Authentic Red Beans In The Slow Cooker Puerto Rican Style Recipes

AUTHENTIC RED BEANS IN THE SLOW COOKER - PUERTO RICAN STYLE

Steps:

• Prep Beans according to package instructions (I usually soak overnight)
• Cook diced bacon or ham with oil (do not over fry-don't drain)
• Add the sofrito, olives and tomato sauce cook this for about 5 minutes over low heat.
• Add beans to crockpot after soak prep
• Add all of of the ingredients, bring to a boil low heat setting simmer for approximately 7-8 hours or so until tender.

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.

AUTHENTIC, NO SHORTCUTS, LOUISIANA RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Place the beans and water into a slow cooker. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the sausage in the skillet; remove from the skillet with a slotted spoon and transfer to the slow cooker. Reserve drippings. Add onion, green pepper, jalapeno pepper and garlic to the drippings; cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer everything from the skillet to the slow cooker.
• Season the mixture with pepper and Creole seasoning. Add the fresh basil leaves and ham hock. Cover and cook on low for about 8 hours, or until beans are tender. If the bean mixture seems too watery, take the lid off the slow cooker and set heat to High to cook until they reach a creamy texture.

PUERTO RICAN RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Over medium heat, heat oil in a large saucepan.
• Add ham, chorizo, onion and green pepper, garlic and cumin.
• Sauté until vegetables are tender.
• Add beans, tomato sauce and Tabasco sauce.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add in remaining ingredients and 4 cups water.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer until rice is tender.

SLOW COOKER RED BEANS & SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Rinse and sort beans; soak according to package directions., In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown sausage. Remove with a slotted spoon. Add onion, green pepper and celery to skillet; cook and stir 5-6 minutes or until crisp-tender., In a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker, combine beans, sausage, vegetables and seasonings. Stir in broth. Cook, covered, on low 8-10 hours or until beans are tender., Remove 2 cups of the bean mixture to a bowl. Mash gently with a potato masher. Return to slow cooker; heat through. Serve with rice.

AUTHENTIC PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS

Steps:

• Made by Goya brand and can be found in the Spanish/Latin section of your grocery store Cook white rice as instructions on package of rice say to (5 minute rice is perfectly fine).
• make sure when you are done cooking to let excess water out of rice.
• In saucepan, heat oil on low-medium heat and put in the ham, salted pork, or Canadian bacon.
• once it starts to sizzle, add the garlic powder and Adobo seasoning.
• Then add the Sofrito and Sazon con Azafran seasoning, stir.
• Next add red beans (drain most of liquid, just a little bit is needed to pull the sauce together).
• Mix and serve.
• (in Puerto Rico, it is traditional to serve rice and beans with almost every meal, but mainly with pork chops (cooked with a little sofrito and adobo seasoning) on the side).
• Enjoy (a wonderful recipe straight from the island).

PUERTO RICAN BEANS (HABICHUELAS GUISADAS)

Steps:

• Soak beans in enough water to cover overnight.
• Empty Beans into colander and wash with cold water. Discard any split/broken beans or beans that look odd in color and/or size.
• Place beans in large pot with cold water (add enough cold water to cover beans by about 3 inches).
• Cook beans on high heat until they come up to a boil.
• Reduce heat to Medium and partially cover with lid. Cook beans for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until beans start to soften stirring occasionally, and adding water as needed (some water will evaporate during cooking). Remember to always have beans covered with at about 3 inches of water.
• Meanwhile, heat a saute pan on medium/low heat. Add olive oil, Sofrito (if using), or the substituted ingredients.
• Saute for 3 minutes, then add tomato paste, Goya sazon, Chicken bouillon cubes, oregano, cumin, black pepper and Olives. Continue to cook for another 2 minutes. Remove from heat, set aside.
• After beans have cooked for about and hour, add the chopped Calabaza or potato (optional) and sofrito with the seasonings to the beans. Mix well, add more water if needed. Cook for additional 1/2 hour on medium heat partially covered, then 1/2 hour on medium heat uncovered stirring occasionally.
• When beans are done, garnish with 1/4 cup chopped cilantro.