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Arroz Con Gandules
Arroz Con Gandules

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The ingredients needed to make Arroz Con Gandules:
  1. Use long grain white rice
  2. Prepare water
  3. You need Pigeon Peas(gandules)
  4. Take bacon,ham,vienna sausage, or pork fat (your choice)
  5. Provide onion
  6. Take green or red peppper (chopped)
  7. Prepare garlic
  8. Get olives
  9. Use Sofrito GOYA
  10. Provide Recaito GOYA
  11. Prepare tomato sauce
  12. Prepare Sazon GOYA
  13. Get Chicken Buillon (knorr)
  14. Get cumin
  15. Take salt to taste
  16. Provide bay leave
Steps to make Arroz Con Gandules:
  1. Make sure to use a CALDERO (aluminum cauldron) when you are making arroz con gandules. With this kind of pot, rice comes out best.
  2. First begin by heating up the CALDERO on medium high heat. Once it is hot enough you can start by adding oil,that is only if the meat that you are using does not let off alot of oil by itself.
  3. Once hot enough you can add the meat. I prefer using bacon, since it lets off alot of fat or pork fat. Let the meat get nice and crispy for about 5 minutes. Make sure to mix so that it wont burn or stick to the pot!
  4. Then add onion,green pepper, red pepper or both. Dont forget olives, as many as you want and if you do not like them just keep them out. The 2 cloves of garlic, (which is best to smash with a PILON, but a food processor or simply chopping the garlic will also work) Keep mixing all ingredients.
  5. As the ingredients cook together and the vegetables become translucent you can begin adding the 1/2 can of tomato sauce, the sofrito and recaito (which I always buy from the frozen area instead of the ones that come in a jar…Or make it fresh at home)
  6. Open the can of GOYA gandules and add to pot. You can choose to keep the water from the can or simply throw out. I keep it just because it already has salt and flavor to it.
  7. Now begin adding the spices. Envelope of sazon, a dash of cumin(not to much) and salt.
  8. Add bay leave and let that all come to a simmer.
  9. Now add the rice and mix so that the rice obsorbs the flavors. Just make sure it does not burn.
  10. Continue by adding the water. You will need to add the chicken buillon just to give it flavor or salt and pepper. I always taste the water to see if it needs salt. Mix only once when you add the flavor to the water. After that do not mix anymore or the rice will come out AMOGOYAO (sticky) And that is not what we want.
  11. Let the water boil on the medium heat and once the water disappears you can turn down the heat to low, and put the top on the pot and let cook for about 20-30 minutes.
  12. Ya Estaa !!!! ( It is ready) Arroz con gandules goes great with pernil, POTATO SALAD, jibarito, pasteles, tostones etc… Whatever you like. ENJOY

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