Rice and gandules
Rice and gandules

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, rice and gandules. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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. My personal favorite dish is Puerto Rice and Beans, but no meal is complete without arroz con gandules.

Rice and gandules is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Rice and gandules is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook rice and gandules using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Rice and gandules:
  1. Prepare 4 cubes red homade sofrito cubes
  2. Get 1 rice spoon full of oil
  3. Take 3 packets sazon
  4. Get 2 packets jamon (pork bullion)
  5. Make ready Half packet of chicken bullion
  6. Take 1 can gandules
  7. Prepare 2 empty dry veggie cans of rice
  8. Get 4 dry empty veggie cans of water
  9. Make ready 1 cup diced ham (optional)

If you desire the crunchiness on the bottom, once the rice is done cooking, put the temp on very low. Arroz Con Gandules is a traditional Puerto Rican dish. It's usually made for special occasions. In a Medium size Caldero (cooking pot used to cook rice on the stove.

Instructions to make Rice and gandules:
  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!!

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