Rice with pigeon peas
Puerto Rico · Puerto Rican

Arroz con Gandules

Rice cooked with pigeon peas, sofrito and achiote until the bottom crisps into pegao.

Préparation
20 min
Cuisson
40 min
Total
60 min
Pour
6
Difficulté
Facile
Type
Plat principal

Ingrédients

6 personnes
  • Medium grain rice500 g
  • Sofrito4 tbsp
  • Achiote oil2 tbsp
  • Olives and capers2 tbsp

Préparation

  1. 1

    Warm the achiote oil and cook the sofrito until fragrant.

  2. 2

    Add peas, olives, rice and water, season well.

  3. 3

    Boil uncovered until the liquid reaches the rice line, then cover and steam 20 minutes.

  4. 4

    Uncover, raise the heat briefly to build the pegao.

Nutrition

Valeurs par portion · Calculées

calories
392 kcal
protéines
12 g
glucides
68 g
lipides
8 g
fibres
6.4 g
sucres
3 g
sodium
560 mg
Pigeon Pea
L'ingrédient derrière cette recette

Pigeon Pea

Caribbean Pantry

The Christmas pea of the Caribbean, at the heart of rice and peas.

Origine
South Asia via West Africa
Saveur
Nutty, mealy, mildly sweet
Calories / 100 g
343 kcal
Saisonnalité
November to February

L'histoire de cet ingrédient

Gungo peas mark the end of the year in Jamaica and arroz con gandules in Puerto Rico. Drought-tolerant and generous, the plant fed households through hurricane seasons.

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