Recipe: Eating on a Dime Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas

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Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas. This Puerto Rican rice recipe calls for canned pigeon peas, and those can be found in most large grocery stores, specialty groceries, or online. Arroz con gandules can be served alone or with a variety of sides such as pollo guisado (chicken stew), tostones , and a light salad. Pour in pigeon peas (gandules) and let boil for a minute.

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.

You can have Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas

1. Prepare of chopped Chorizo or Spicy Sausage (Salchichón).

2. Prepare of (15 oz.) Gandules (Pigeon Peas).

3. It’s of minced Garlic.

4. Prepare of chopped Red Onion.

5. Prepare of chopped Green Peppers.

6. You need of Roasted Red Peppers.

7. You need of Chicken Bullion.

8. You need of Sazon with Culantro and Achiote.

9. You need of of Sofrito.

10. It’s of Adobo Goya.

11. It’s of dried Oregano.

12. Prepare of sliced Pimento stuffed Green Olives.

13. It’s of Tomato Sauce.

14. Prepare of Fresh Cilantro.

15. You need of Salt and Pepper to taste.

16. You need of White Rice (uncooked).

17. You need of Water.

18. You need of of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Gandules (aka pigeon peas) are an exotic ingredient to most folks outside of the Caribbean.

Pigeon peas, popular throughout the Caribbean West Indies, are small, oval beans with a nutty flavor.

Arroz con Gandules- Rice with Pigeon Peas is something I grew up eating, my parents grew up eating, and their parents grew up eating!

It's awesome to be able to make this same dish for my kids, and even better that they constantly beg for me to make it for them!

Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas step by step

1. In a medium pot, on medium heat, add oil, sofrito, garlic, onions, green peppers, red peppers and chorizo. Cook until onions are translucent..

2. 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..

3. Add rice, water, cilantro and salt and pepper to taste. LEAVE UNCOVERED on medium heat until water is almost completely dissolved..

4. 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!.

5. Buen Provecho :-).

Arroz con Gandules is the best Puerto Rican rice dish that is filled with FLAVOR.

Arroz con Gandules is a traditional Puerto Rican dish that is served usually around Christmas season or special occasions.

One of the main reasons why this is served for special occasions is because it serves A LOT of people.

Pigeon peas and rice is a staple in Dominican and Puerto Rican cooking.

It is really one of those dishes constantly being served in a Hispanic home.