National Dish
Arroz con Gandules (Rice with Pigeon Peas) is Puerto Rico’s national dish. It’s a rice-and-pigeon-pea dish seasoned with sofrito and Pernil (Pork shoulder) diced smoked ham.
Another favorite dish of Puerto Rico is Arroz con Pollo-yellow rice with chicken Arroz y Continue Reading...
Note: This recipe is for a turkey
weighing between 12 and 14 pounds.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon of salt
-1/2 cup of chopped onion
8 stuffed Spanish olives
1 teaspoonful of alcaparras
1-1/2 lbs. ground pork or beef
-(or a combination), liver,
-heart and gizzard of bird,
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Ingredients:
3 cups of water
2 cups long or short
-grain rice (rinsed)
2 tablespoons of sofrito
16 ounce can of gandules
-(pigeon peas)
2 tablespoons of alcaparrado
-without liquid
1 packet of Sazon with achiote
1 ounces of tomato sauce
2 tablespoons of oil
-salt to taste
Directions:
In a medium Continue Reading...
Read these suggestions SEVERAL times BEFORE
getting started.
Oven or vara. In Puerto Rico they used to cook
the pigs – whole – outdoors on a stick. In the
states, especially at Christmas we need a make
shift oven and shelter to keep the cold and
snow out.
Use a large rotisserie grill Continue Reading...
Ingredients:
6 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon of oregano
5 pounds of pork shoulder
? teaspoon of black pepper
1? tablespoons of olive oil
1 teaspoon of salt for every
-pound meat-season the meat 1
-day ahead, refrigerate.
-do not cut off the fat.
Directions:
In a pile crush the garlic well and Continue Reading...
Ingredients:
-Olive oil
? cup of water
1 can of corned beef
-salt and pepper to taste.
? cup sofrito (onions, bell pepper,
-fresh cilantro or recao, fresh garlic,
-and aj?es dulces processed in a blender)
? cup alcaparrado (olives and cappers)
1 can of tomato sauce
Directions:
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Ingredients:
1 cup of water
1 Tablespoon of Sofrito
2 ounces of tomato sauce
1 Tablespoon of olive oil
1/4 Teaspoon of black pepper
1 packet of Sazon with achiote
1 can of Rosita or Pinto beans
1 Tablespoon alcaparrado (spanish olives)
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Ingredients:
4 cups of boiling water
2 tablespoons of Sofrito
4 1/2 ounces of tomato sauce
2 tablespoons of alcaparrado
1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1 packet of sazon with saffron
2 teaspoons of salt or to taste
2 pounds of chicken parts (skinned)
3 cups of short or Continue Reading...
Ingredients:
3 cups of Water
1 tablespoon Annatto Oil
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 medium Red bell pepper cored,
-seeded and chopped small
1 medium Green bell pepper cored,
-seeded and chopped small
1 medium Yellow onion chopped small
1 medium Tomato chopped small
1 cup Uncle Ben’s converted Continue Reading...