Puerto Rican Chicken Beans Recipe 55

PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS

Steps:

• Heat a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add pork and saute until browned, about 7 minutes. Stir in garlic and heat until fragrant. Add gandules, recaito, sazon seasoning, and olives. Reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
• Add rice to the pot and stir to coat. Add 1 1/2 cans' worth of water; bring to a boil and cover. Simmer until rice has absorbed most of the liquid and formed a "crust" on the bottom, 20 to 30 minutes. Stir mixture near the top, avoiding the crust, after 20 minutes.

HABICHUELAS GUISADAS (PUERTO RICAN STEWED BEANS)

Steps:

• In a medium sized sauce pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the chopped ham and saute for 2-3 minutes, until it starts to caramelize.
• Add the sofrito and Sazon seasoning. Saute for 2 minutes, until fragrant.
• Add the tomato sauce, oregano, bay leaves, and cumin. Saute for 1 minute.
• Add the chicken stock, beans (with their liquid), chopped potato, pumpkin or carrot, olives, and chopped cilantro. Cover and bring the mixture to a boil.
• Once the mixture comes to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Allow the flavors to meld, the beans to become really tender, and the pumpkin/carrots to cook. The mixture should be very creamy and not soupy.
• Check for seasoning, and add Adobo or salt if needed.
• Serve over white or yellow rice, with an extra sprinkle of cilantro, if desired.

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.

PUERTO RICAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Season Chicken with garlic salt, salt & pepper. Put a small amount of oil in a large pot, brown chicken on medium high heat, but don't cook all the way through.
• Add the garlic and onion and cook for a few minutes. Add the potatoes, carrots, tomato sauce, cilantro, and sazon or cumin.
• There should be enough liquid to cover most of the food, if it looks like it needs a little more liquid add either another can of tomato sauce or some water.
• Reduce heat to low and cook until the chicken and veggies are done, I usually cook it for at least an hour, the longer the better though, because as the potatoes break down they thicken the sauce.
• Serve with hot white rice, beans and slices of avocado. Yummy.

PUERTO RICAN CHICKEN AND RICE

Steps:

• If making 10 person serving preheat oven to 350°F. If making stove top (for 5 person serving), disregard oven instructions.
• Rinse the chicken pieces under cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Rub both sides with generous amount of the Adobo seasoning. Rinse the rice under cold water and drain. Set aside.
• Over medium high heat add the oil to a roasting pan, skillet or Dutch oven and quickly brown chicken pieces for about 3 minutes each side. Remove from the pan, season with pepper and set aside.
• Add the sofrito, Sazon and cumin to the pan for a quick sauté, scraping up the bits from browning the chicken and then add all other ingredients and bring to a boil. Cook for a minute, stirring to blend all.
• At this point top with chicken pieces, gently pressing down into rice mixture. Turn heat to low, cover with foil, then simmer for 20 minutes. (See Note 3)
• Remove foil then simmer for a further 15 minutes.
• When done, let stand for 5 minutes. Remove chicken and fluff up rice and then place chicken back on top. Serve from pan and top with chopped parsley (optional).

PUERTO RICAN CHICKEN & BEANS RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a food processor, combine all of the ingredients except for the chicken, and blend into a smooth marinade. In a large bowl, toss the chicken and marinade. Place the chicken onto a foil-lined baking sheet, cover with foil, and bake for 35-45 minutes, until the chicken is near done. Remove foil and bake chicken to desired doneness, about 5 minutes longer. Habichuelas Guisadas Heat the olive oil and recite in a pot for 5 minutes over medium high heat. Add the bay leaves, olives, tomato sauce, and sazon. Mix until incorporated. Add the potatoes and beans. For thicker beans, add the beans plus their liquid. For thinner beans, drain and add 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, and cook for 15 minutes, or until potatoes are softened. Salt and pepper to taste.