Try a new alternative to your plain old white rice with this lemon and garlic rice recipe. Perfect, fluffy rice with plenty of flavour is the best side and goes with anything!
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Ingredients
- Lemon and garlic – the main flavour enhancers of your dish.
- Rice – Use white or brown rice to suit your preference.
- Vegetable stock, or water + a stock cube – adds more flavour to the rice.
How to cook lemon and garlic rice
Heat the oil in a small pot, and add finely minced garlic. Sute for a minute, then add dry rice and vegetable stock.
Cook the rice on medium heat until all the water has absorbed. Depending on the type of rice you use, this should take 10-20 minutes.
Add the juice from half a lemon to the cooked rice, and give it a stir. Allow the rice a minute to absorb the lemon juices, then serve it while still hot.
Serving suggestions
Serve lemon and garlic rice with your favourite protein mains. This dish is perfect with lemon chicken, honey mustard pork chops, lemon and caper sea bass, chicken and aubergine curry or slow cooker chicken adobo.
You can also serve dish with any meal where you would typically serve rice. The combination of lemon and garlic is particularly nice paired with most meats and Mediterranean flavours.
Top tips to make the BEST rice
Here is how you can get perfect lemon and garlic rice every time:
- Always cook rice on medium heat. If using a too high heat, more water will evaporate and it will not be cooked properly. You also risk burning the rice!
- Use double the volume of water compared to rice. This is the perfect water to rice ratio.
- Add seasoning to the rice before cooking. This way, the rice will absorb more flavour.
More tasty side dishes
Complete your meal with any of these delicious sides:
- Creamy slow cooker mashed potatoes – creamy, fluffy and delicious mashed potatoes made super easy in your slow cooker.
- Oven roasted green beans – these flavourful green beans are roasted in the oven in less than 15 minutes.
- Honey roasted parsnips – a classic British side dish, mandatory for a roast dinner.
- Brussels sprouts with bacon and maple syrup – a new, exciting way to prepare brussels sprouts!
📖 Recipe
Lemon and garlic rice
Ingredients
- 2 garlic cloves
- 200 ml rice
- 400 ml vegetable stock (or water + stock cube)
- 1 tsp olive oil
- juice from 1/2 lemon
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a small pot, and add finely minced garlic. Sute for a minute, then add dry rice and vegetable stock.
- Cook the rice on medium heat until all the water has absorbed. Depending on the type of rice you use, this should take 10-20 minutes.
- Add the juice from half a lemon to the cooked rice, and give it a stir. Allow the rice a minute to absorb the lemon juices, then serve it while still hot.
Notes
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Serve lemon and garlic rice with your favourite protein mains. This dish is perfect with lemon chicken, honey mustard pork chops, lemon and caper sea bass, chicken and aubergine curry or slow cooker chicken adobo. You can also serve dish with any meal where you would typically serve rice. The combination of lemon and garlic is particularly nice paired with most meats and Mediterranean flavours.TOP TIPS TO MAKE THE BEST RICE
Here is how you can get perfect lemon and garlic rice every time:- Always cook rice on medium heat. If using a too high heat, more water will evaporate and it will not be cooked properly. You also risk burning the rice!
- Use double the volume of water compared to rice. This is the perfect water to rice ratio.
- Add seasoning to the rice before cooking. This way, the rice will absorb more flavour.
mohan kumar
Great recipe loved by all, so simple to make and tasty.
Tonje
I’m happy you like it, Mohan!
David
I love garlic flavor but haven’t thought of adding it to rice like this. The lemon adds a nice fresh flavor, perfect for spring!
Tonje
I’m happy you like it, David! 🙂
Annie @ Annie's Noms
Why do I never think to add flavours to my rice, this looks delicious! I love lemon and garlic together, they complement each other so well, I bet this is the perfect side to so many dishes and I’m definitely going to try it!
Tonje
Thank you for your kind comment, Annie. Let me know how you like it!
kim
Loved this recipe! It turned out so flavorful and was very easy! I will definitely be making again!
Tonje
I’m happy you enjoyed it, Kim!
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry
What a delicious mix of flavours! This would make such a tasty side dish.
Tonje
It definitely does! 🙂
Kacey Perez
So easy and I love the flavors! Perfect for my family on the weekdays!
Tonje
Yeah, it’s a great way to make regular rice a bit more interesting!