How To Make Cilantro Lime Farro
Enjoy a healthy, protein-rich rice alternative with a bowl of this cilantro lime farro, cooked in vegetable stock with the spice and aroma of cumin.
Preparation: 5 minutes
Cooking: 30 minutes
Total: 35 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupfarro,rinsed
- 3cupsvegetable stock,or chicken stock
- ⅓cupfinely-chopped fresh cilantro leaves,loosely-packed
- zest and juice of 1 small lime,about 2 tbsp juice
- ½tspsalt
- 1pinchcumin
- 1pinchgarlic powder
- 1pinchblack pepper
Instructions
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Place farro in a medium saucepan. Add the stock, covering the farro.
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Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 30 minutes. Once the farro is cooked and chewy, drain off any excess liquid.
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Add remaining ingredients, and stir to combine. Season with extra salt and pepper, if needed. Serve warm.
Nutrition
- Calories: 164.43kcal
- Fat: 1.24g
- Saturated Fat: 0.20g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 0.25g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.59g
- Carbohydrates: 36.21g
- Fiber: 6.19g
- Sugar: 3.92g
- Protein: 6.79g
- Sodium: 322.83mg
- Calcium: 36.52mg
- Potassium: 237.04mg
- Iron: 2.32mg
- Vitamin A: 11.44µg
- Vitamin C: 15.46mg
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