Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, arroz con gandules / rice w pigeon peas. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Gandules (aka pigeon peas) are an exotic ingredient to most folks outside of the Caribbean. Today I will be showing you how I make a very popular dish, Arroz con Gandules (Rice with Green pigeon peas). Its one of my favorite dishes.

Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have arroz con gandules / rice w pigeon peas using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas:

1. Prepare 1/4 cup chopped Chorizo or Spicy Sausage (Salchichón)
2. Prepare 1 can (15 oz.) Gandules (Pigeon Peas)
3. Prepare 1 clove minced Garlic
4. Make ready 1/2 cup chopped Red Onion
5. Prepare 1/4 cup chopped Green Peppers
6. Make ready 1/4 cup Roasted Red Peppers
7. Make ready 1 packages Chicken Bullion
8. Take 1 packages Sazon with Culantro and Achiote
9. Make ready 2 tbsp of Sofrito
10. Make ready 1 tbsp Adobo Goya
11. Make ready 1/2 tsp dried Oregano
12. Take 2 tbsp sliced Pimento stuffed Green Olives
13. Get 4 oz Tomato Sauce
14. Prepare 1 bunch Fresh Cilantro
15. Get 1 Salt and Pepper to taste
16. Take 2 cup White Rice (uncooked)
17. Take 2 1/2 cup Water
18. Take 2 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Arroz con Gandules is the meal everyone in the Caribbean enjoys for the holidays or other celebrations with family and friends. After all, rice and pigeon peas is the classic holiday meal. This Arroz con Gandules recipe only needs a few essential GOYA® pantry staples, so your family can. Arroz Con Gandules is a traditional Puerto Rican dish.

Steps to make Arroz con Gandules / Rice w Pigeon Peas:

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 :-)

It's usually made for special occasions. Arroz con Guandules is a classic Puerto Rican or Dominican recipe. The "Arroz" refers to the fluffy, fragrant rice, while "Guandules" are Pigeon Peas, a common legume found in Latin American cuisine. This recipe is not just plain ol' Rice and Beans, though. It's bursting with flavor and creaminess.

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