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Arroz con Gandules

One of the delicious national dishes of Puerto Rico--this compounded rice with pigeon peas will make you want to research an all-rice diet.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 4 TBSP Avocado Oil
  • 1 Small Onion Diced
  • 1/2 TSP Goya Adobo All purpose Seasoning
  • 3 Oz Tomato Paste
  • 2 C Long Grain Rice
  • 1.5 TSP Salt
  • 2 Packets Goya Sazon con Achiote y Annatto
  • 3 C Water
  • 1 Can Gandules

Instructions
 

  • Heat oil in a small sauce pan over medium heat, and add in the onion. Cook onion until translucent and add in adobo seasoning, tomato paste, rice, salt, and goya sazon con achiote y annatto, until it is all combined. Add in the water and gandules. Bring to a boil, and then lower heat and cover until rice is fully cooked (about 20 minutes). Once rice is cooked, raise heat for 2-3 minutes to crisp rice on the bottom of the pan, and then turn off heat. Serve and enjoy warm!