Best Arroz Con Gandules Rice And Beans Recipes

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PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS (ARROZ CON GANDULES)



Puerto Rican Rice and Beans (Arroz con Gandules) image

Afraid of rice so you use Minute® rice? Try this Puerto Rican style rice passed on from my family and you will never go back! No more boxed rice!

Provided by The Messy Cook

Categories     Side Dish     Rice Side Dish Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 tablespoon olive oil
½ cup sofrito
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 (1.41 ounce) package sazon seasoning with achiote
½ tablespoon adobo seasoning
2 cups medium-grain white rice
2 cups chicken broth
1 ½ cups water
1 (15 ounce) can gandules (pigeon peas), drained and rinsed
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Steps:

  • Heat olive oil over medium heat in a medium-sized caldero or nonstick pan. Stir in sofrito, garlic, sazon, and adobo; cook for 4 minutes, making sure not to burn garlic. Stir in rice until coated well; pour in chicken broth and water and stir once more.
  • Bring mixture to a boil and cook over medium-high heat until all liquid has been absorbed and rice looks like it has little holes throughout, 20 to 25 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Stir in peas and cilantro gently from bottom to top, once or twice only. Cover and let sit for 10 minutes.
  • Turn off heat and let rice sit, uncovered, for 10 minutes more.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 256.1 calories, Carbohydrate 47.1 g, Cholesterol 1.5 mg, Fat 3.8 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 7.1 g, SaturatedFat 0.4 g, Sodium 1287.7 mg, Sugar 0.6 g

ARROZ CON GANDULES ( RICE AND BEANS)



Arroz Con Gandules ( Rice and Beans) image

This savory dish has many variations through out all the spanish speaking countries, this is the Puerto Rican version.

Provided by TheBostonBean

Categories     Rice

Time 40m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 tablespoon sofrito sauce (check out recipe # from my recipes)
1 (15 ounce) can pigeon peas (any canned bean will do)
0.5 (4 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1 (4 ounce) can Spam (don't ask a lot of people use it, substitute a ham steak)
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 (1/4 ounce) package sazon goya
6 -10 pitted green olives
2 cups rice (rinsed)
4 cups water

Steps:

  • Rinse starch off the rice, this IS important.
  • Dice ham steak or Spam.
  • Pour oil into 4-5 quart cooking pot ( make sure its a large wide pot, not a thin deep one).
  • Add sofrito and fry on medium heat for 1 minute.
  • Add ham and fry for 1 more minute.
  • Add tomato sauce and heat through for 30 seconds.
  • Add sazon, salt and water and bring to a boil.
  • Add pigeon peas and olives and boil 5 minutes.
  • Add rice and mix around with spoon once.
  • Bring to boil on HIGH heat until water has evaporated to the rice line.
  • Lower temperature to low/medium low and cover TIGHT with lid ( add foil or banana leaf if need be to make it a tight seal).
  • Cook for 25-30 minutes.
  • Uncover, serve and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 581.3, Fat 11.5, SaturatedFat 2.8, Cholesterol 13.1, Sodium 752.5, Carbohydrate 97.2, Fiber 11.8, Sugar 0.4, Protein 22.3

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