Arroz con Gandules

Name: Arroz con Gandules
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8 people
Ingredients: Preparation time: 20 minutes; Cooking time: 40 minutes; 4 cups parboiled white rice; 3 cups water; 12 oz. pigeon peas; 3 oz. salt pork; 1 small onion; 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro; 4 tablespoons vegetable oil; 4 tablespoons sofrito; ½ cup tomato sauce; 1 packet achiote seasoning; 10 whole green olives; 1 teaspoon cumin; salt; pepper; Dutch oven

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Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings
8 people
Calories
196 kcal
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
North American, Puerto Rican

Arroz con Gandules

Travis Saunders

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Arroz con gandules is a Puerto Rican dish made with rice, pigeon peas and pork, cooked in the same pan with sofrito.

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Ingredients

Servings

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
4 cups parboiled white rice , medium grain
3 cups water
12 oz. pigeon peas , cooked or canned
3 oz. salt pork , cut into small cubes
1 small onion , grated
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 tablespoons sofrito
½ cup tomato sauce
1 packet achiote seasoning , sazón culantro y achiote
10 whole green olives , pitted
1 teaspoon cumin
salt
pepper

Equipment

Dutch oven

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Instructions

Rinse the rice thoroughly with clean water to remove as much starch as possible. Drain and reserve.
Pour the vegetable oil into a non-stick Dutch oven and heat it over medium heat.
Then add the cubed salt pork and sauté for a few minutes, stirring until fried.
Remove salt pork from the pot and set aside.
In the same pot, without removing the fat, add the onion and sauté over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add the sofrito, tomato sauce, achiote seasoning, cumin, olives, cilantro and pigeon peas.
Cook, stirring the mixture for about 3 minutes.
Add the water and bring it to a boil.
Finally, add the rice and the fried salt pork. Season with black pepper and stir everything.
Place a sheet of aluminum foil over the Dutch oven and then cover with the Dutch oven lid.
Cook the rice for 30 minutes over low to medium heat without opening the lid at all.
Before serving, stir the rice and add salt to taste.