Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas
Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas

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Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Pigeon peas, popular throughout the Caribbean West Indies, are small, oval beans with a nutty flavor. Pour in pigeon peas (gandules) and let boil for a minute. Stir ONCE and put the lid on it, sealing tightly.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. 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:
  1. Prepare chopped Chorizo or Spicy Sausage (Salchichón)
  2. Prepare (15 oz.) Gandules (Pigeon Peas)
  3. Get minced Garlic
  4. Prepare chopped Red Onion
  5. Get chopped Green Peppers
  6. Get Roasted Red Peppers
  7. Take Chicken Bullion
  8. Get Sazon with Culantro and Achiote
  9. Prepare of Sofrito
  10. Take Adobo Goya
  11. Prepare dried Oregano
  12. Prepare sliced Pimento stuffed Green Olives
  13. Prepare Tomato Sauce
  14. Make ready Fresh Cilantro
  15. Take Salt and Pepper to taste
  16. Take White Rice (uncooked)
  17. Prepare Water
  18. Make ready of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Add the pigeon peas, capers and olives and stir well. Add the tomato sauce and a pinch of salt. Boil the rice and pea mixture until the standing water has all but disappeared but the mixture is still very wet. Rice with Pigeon Peas Arroz Con Gandules is one of my favorite Puerto Rican recipes usually served on holidays, and special occasions, made with medium-grain rice, Spanish tomato sauce, sofrito, pigeon peas, green olives, capers, and seasoned with Sazon Seasoning with achiote, kosher salt, and freshly ground pepper.

Instructions to make Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas:
  1. In a medium pot, on medium heat, add oil, sofrito, garlic, onions, green peppers, red peppers and chorizo. Cook until onions are translucent.
  2. 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.
  3. Add rice, water, cilantro and salt and pepper to taste. LEAVE UNCOVERED on medium heat until water is almost completely dissolved.
  4. 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!
  5. Buen Provecho :-)

Arroz con Gandules is the best Puerto Rican rice dish that is filled with FLAVOR. Arroz con Gandules is a traditional Puerto Rican dish that is served usually around Christmas season or special occasions. One of the main reasons why this is served for special occasions is because it serves A LOT of people. Arroz con gandules is a traditional one pot, Puerto Rican dish. Rice is simmered with pigeon peas and gently cooked until cooked and combined. "This dish puts me in touch with my roots," Rios said. "The aromas fill my apartment with all of the fragrance of family.

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