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Arroz Amarillo Con Gandules

Arroz Amarillo Con Gandules Recipe

Yellow Rice with Pigeon Peas - translated. You won't believe how much flavor can be packed into such an understated dish. This is a pull-out-the-stops version of the dish. The secret is a well-seasoned sofrito. Make enough sofrito to double the recipe & it would be a waste of good ingredients. You can freeze the sofrito for about a month. Gourmet Magazine.
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Prep Time 25 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Puerto Rican
Calories 402.5 kcal

Ingredients
  

SOFRITO

  • 1 cubanelle pepper, seeded and chopped (Italian frying pepper)
  • 5 small fresh sweet peppers, halved and seeded
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 -1 1/4 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
  • 1 plum tomato, chopped

RICE

  • 1/4 1/4 lb Canadian bacon or 1/4 lb bacon
  • 1/4 cup annatto oil
  • 1/3 cup chopped pimento stuffed olive
  • 1 tablespoon drained bottled capers
  • 2 2 cups valencia rice or 2 cups basmati rice
  • 15 ounces pigeon peas, rinsed and drained
  • 3 1/2 cups water

Instructions
 

  • MAKE SOFRITO:
  • Purée all sofrito ingredients in a food processor.
  • MAKE RICE:
  • Cut out a round of parchment or wax paper slightly larger than diameter of a wide 4- to 5-quart pot.
  • Pat ham dry and cook in annatto oil in pot over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until starting to crisp, about 4 minutes.
  • Add sofrito, olives, and capers and cook, stirring, until liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes.
  • Add rice and cook, stirring, until it sizzles, about 2 minutes.
  • Stir in peas, water, and 1 1/4 teaspoons salt and bring to a simmer.
  • Simmer, uncovered, over medium-high heat until almost all of liquid is absorbed, about 10 minutes, reducing heat to medium once water is below level of rice.
  • Gently stir from bottom to top, then smooth top of rice.
  • Place parchment round directly over rice and cover pot with a tight-fitting lid.
  • Reduce heat to low and cook, undisturbed, 30 minutes.
  • Remove from heat, then discard parchment and gently fluff rice with a fork.
  • Cover with lid and let stand 10 minutes.

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Nutrition

Serving: 303gCalories: 402.5kcalCarbohydrates: 75.7gProtein: 19gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 0.8gCholesterol: 9.8mgSodium: 293.5mgFiber: 10.1gSugar: 3g
Keyword < 4 Hours, Beans, Caribbean, Easy, Ham, Long-Grain Rice, Meat, Pork, Puerto Rican, Rice, Spicy
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