Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, arroz con gandules (puerto rican rice and peas). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Arroz con gandules (Puerto Rican rice and peas) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Arroz con gandules (Puerto Rican rice and peas) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook arroz con gandules (puerto rican rice and peas) using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Arroz con gandules (Puerto Rican rice and peas):
- Take sofrito
- Take adobo
- Prepare garlic powder
- Make ready tomato sauce
- Make ready sazon
- Make ready goya pork boullion
- Prepare oil
- Prepare gandules (pigeon peas) with liquid
- Take gandules can of water
- Take rice
Pour in pigeon peas (gandules) and let boil for a minute. This is NOT an authentic recipe for Puerto Rican arroz con gandules or rice with pigeon peas. One should NEVER use sazon flavor packets, as they mostly contain MSG and other chemicals including artificial colors. Arroz con Gandules is a traditional Puerto Rican dish that is served usually around Christmas season or special occasions.
Steps to make Arroz con gandules (Puerto Rican rice and peas):
- Please measure your rice to water according to directions on rice bag. I never measure, I just go by what I see. Usually my water is about 1/2 inch above the rice in the pot
- In a medium sized aluminum rice pot, heat oil and sofrito on medium high heat until oil turns green, stirring constantly
- Add adobo, garlic powder, sazon, pork flavor, tomato sauce, water and pigeon peas and bring to a boil
- Wash rice and add to pot stirring occasionally (so that the rice doesn't stick)
- Lower heat once rice seems to have just a coat of liquid on top, cover and let cook for about 20 minutes. Do not stir too many times once heat is lowered as it will make your rice mushy.
- Rice is done when rice grains are open.
- Note: you can also use corn, Vienna sausages, red beans, chorizo, chicken, cut ham or just plain yellow rice instead of using gandules. This is the typical recipe for Puerto Rican rice. I also add pimiento sometimes.
One of the main reasons why this is served for special occasions is because it Gandules, which is pigeon peas in English; is essential to the rice dish and is packed with nutrients. If you've tasted Puerto Rican rice before, I guarantee it didn't turn out perfectly amazing the first time they tried making it either. Arroz con gandules - Puerto Rican Rice with Pigeon Peas. Seriously the best rice you've ever had! A traditional Puerto Rican dish, arroz con gandules is rice cooked with green pigeon peas.
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