Arroz con Gandules
Arroz con Gandules

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, arroz con gandules. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Arroz con Gandules is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Arroz con Gandules is something which I have loved my whole life.

Arroz con Gandules is the meal everyone in the Caribbean enjoys for the holidays or other celebrations with family and friends. After all, rice and pigeon peas is the classic holiday meal. A traditional Puerto Rican dish, arroz con gandules is rice cooked with green pigeon peas.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have arroz con gandules using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Arroz con Gandules:
  1. Prepare 2 cups white long grain rice
  2. Prepare 1 can Goya gandules
  3. Take 4 tbsp sofrito (Goya brand is fine if you don't want to make it)
  4. Make ready 1/2 can Goya tomato sauce
  5. Take 1 packet sazon con culantro y achiote
  6. Make ready 1 packet Goya ham flavoring
  7. Prepare 1 tsp cumin
  8. Make ready 1 tsp oregano
  9. Get 1 tsp salt
  10. Get About a tbsp of oil
  11. Make ready Water
  12. Take Green olives (optional)

You can create arroz con gandules/ rice with pigeon peas using your instant pot or any other What I love about this Instant Pot Arroz con Gandules recipe is that it is an easy meal and when I'm busy all. Being Puerto-Rican myself, arroz con gandules without salt is unheard of. Which is probably why First of all Arroz con gandules is made with white rice. You can make it with brown rice but it will.

Steps to make Arroz con Gandules:
  1. Heat oil in a large pot (I use a caldero) on medium-high heat. Add sofrito and cook it for about a minute or two.
  2. Add seasonings. The sazon, the ham flavoring, cumin, oregano and mix into the sofrito.
  3. Add tomato sauce and stir.
  4. Add can of beans (WITH liquid) and stir.
  5. Add as many green olives as you would like or none if you don't like them and stir.
  6. Wait for the gandules to come to a boil in the sauce then stir in rice. Make sure it is all mixed together well.
  7. Add enough water to cover an inch above rice. Add salt and stir it in.
  8. Let it boil uncovered and without stirring until most of the liquid evaporates.
  9. Lower heat to medium-low or "2", give it 1-2 big stirs, cover pot with lid and cook for 15 min. Give 1-2 big stirs again then cook (covered) for another 10-15 & ur done!

Arroz con Gandules is a traditional Puerto Rican dish that is served usually around Christmas season or special occasions. Perfecting water and rice ratio is key to this Arroz con Gandules recipe. Arroz Con Gandules (Rice with Pigeon Peas) is a Puerto Rican dish popular in the Carribean. The pigeon peas are loaded with fiber which makes this a healthy side if cooked right. Traditionally served for Noche Buena, arroz con gandules is also a big hit for a family get-together or just for your everyday weeknight dinner. (Side note: In Trinidad, where my husband is from.

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