Lemony Brown Basmati Rice

Name: Lemony Brown Basmati Rice
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup brown basmati rice; 1/2 teaspoon sea salt; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon rind; 1 bay leaf; 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley or 1 tablespoon dried parsley; 1 1/2 tablespoons butter or 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil

Submitted by RecipeMonster

"I love this simple rice & it goes well with so many meals."

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1 cup brown basmati rice
¹⁄₂ teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon rind
1 bay leaf
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley or 1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons butter or 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil

directions

Rinse rice well. Bring to a boil 2 cups of water,salt, lemon juice & rind, bay leaf and parsley.
Add rice. Return to a boil, then lower heat and cover.
Simmer for 40 minutes or until all water has been absorbed.
Turn heat off and let the rice sit , covered and undisturbed for 5 minutes.
Add butter or oil and mix gently with a fork.(take bay leaf out).

Questions & Replies

So the liquid doesn’t convert when you increase the number of servings. How much liquid do I use for eight servings?

Brenda R.

Reviews

Easy way to give a little extra flavor to basmati rice. I have made it with white basmati as well and just reduced cooking time to about 15 minutes. Great side dish.

Laughing in the Kit
Good variation on the standard rice. I did do it with white basmati rice and maybe i didn't quite wing the fluffyness that everyone talks about.The flavor was definitely on the spot, and went rather well with "spicy indian dahl recipe"

Dr Jekyll
I had a bottle of lemon juice but I didn't have a lemon on hand so I added 1/2 tbsp of juice to the amount written and did everything else as directed. This went very well with Kozmic Blues' Recipe #84474.

Canadian_in_the_Bay
Love it! Used long grain brown basmati rice. I did double the amount of lemon though. I'm a lemon addict! thanks! cg ;)

COOKGIRl
I thought this was a great recipe. I made this with Baked Chicken. The aroma was heavenly while cooking. Since my bay leafs looked kind of sad, I added a chicken boulllion cube on a whim.The cooking time was right on the money, the rice came out nice and fluffy. I would suggest making this with an Thai or Indian dish though it went nicely with my chicken. Will definitely make this again.

atm1970