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Arroz con gondules (Rice with pigeon peas) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 cup of olive oil
2 packets of Goya Sazon (Culantro y achiote)
2 packets of chicken or beef bouillion
1 cup Sofrito (homemade or Goya)
3 tablespoons alcaparrado or coarsely chopped pimiento-stuffed olives
1 Chorizo sliced (if you can add one smoked ham hock)
One 13-ounce bag frozen pigeon peas or one 15-ounce can pigeon peas, drained
6 cups long grain rice
Water as needed (about 8 cups)
1 banana leaf or aluminum foil
Directions:
Directions:

Heat the olive oil in a saute pan or heavy caldero over high heat. Stir in the chorizo and coat with olive oil. Heat until a little goldened. Then add sofrito and alcaparrada or olives. Cook until the sofrito starts to sizzle, about 5 minutes.
If you have a ham hock or pork, add now until they’re coated with oil, then stir in the rice until everything is mixed together and the rice is coated with oil. Stir in the pigeon peas, then pour in enough broth and/or water to cover the rice by the width of two fingers.(I usually add as many cups of water as I do rice, so four cups of rice then four cups of water). Next add the packets of sazon and chicken bouillion to the water and stir. Top with the banana leaf or aluminum foil, and fold it up to fit over the rice. Bring to a boil and boil without stirring until the level of liquid meets the rice. Take the aluminum foil or banana leaf off, give the rice a big mixing stir and put aluminum foil or the leaf back on top. Reduce the heat to low. Then cover the pot again and cook until the water is absorbed and the rice is done, about 20 minutes.
Remove the aluminum foil or banana leaf and stir the rice, fluffing it to mix all the gondules and chorizo evenly. Serve!!
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
10 approximately
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
20 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Arroz con gondules is a staple in our home!! It's a meal by itself. More often served to accompany pork and chicken, but yummy with any meal.

 

 

 

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