Lemon Rice—There’s Nothing It Can’t Do!
Need to make a baked chicken breast more exciting? Hey—how about lemon rice?! Need a quick side dish you can throw together while your salmon cooks on the grill? Make lemon rice! Fragrant and a bit tart with a hint of garlic, this easy lemon rice recipe is just one of those little life upgrades that are basic and mind-blowing all at once. Why make plain rice when, in the same amount of time, you could make delicious lemony rice? Truly, there’s no going back.
All You’ll Need To Make Easy Lemon Rice
Nothing fancy here. Just easy-to-find, everyday ingredients to take your rice cooking game from boring to superstar status. To make this lemon rice recipe, you’ll need:
- Long-grain white rice
- Chicken stock
- A lemon. You’ll use both the juice and the zest, but one lemon should be enough.
- Garlic powder
- Butter or vegetable oil
- Salt.
How To Make Lemon Rice
Our lemon rice recipe is barely a recipe—if you know how to make rice, it’s basically just cooking rice, but with flavor added! Making plain rice into lemon rice is as easy as:
- Rinse the rice in a fine mesh sieve, under cold, running water.
- Combine all of the ingredients in a saucepan!
- Bring to a boil.
- Turn the heat down to a simmer and cover the pot until the rice is cooked. Don’t peek under that cover until a full 18 minutes has passed!
- Eat up!
What Goes With Lemon Rice?
This is probably, honestly, more of a “what doesn’t go with lemon rice?” situation. But we’ll share a few of our very favorite things to serve with lemon rice. Try it with:
- Spatchcocked Grilled Chicken
- Salmon en Papillote (Salmon in Parchment)
- Beef Kofta Kebabs with Tzatziki
- Roasted Tandoori Chicken
- Gyro Bowls
Tools You’ll Need to Make Lemon Rice
- Microplane grater is really handy for zesting the lemon.
- Saucepan with a tight-fitting lid.
- Fine mesh sieve.
Up Your Side Dish Game!
When it’s this easy to do, why not spice up that side dish? We hope this lemon rice makes you as happy as it makes us. If you make it, let us know how you like it! Share a photo and tag us on Instagram using @themodernproper and #themodernproper so that we can see your stuff! Happy eating!
