Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, arroz con gandules / rice w pigeon peas. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook arroz con gandules / rice w pigeon peas using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas:
- Make ready 1/4 cup chopped Chorizo or Spicy Sausage (Salchichón)
- Prepare 1 can (15 oz.) Gandules (Pigeon Peas)
- Make ready 1 clove minced Garlic
- Prepare 1/2 cup chopped Red Onion
- Get 1/4 cup chopped Green Peppers
- Prepare 1/4 cup Roasted Red Peppers
- Take 1 packages Chicken Bullion
- Prepare 1 packages Sazon with Culantro and Achiote
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Sofrito
- Take 1 tbsp Adobo Goya
- Make ready 1/2 tsp dried Oregano
- Get 2 tbsp sliced Pimento stuffed Green Olives
- Prepare 4 oz Tomato Sauce
- Get 1 bunch Fresh Cilantro
- Get 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
- Prepare 2 cup White Rice (uncooked)
- Prepare 2 1/2 cup Water
- Make ready 2 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Cover saucepan and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed. The complete Arroz con Gandules recipe is at the bottom of this post (Jump to Recipe), but first, here are some step-by-step pictures and tips to help you with the Gandules (affiliate link) are green pigeon peas, and are a key ingredient in this recipe. Their flavor is much milder than an English pea. Arroz con Gandules is the meal everyone in the Caribbean enjoys for the holidays or other celebrations with family and friends.
Instructions to make Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas:
- In a medium pot, on medium heat, add oil, sofrito, garlic, onions, green peppers, red peppers and chorizo. Cook until onions are translucent.
- Add tomato sauce, can of gandules (with liquid), green olives, adobo, chicken bullion, sazon and dried oregano. Stir thoroughly and cook covered for about 3 minutes.
- Add rice, water, cilantro and salt and pepper to taste. LEAVE UNCOVERED on medium heat until water is almost completely dissolved.
- As soon as water is almost dissolved, stir twice scooping from the bottom up and over. Cover and lower heat to low and cook for about 20 minutes. DO NOT UNCOVER LID. After 20 minutes, stir the rice. It should be fluffly and golden. If not, cover for 10 more minutes and voila!
- Buen Provecho :-)
After all, rice and pigeon peas is the classic holiday meal. This Arroz con Gandules recipe only needs a few essential GOYA® pantry staples, so your family can. Known as Puerto Rico's national dish, arroz con gandules is mellow, gently seasoned stewed rice and pigeon peas (a small dried bean). Traditionally served during the holidays or for special occasions, it can easily be made during a busy work week as in this recipe, with already prepared Puerto Rican. Arroz con gandules is a combination of rice, pigeon peas, and pork, cooked in the same pot with sofrito.
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