# Arroz con gandules

A Puerto Rican yellow rice and beans dish.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Spanish
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 cups long grain rice
- 1 15oz can gandules beans
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 tablespoons sofrito
- 1 8oz can tomato sauce
- 2 packets sazon seasoning
- 6 oz meat
- 0 adobo
- 0 garlic powder
- 0 pepper
- 0 salt
- 0 bay leaf
- 0 cilantro

## Instructions

1. Rinse the rice.
2. In a pot, sear any meat of choice in oil.
3. Add sofrito and tomato sauce, and simmer on medium heat.
4. Add seasonings and gandules beans with the liquid, and simmer.
5. Add rinsed rice and coat it with the sauce base.
6. Slowly add chicken broth, enough to cover the rice.
7. The liquid should reach the first line of your finger when you touch the top of the rice in the pot.
8. Stir one last time and add bay leaf and cilantro.
9. Let most of the liquid cook out on low heat.
10. Cover with a lid (you can add a banana leaf on top, but it’s optional).
11. Cook on low heat for 25-30 minutes. Do not lift the cover.
12. Serve.

## Equipment

- pot
- spoon
- bowl

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8j6vH7y/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/89e87bb0-29be-450f-ab0b-419c23557e14
- Extracted: 2025-04-08

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