Beans and Rice by AngelaF

posted by AngelaF 07-02-98 10:02 AM

Beans (habichuelas)

1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
2 cans Goya pink beans
4 packets Goya sazon con azafran
garlic powder, to taste
Goya Adobo con pimienta, to taste
1-2 Tbsp. olive oil
hot pepper sauce, to taste
2 heaping tablespoons of tomato paste
2 heaping tablespoons of Goya sofrito, optional

Saute the onion and green pepper in olive oil in a sauce pan until just tender. Reduce the heat to medium-low.

Add the entire contents of the cans of beans into the pan.

Add tomato paste and stir until well-blended. Add the packets of Sazon and stir.

Add the sofrito and then add garlic powder, adobo and hot sauce.

Once you've got the flavor you want, cover the pot and allow the beans to simmer to let the flavors mingle and blossom.

Cook the rice according to the instructions


MAMI'S ARROZ CON GANDULES

1/2 Large Onion
1/2 Large Green Pepper
5 Cups Water
3 Cups Rice
1 16oz. Can of Gandules (pigeon peas)
Tbsp. Adobo con pimienta
2 Env. Goya Sazon Con Azafran
1/4Cup Alcaparrado (olives w/capers & pimientos)
2+ Chorizo (sausage) Diced Very Small Small Size
(Optional)
2+1 Rounded Tbsp of Goya Recaito
6 Good Shakes of Hot Sauce (To Taste)
Tbsp. Olive Oil
Tsp. Of Meaty Base (Ham Seasoning or Beef, Ham or Chicken Bouillion or base)

Saute onion & green pepper and after lightly cooked.

Then, add the rest and stir. Let come to a boil. Stir again and reduce to low flame. Cover with tight lid.

Stir frequently (about every 10 minutes) and as rice absorbs the water you will have to add more water.
About 1/4 cup at a time, up to 1/2 cup.

Be sure to stir to get the bottom up and onto the top.

Takes about 45 minutes of simmering time.

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