Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, arroz con gandules / rice w pigeon peas. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really 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 favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started 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 it.
The ingredients needed to make Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas:
- Take 1/4 cup chopped Chorizo or Spicy Sausage (Salchichón)
- Make ready 1 can (15 oz.) Gandules (Pigeon Peas)
- Take 1 clove minced Garlic
- Make ready 1/2 cup chopped Red Onion
- Take 1/4 cup chopped Green Peppers
- Prepare 1/4 cup Roasted Red Peppers
- Prepare 1 packages Chicken Bullion
- Make ready 1 packages Sazon with Culantro and Achiote
- Get 2 tbsp of Sofrito
- Make ready 1 tbsp Adobo Goya
- Take 1/2 tsp dried Oregano
- Prepare 2 tbsp sliced Pimento stuffed Green Olives
- Get 4 oz Tomato Sauce
- Get 1 bunch Fresh Cilantro
- Prepare 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
- Prepare 2 cup White Rice (uncooked)
- Make ready 2 1/2 cup Water
- Take 2 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Arroz con Gandules is the meal everyone in the Caribbean enjoys for the holidays or other celebrations with family and friends. 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. Arroz Con Gandules is a traditional Puerto Rican dish.
Steps 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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