Coconut Lime Rice
This recipe for Coconut Lime Rice is vibrant, zesty and super easy to make! It's a fiesta of fragrant coconut and tangy lime, that come together perfectly with fluffy grains of rice.
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Servings: 4
Equipment
- 1 Pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1 can of coconut milk 14oz / 240 ml
- 1.5 cups water
- 2 cups basmati or Jasmine rice
- 2-4 limes
- ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
- Cilantro optional
Instructions
- Optional but recommended step: Rinse the Basmati rice for a minute or 2 under running water in a fine mesh strainer. Let it soak for about 5 minutes.
- Add the 1 can of coconut milk, 1.5 cups of water and the rinsed Basmati rice to the Instant Pot.
- Add 2 pinches of Kosher salt.
- Give it a stir and then secure the lid.
- Select the "Rice" button. (This is 13 minutes on high pressure on my Instant Pot.)
- Once the time is up, let it do a 15 min Natural Pressure Release (NPR) and then carefully release the remaining pressure with the valve.
- Remove lid. Add zest and juice of 3-4 limes.
- Stir and serve warm with cilantro on top if desired.
Notes
Makes about 6 cups of rice.
Getting the perfectly cooked rice can be tricky but I've tested this enough times to get it right. A few tips:
- My best results have come from rinsing and soaking rinsed rice for 5 minutes
- Using full fat canned coconut milk
- Not doing a quick release when the timer goes
- Letting the Instant Pot go to "Keep Warm" setting for the 15 minute NPR
- I have left the rice for up to a 30 minute NPR (while the Instant Pot was in "Keep Warm" setting) and it was still absolutely perfect
Nutrition Facts
Coconut Lime Rice
Amount per Serving
Calories
348
% Daily Value*
Fat
1
g
2
%
Saturated Fat
0.2
g
1
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.2
g
Sodium
300
mg
13
%
Potassium
141
mg
4
%
Carbohydrates
77
g
26
%
Fiber
2
g
8
%
Sugar
1
g
1
%
Protein
7
g
14
%
Vitamin A
17
IU
0
%
Vitamin C
10
mg
12
%
Calcium
40
mg
4
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Calories
348
Nutrition Facts