Arroz con gandules
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- ¼ cup neutral flavored oil
Heat a quarter cup of oil and brown the cubed country ham until it and the bottom of the pot pick up colour.
- country ham
- ⅓ cup sofrito
Add the sofrito, saute it and use it to scrape the browned bits off the bottom.
- ½ cup green olives
- ¼ cup chopped pimentos
- 1 tbsp capers (optional)
- 1½ tsp sazon with achiote
Add the green olives, chopped pimentos and the optional capers, then the sazon, adobo and ham concentrate powder.
- ¾ tsp adobo
- 1 tsp ham concentrate powder
- rice
- ½ cup tomato sauce
Add the washed rice and toast it briefly, then the tomato sauce and the can of gandules with its liquid.
Add cooking water or chicken stock and a bay leaf, then shut the pot down for the same two-stage cooking as the first dish.
- water
- 1 whole bay leaf
- salt
- pepper
Season to taste with salt and pepper, add a splash more water if needed and cook to doneness.