Greek Lemon Rice Recipe

This Lemon Rice recipe is so good, it would be best to eat it plain, straight out of the pot! It’s a Greek Rice made with sautéed onion and garlic, rice cooked in chicken broth then completed off with lemon and herbs.

Serve this Greek Lemon Rice together with your favorite Greek meals like Greek Chicken, Gyros Chicken, Greek Meatballs or Souvlaki!

Greek Lemon Rice recipe

I made this Lemon Rice Pilaf as a facet for a Greek Feast that I shared in my Chicken Souvlaki recipe. And I promise, it’s so good, you truthfully will wish to eat it straight from the pot.

The explanation that is not simply “one other flavoured rice” is as a result of it’s made as a pilaf.

A pilaf is just a rice dish that begins like risotto – sautéing garlic and onion in olive oil (or butter), then stirring within the rice grains till they develop into translucent with the oil, then cooking the rice in a broth.

Cooking rice on this means transforms plain rice right into a flavoured dish that’s tasty sufficient to eat plain.

Actually, there are a lot of rice dishes around the globe which can be made this manner, loaded up with much more flavour and with proteins added. From risottos, to Spanish Paella, Indian Biryani and Jambalaya.

This Lemon Rice is a facet dish so I’ve stored it fairly easy. Pictured above, as a facet dish with some juicy Garlic Prawns (Shrimp).

Whereas some Lemon Rice recipes cook dinner the rice with the lemon juice, my desire is to stir the lemon via the rice as soon as it’s cooked. I discover that the lemon flavour is brisker, and in addition I stir it via whereas the rice is sizzling so it sucks in all that contemporary flavour.

YUM!

Greek Lemon Rice is tremendous versatile, however particularly excellent for Mediterranean dishes. Suppose: Greek meals, Spanish, Italian. And naturally seafood. This goes fabulously with any type of seafood.

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Greek Lemon Rice Recipe

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Serves: 5 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes 20 minutes

Nutrition facts: 216 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tbsp extra virgin oil (or butter)
• 1 garlic clove , minced
• 1/2 onion , finely chopped (white, brown, yellow)
• 1 1/2 cups long grain white rice , uncooked (Note 1)
• 1 1/4 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup water
• 1 large lemon (1 tsp zest + 3 – 4 tbsp lemon juice)
• 3 tbsp finely chopped parsley
• 3 tbsp finely chopped dill (or sub with parsley, oregano, basil chives, mint)
• Salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Heat oil over medium heat in large saucepan or small pot.
2. Add garlic and onion. Cook for 5 minutes or until translucent and sweet.
3. Add rice and stir until rice turns mostly translucent.
4. Add broth and water. Place lid on, bring to simmer then turn heat down to low.
5. Cook for 12 minutes or until water is evaporated.
6. Remove from from stove and rest for 10 minutes (keep the lid on).
7. Remove lid. stir through lemon zest, lemon juice, herbs and salt and pepper to taste.
8. Lovey served warm or at room temperature.

Notes

1. Long grain is the best for this but it will also work with medium and short grain rice. It will also work with basmati and jasmine rice. Do not use risotto or paella rice. With brown rice, top up water and cook for longer per packet directions.
2. Nutrition per serving, assuming 6 servings (3/4 cup packed per serving).