Arroz con Gandules
Arroz con Gandules

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, arroz con gandules. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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

Tastes like the arroz con gandules I've had in Puerto Rican restaurants without all the msg! Fried plantains (platanos) were an excellent accompaniment for this dish! This was okay if you don't know what arroz con gandules is supposed to taste like..

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook arroz con gandules using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

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

This orange-hued dish is full of flavor from the herby, peppery sofrito and pairs nicely with stewed chicken, pork, or red beans. Don't worry if the bottom layer burns a bit as you finish cooking the rice–this crispy layer is called pegao and is one of the best parts of the dish! Arroz con gandules is the typical Puerto Rican rice dish with pigeon peas. Bacon, onions and sazon seasoning are also used.

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!

The gandules add a nice floral accent. If you want a traditional authentic rice dish from Puerto Rico then here is the dish to try. Arroz con gandules is the typical Puerto Rican rice dish with pigeon peas. Arroz con Gandules is a popular Puerto Rican rice dish with different variations, although, the most basic ingredient of it is a sofrito sauce, added with pork (this time, I used bacon) and gandules. Gandules or Pigeon Peas in English is an essential ingredient in making Arroz con Gnadules.

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