Puerto Rican Rice & Pink Beans
Puerto Rican Rice & Pink Beans

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, puerto rican rice & pink beans. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Puerto Rican Rice & Pink Beans is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Puerto Rican Rice & Pink Beans is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have puerto rican rice & pink beans using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Puerto Rican Rice & Pink Beans:
  1. Prepare 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  2. Prepare 4 oz ham (diced)
  3. Get 1/4 bunch cilantro (finely chopped)
  4. Make ready 1/4 cup sofrito (I use homemade! Goya sells it in the latin food section. They also have it in the freeze section. I think the frozen one is better to use if not using homemade)
  5. Get 10 pimiento stuffed olives
  6. Take 8 oz can tomato sauce (Goya)
  7. Make ready 1 envelope sazón culantro y achiote (Goya)
  8. Take 1 envelope beef bouillon (Goya)
  9. Make ready 2 15.5 ounce cans pink beans (Goya) (DO NOT DRAIN)
  10. Make ready 16 oz water
  11. Get 2 medium potatoes peeled and cubed
  12. Make ready 1 adobo to taste (Goya)

Gandules Verdes are Green Pigeon Peas when translated- they are the shining star of this rice recipe. You can buy these beans canned. I get them at Target and Kroger all the time. Arroz con gandules is a very popular Puerto Rican rice dish.

Steps to make Puerto Rican Rice & Pink Beans:
  1. Add oil, ham, cilantro, sofrito to deep saucepan and saute on medium-low heat for about 3 minutes.
  2. Add olives, tomato sauce, sazón, beef bouillon and stir 2-3 minutes.
  3. Add beans, water, potatoes, and adobo, stir.
  4. Turn heat to medium-high bring to boil. Stir occasionally.
  5. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook about 20 minutes. Remove lid stir and cook another 10 minutes or until potatoes are done without lid.
  6. Serve with white rice.

I get them at Target and Kroger all the time. Arroz con gandules is a very popular Puerto Rican rice dish. Rendered pork fat and spices flavor the rice before the pigeon peas are added and the whole lot is steamed until fluffy and soft. You've probably seen, if not tasted, Arroz con Gandules if you've ever had the honor of being invited to a Puerto Rican party. Key to making any Puerto Rican rice is to use a "caldero" (Puerto Rican Rice Pot) or a cooking cauldron.

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