This Lemon Garlic Rice is made in just one-pot and packed with flavour. Fluffy rice baked with lemon and garlic to create this light rice with a zippy after taste.
Course Side Dish
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 6servings
Author Two Market Girls
Ingredients
Lemon Garlic Rice
2tspolive oil
1shallotdiced
salt & pepperto taste
3clovesgarlicminced
1¼cupsparboiled long grain rice
2½cupsvegetable broth
2tspfresh oreganominced
2lemonsjuiced & zested
parsleyfor topping
Roasted Garlic
1head garlic
1tspolive oil
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400F.
Heat olive oil in an oven safe pan, we use an enamel cast iron pan. Once warm add shallot, salt, and pepper and cook until tender, about 3-5 minutes. Add garlic and rice to to the pan and cook an additional 1-2 minutes.
Deglaze the pan with vegetable broth, then add oregano, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Turn off the heat.
Cut the top of the head of garlic off, exposing the garlic inside, then place in the pan with the vegetable broth and rice. Drizzle the garlic with olive oil and bake in the preheated oven for 30-45 minutes until the rice is cooked and the garlic is golden.
Once baked, allow to cool slightly, then remove the heads of garlic. Squeeze the garlic cloves into he rice and stir into the cooked rice.