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  "slug": "rice-cooker-lemon-herb-rice",
  "title": "Lemon-Herb Rice in the Rice Cooker",
  "description": "Broth-cooked rice finished with lemon juice after cooking.",
  "category": "Sides & salads",
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  "status": "complete",
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  "url": "https://francespopsicle.com/recipes/rice-cooker-lemon-herb-rice/",
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  "recipeYield": "Approximately 4–6 servings",
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    "Approximately 4–6 servings",
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    "2 cups dry white rice, rinsed",
    "Vegetable broth instead of water, using the normal amount of liquid your rice cooker requires",
    "1 tablespoon olive oil or vegan butter",
    "½ teaspoon garlic powder",
    "½ teaspoon onion powder",
    "½ teaspoon dried parsley",
    "¼ teaspoon cumin, optional",
    "Salt, only if your broth isn't already salty",
    "2 tablespoons lemon juice",
    "Another ½–1 tablespoon olive oil or vegan butter, optional",
    "Additional parsley",
    "Salt and black pepper to taste"
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    "Rinse the rice thoroughly.",
    "Add rice and vegetable broth to the rice cooker, using your cooker's normal white-rice liquid ratio.",
    "Add olive oil or vegan butter, garlic powder, onion powder, dried parsley and optional cumin.",
    "Stir gently and start the normal white-rice cycle.",
    "When finished, fluff the rice.",
    "Stir in 2 tablespoons lemon juice, optional additional oil or butter, and more parsley.",
    "Taste and adjust salt, lemon and pepper."
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        "1 tablespoon olive oil or vegan butter",
        "½ teaspoon garlic powder",
        "½ teaspoon onion powder",
        "½ teaspoon dried parsley",
        "¼ teaspoon cumin, optional",
        "Salt, only if your broth isn't already salty"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "After cooking",
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        "2 tablespoons lemon juice",
        "Another ½–1 tablespoon olive oil or vegan butter, optional",
        "Additional parsley",
        "Salt and black pepper to taste"
      ]
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    "Use the rice cooker’s own liquid ratio, not an invented fixed amount.",
    "Cumin is optional; the thread discusses skipping it because patties already contain cumin and coriander."
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