Lemon Rice

Lemon Rice is a delicately flavored rice dish that is an excellent accompaniment for just about any main dish. Rice, butter, lemon. Who wouldn’t love it?

Lemon Rice is terrific served with chicken, fish, pork or just about anything.

Lemon Rice is as easy as boiling water.

This Lemon Rice recipe comes from another awesome Moosewood Collective cookbook, Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special (affiliate link).  I love the cookbook. And I love the rice. The cookbook features recipes from the Moosewood Restaurant, an outstanding vegetarian restaurant located in Ithaca, New York. During our 2019 fall trip, Don and I checked off one of my “bucket list” items, and went to this restaurant! I loved it.

The original recipe is part of a larger recipe in the cookbook, Lemon Rice and Seafood Salad. The first time I made the rice, I took it to a potluck at Shiloh Quaker Camp. The whole pot of rice was gone in no time! I’m re-posting this now because I made it for my grandkids recently, and this rice is so tasty. I took the easy way out and baked it, though.

Food Pairings

This dish is good with pork, chicken, seafood, anything! It’s as easy as boiling a pot of water and only requires 4 ingredients.

Baked Version, Step By Step in Pictures

Put the rice, lemon zest, lemon juice and butter in a casserole dish that will fit 3x the amount of rice you are using. Pour boiling water over the mixture.

Cover tightly with foil.

Bake at 350F degrees for 30 minutes (white rice) or 45 minutes (brown rice). Uncover. Add a garnish. Eat!

What You Need

For this recipe, what you need is a great covered pot or casserole dish, a lemon zester and some measuring cups and spoons, but what you really want is some fabulous dinnerware and an amazing kitchen stove. Am I right? I love looking at kitchen stuff, don’t you?

Lemon Rice Recipe

Lemon Rice

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A delicately flavored rice side dish

• Author: Recipe Idea Shop / Lois Carter Crawford based on a Moosewood recipe
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 40 minutes
• Total Time: 45 minutes
• Yield: 6 1x
• Category: Rice, Side Dish
• Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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• 2 1/4 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups white or Basmati rice
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon lemon zest
• Juice of one lemon (about 3 tablespoons)

Instructions

1. Bring the water to boil over high heat.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir.
3. Cover and turn the heat down to low.
4. Simmer for about 40 minutes until the rice is tender.
5. Serve hot.

Notes

Alternatively, use the Baked Rice method seen in the post’s photos.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: About 1/2 cup of Lemon Rice
• Calories: 333
• Sugar: 0.5 g
• Sodium: 155.5 mg
• Fat: 9.1 g
• Saturated Fat: 5.5 g
• Trans Fat: 0 g
• Carbohydrates: 56.6 g
• Fiber: 1 g
• Protein: 5.1 g
• Cholesterol: 22.9 mg

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Recipe Nutrition Information

This recipe is GF, NF, SF, EF, CF (use sea salt), V*

The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

Lemon Rice Nutrition Label. Each serving is about 1/2 cup rice.

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