the best flavor and texture when it is warm. The rice takes on a dry, mealy texture when it is chilled. Also, because of the avocado, this is best served fresh.
P.S. If you are signed up to my New Recipe Newsletter, you may have noticed that I just sent out a no-cook recipes email for these hot summer days. You can find lots of summertime recipes in there 🙂