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. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Gandules (aka pigeon peas) are an exotic ingredient to most folks outside of the Caribbean. Today I will be showing you how I make a very popular dish, Arroz con Gandules (Rice with Green pigeon peas). Its one of my favorite dishes.
Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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)
- Take 1 can (15 oz.) Gandules (Pigeon Peas)
- Take 1 clove minced Garlic
- Get 1/2 cup chopped Red Onion
- Make ready 1/4 cup chopped Green Peppers
- Take 1/4 cup Roasted Red Peppers
- Get 1 packages Chicken Bullion
- Get 1 packages Sazon with Culantro and Achiote
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Sofrito
- Get 1 tbsp Adobo Goya
- Make ready 1/2 tsp dried Oregano
- Make ready 2 tbsp sliced Pimento stuffed Green Olives
- Get 4 oz Tomato Sauce
- Prepare 1 bunch Fresh Cilantro
- Make ready 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
- Make ready 2 cup White Rice (uncooked)
- Take 2 1/2 cup Water
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
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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 :-)
It's usually made for special occasions. Arroz con Guandules is a classic Puerto Rican or Dominican recipe. The "Arroz" refers to the fluffy, fragrant rice, while "Guandules" are Pigeon Peas, a common legume found in Latin American cuisine. This recipe is not just plain ol' Rice and Beans, though. It's bursting with flavor and creaminess.
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