Greek Lemon Rice

Serve this Greek Lemon Rice with your favourite Greek food like Greek Chicken, Gyros Chicken, Greek Meatballs or Souvlaki!

Greek Lemon Rice recipe

I made this Lemon Rice Pilaf as a side for a Greek Feast that I shared in my Chicken Souvlaki recipe. And I promise, it is so good, you honestly will want to eat it straight from the pot. The reason this is not just “another flavoured rice” is because it’s made as a pilaf. A pilaf is simply a rice dish that starts like risotto – sautéing garlic and onion in olive oil (or butter), then stirring in the rice grains until they become translucent with the oil, then cooking the rice in a broth. Cooking rice in this way transforms plain rice into a flavoured dish that is tasty enough to eat plain. In fact, there are many rice dishes around the world that are made this way, loaded up with even more flavour and with proteins added. From risottos, to Spanish Paella, Indian Biryani and Jambalaya.

This Lemon Rice is a side dish so I’ve kept it quite simple. Pictured above, as a side dish with some juicy Garlic Prawns (Shrimp). While some Lemon Rice recipes cook the rice with the lemon juice, my preference is to stir the lemon through the rice once it is cooked. I find that the lemon flavour is fresher, and also I stir it through while the rice is hot so it sucks in all that fresh flavour. YUM! Greek Lemon Rice is super versatile, but especially perfect for Mediterranean dishes. Think: Greek food, Spanish, Italian. And of course seafood. This goes fabulously with any form of seafood. Enjoy! – Nagi x

Try this Greek Lemon Rice with…

Greek mains – Greek Chicken , Gyros Chicken (skip the pita bread, or stuff the rice inside it!), Greek Meatballs, Souvlaki Garlic Prawns (pictured) Crispy Pan Fried Fish – or try it with this amazing Lemon Butter Sauce Super Quick Crispy Garlic Chicken or sticky Honey Garlic Chicken Marinated Pork Chops or Marinated Beef Steak Don’t forget greens! Can’t go past a Greek Salad