Step-by-Step Guide to Cook Super Quick Rice and gandules

Hey everyone, welcome to our recipe page. Today I’m gonna show you a way to make a special dish, Rice and gandules. This is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Rice and gandules Recipe. Gandules (aka pigeon peas) are an exotic ingredient to most folks outside of the Caribbean. Parboiled rice is my favorite for this recipe because it's almost impossible to end up with mushy rice.

You can cook Rice and gandules using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Rice and gandules

1. Take 4 cubes of red homade sofrito cubes.
2. Make ready 1 of rice spoon full of oil.
3. It’s 3 packets of sazon.
4. Prepare 2 packets of jamon (pork bullion).
5. It’s Half of packet of chicken bullion.
6. Take 1 can of gandules.
7. Prepare 2 of empty dry veggie cans of rice.
8. Prepare 4 of dry empty veggie cans of water.
9. Take 1 cup of diced ham (optional).

This dish is mainly served during Christmas season or for special occasions.The sofrito is the most important part of seasoning the rice..Gandules (translation: Rice with Pigeon Peas) is a popular and traditional Puerto Rican rice dish.The complete Arroz con Gandules recipe is at the bottom of this post (Jump to Recipe), but first, here.

Rice and gandules step by step

1. First put one rice spoon full of oil in a pot preferably a dutch oven pot..
2. Throw in cubed ham pieces once oil is hot let it fry a minute slowly add the three cubes of sofrito along with all packets of bullions and sazon stir and slowly add the gandules stir and let cook about 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Then add the 4 cups of water still while stirring. Next let this boil about 4 mins.
4. Add two cans of rice stir the rice with your mix and stir additional 1 minute and let it boil for about 6 to 7 minutes.
5. Lower your flame cover and let cook for about 25 minutes.
6. Remove from heat dump pot of rice and gandules in a pan or dish with out disturbing burnt layer of bottom rice that will be left behind.
7. Mix the rice and gandules and serve!.
8. Put pot in sink with water and soap to remove burnt bottom rice dont scrap it out about an hour of soaking removes it all!!.

The pigeon peas are loaded with fiber which makes this a healthy side if cooked right.Arroz con gandules is a combination of rice, pigeon peas, and pork, cooked in the same pot with sofrito.This is Puerto Rico's national dish along with roasted pork.

Add uncooked rice and water to pork mixture; stir well.Raise temperature to high, cover saucepan and bring all to a boil.After all, rice with pigeon peas is one of Puerto Rico's national dishes.This recipe is seasoned with sofrito and Arroz con gandules can be served alone or with a variety of sides such as pollo guisado.Arroz con Gandules is the best Puerto Rican rice dish that is filled with FLAVOR.