How to Prepare Perfect Arroz con Ganules 🇵🇷

Arroz con Ganules 🇵🇷. Tastes like the arroz con gandules I've had in Puerto Rican restaurants without all the msg! Fried plantains (platanos) were an excellent accompaniment for this dish! This was okay if you don't know what arroz con gandules is supposed to taste like..

This Arroz con Gandules recipe only needs a few essential GOYA® pantry staples, so your family can make Arroz con Gandules for celebrations all year round. 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 cook Arroz con Ganules 🇵🇷 using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Arroz con Ganules 🇵🇷

1. You need of medium grain rice (Goya).
2. Prepare of Pigeon Peas (El Jibarito).
3. It's of corn oil.
4. It's of salt.
5. You need of tomato sauce no salt added (hunt's).
6. It's of pork ribs (with or without bones).
7. It's of Vidalia onion.
8. Prepare of Alcaparrado (Goya).
9. Prepare of garlic (to season).
10. You need of beef flavor bouillon (Maggi).
11. It's of shaker Adobo all purpose seasoning without peppers(season).
12. Prepare of Sazón Lite Culantro y Achiote (Bohio).
13. Prepare of ham flavor concentrate (goya).
14. It's of Goya Recaito.
15. It's of Goya Sofrito.

Don't worry if the bottom layer burns a bit as you finish cooking the rice--this crispy layer is called pegao and is one of the best parts of the dish! Arroz con gandules freezes very well, so make a big batch and portion it into storage bags for a quick weeknight side dish. To reheat, transfer into a microwave safe bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Microwave for a few minutes, stirring occasionally until the rice is hot & fluffy.

Arroz con Ganules 🇵🇷 instructions

1. Get a 9 in Caldero pot.
   
2. Mix chopped onion, oil, alcaparrado(with 2 tbs of its juice), salt, sazon, ham concentrate, and bouillon in pot. Set on high heat. Stir..
3. Chop meat into 1 in. cubes. Season with Adobo..
4. Add pigeon Peas to pot. Mix for one minute. add tomato sauce to pot. Mix. Keep the pigeon Peas can. Taste the spoon constantly so you can judge if you like it..
5. Add meat to pot when it's about to start boiling. Mix..
6. Let it sit for about 5 min. or until the meat starts to look like it's cooking..
7. Fill Pigeon Peas can with water. Measure one cup of pigeon Peas water for every cup of rice (3 cups more). Sprinkle 1/2 Sazón..
8. Add rice (3 cups). Stir. Set to med heat. Let it dry (about 20 min or until water is absorbed into the rice). Partially cover the pot.
9. Once the rice looks like this picture, cover it and let it cook for 1 hour on low heat..
10. After about 45 min. stir and re-evaluate if it needs more time.

What did you think about this recipe? Did you make any changes or notes? I am in full on Christmas mode! I just so excited to be going home to P. Because I am so pumped for Christmas I'm going to be sharing some of my favorite Christmas foods.