puerto rican rice (arroz con gandules)
I make rice for almost every family get together, if I don't have it , they're wondering why. Its something I always have on hand and its a quick fix. (You can make sofrito ahead of time and freeze,to have on hand) if you want to add ham, chicken or pork, dice some up and add it to the pan with the sofrito. You can change out the gandules for red beans or garbanzos, make it your own :]
prep time
5 Min
cook time
25 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
Ingredients
- 4 cups rice
- 5 1/2 cups water
- 1 -8oz can tomatoe sauce
- 1 -15oz can gandules (pigeon peas)
- 4 - 5 tablespoons sofrito
- 1 teaspoon adobo powder
- 1 package sazon seasoning
- 10 - olives with pimiento
- - salt to taste
- 4 tablespoons oil
How To Make puerto rican rice (arroz con gandules)
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Step 1heat pan,on med high flame, then add oil, heat oil, then add sofrito,and olives and cook for a few minutes.
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Step 2add tomatoe sauce cook 2 minute , add sazon, adobo, cook until sauce begins to thicken a little.(it gets a little thicker and kinda bubbly) I don't know how else to explain it.
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Step 3add rice and stir to coat rice with sauce, continue cooking and turning rice,( until rice grains start to turn white) then add water and gandules.
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Step 4stir once and leave it alone, continue to cook , when it comes to a boil, add salt, stir once, cover and turn down flame to low. DO NOT LIFT COVER !!! Leave to cook for about 25 minutes.
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Step 5lift cover and turn rice , serve.
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