Puerto Rican Rice With Pinto Beans 2 Recipe 455

PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS

Steps:

• Heat a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add pork and saute until browned, about 7 minutes. Stir in garlic and heat until fragrant. Add gandules, recaito, sazon seasoning, and olives. Reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Add rice to the pot and stir to coat. Add 1 1/2 cans' worth of water; bring to a boil and cover. Simmer until rice has absorbed most of the liquid and formed a "crust" on the bottom, 20 to 30 minutes. Stir mixture near the top, avoiding the crust, after 20 minutes.

PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS (ARROZ CON GANDULES)

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over medium heat in a medium-sized caldero or nonstick pan. Stir in sofrito, garlic, sazon, and adobo; cook for 4 minutes, making sure not to burn garlic. Stir in rice until coated well; pour in chicken broth and water and stir once more.
• Bring mixture to a boil and cook over medium-high heat until all liquid has been absorbed and rice looks like it has little holes throughout, 20 to 25 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Stir in peas and cilantro gently from bottom to top, once or twice only. Cover and let sit for 10 minutes.
• Turn off heat and let rice sit, uncovered, for 10 minutes more.

PINTO BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion in oil until tender. Remove from the heat; stir in ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, liquid smoke if desired, salt and pepper. Stir in rice and beans. , Transfer to a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until heated through.

PUERTO RICAN RICE WITH PINTO BEANS #2 RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Fry onions and garlic in olive oil. Add salt and pepper. Add tomato sauce and Sazon. Stir and let it sit for 2 min. Add beans, water and boullion cube. Let boil. Add rice, stir and bring to boil again. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes. Check and if rice is properly cooked stir and let sit for 5 min. Serves 8 WW Points Plus: 6

EASIEST COSTA RICAN RICE & BEANS

Steps:

• Saute onion and bell pepper for about 2 minutes.
• Add the black beans and salsa and simmer for about 10 minutes on medium heat.
• Then, add the cooked rice and mix in the coriander.
• Cooked bacon, pork, chicken or sausage can be added. For breakfast, scrambled eggs can be added.

PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS (ARROZ CON HABICHUELAS)

Steps:

• Place the water and ham hock in a pressure cooker, check to make sure the steam release holes are clear and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the pinto beans and cook 20 minutes more.
• Add the rice, and when the pressure cooker"hisses," cook for another 5 minutes.
• While the rice and beans cook, heat the oil in a large skillet and saute the onion and garlic until the onion becomes translucent.
• Add the red pepper, jalapeno peppers, oregano and tomatoes, stirring and chopping as you go.
• Add 1/4 cup of the reserved tomato juice, half of the salt and half of the pepper.
• Lower the heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• After the rice and beans have cooked, remove the ham hock, slice off 2 ounces of lean meat and reserve.
• Add the cooked rice and beans to the pepper-tomato mixture in the skillet.
• Stir in the reserved ham hock meat, 2 Tbs of the cilantro, the capers and the remaining salt and pepper.
• To serve: Spoon into bowls and garnish with the remaining cilantro.