Recipe: Oishi Arroz con gandules/or garbanzos For Vegan's Friend

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Arroz con gandules/or garbanzos. 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. Arroz con Gandules is a Puerto Rican favorite.

Arroz con gandules/or garbanzos Gandules or Guandu depending on where you are from, are a small roundish bean that grows in a perennial bush. A traditional Puerto Rican dish, arroz con gandules is rice cooked with green pigeon peas. This orange-hued dish is full of flavor from the herby, peppery sofrito and pairs nicely with stewed chicken, pork, or red beans. You can Have Arroz con gandules/or garbanzos using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Arroz con gandules/or garbanzos

  1. Lets Go Prepare 2 cup of Rice (can use more if desired).
  2. It's 1 can of Gandules (pigeon peas).
  3. Lets Go Prepare 1 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.
  4. What You needis 2 packages of Sazon (spanish meat seasoning).
  5. What You needis 1/4 cup of Chopped garlic.
  6. What You needis 4 tbsp of Sofrito (spanish tomatoe based sauce).
  7. It's 3 dash of Adobo (spanish seasoning).
  8. It's of a few olives (optional).
  9. It's 3 cup of water.
  10. Lets Go Prepare 1/2 cup of Mojo (spanish marinade).

Today I made for you my version of arroz con gandules or rice and pigeon peas. It's very popular during Christmas time and festive. Arroz con Gandules - a classic Puerto Rican savory rice dish cooked with meat, gandules (aka pigeon peas) and some olives then spiced up with a homemade sofrito for an extra delicious rice meal! After re-stashing my pantry with this homemade sofrito, I decided to cook a big pan of Arroz con.

Arroz con gandules/or garbanzos instructions

  1. Put medium-large sized pot on stove on medium heat and put oil to a bit of a sizzle.
  2. Add rice (a tiny bit more oil on top), sofrito, Adobo, garlic, Sazon, mojo, and olives. Mix well and cover for 6 mins. Stir on and off so rice doesnt stick to pot..
  3. Add gandules (put liquid from can in rice too) and water. Mix well. Boil cover for about 15-20 min or until soft..
  4. Enjoy..

First of all Arroz con gandules is made with white rice. You can make it with brown rice but it will then not be considered by anyone to be authenthic in taste. Being Puerto-Rican myself, arroz con gandules without salt is unheard of. Which is probably why some of you said it came out bland. This recipe is MSG free (No Sazon or Bouillon) and it is delicious.