Recipe: Perfect Quick Puerto Rican Rice

Quick Puerto Rican Rice. Puerto Rican rice is a yellow rice recipe where the rice is cooked in a sauce mixture called sofrito and takes on a yellow coloring through the spices in either Sazon seasoning, turmeric, or through using annato oil. Im puerto rican and dont know how to make rice hopefully i wont be a fail im going to try this but put viana sausages into it. Hopefully my husband and his family loves it.

Every cook has their own special recipe for Puerto Rican Rice that seems to define them as a chef. This is my mom's recipe and we devour it as a meal unto itself. If you've never had Puerto Rican rice before, you are missing out! You can have Quick Puerto Rican Rice using 7 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Quick Puerto Rican Rice

1. It's 2 cup of water.
2. Prepare 1/3 cup of oil.
3. Prepare 1/2 bunch of cilantro.
4. Prepare 2 can of Carmela vienna sausages.
5. You need 1 cup of yellow rice.
6. Prepare 1 pinch of salt if needed.
7. Prepare 2 clove of crushed garlic.

After all, rice with pigeon peas is one of Puerto Rico's national dishes. The recipe is seasoned with sofrito, a blend of herbs and spices popular in Latin Caribbean (and some Latin American) cuisine, and is studded with diced ham and pigeon peas. Arroz con pollo, also known as Spanish rice with chicken is a Puerto Rican and in general Latin/Spanish classic dinner dish. Arroz con pollo is a one pot meal that is filling and flavorful.

Quick Puerto Rican Rice step by step

1. place medium size pot on medium-high heat.
2. add oil and crushed garlic.
3. when sizzling add rice, stir and coat evenly.
4. add water, cilantro, the juice of both cans.
5. take vienna sausages out and cut them in half, set aside.
6. when rice boiling, turn down to medium-low for about 10 minutes.
7. add sausages (you can substitute left over cooked pork or ham).
8. stir in rice, turn stove down to low heat,10 minutes to finish cooking.
9. add salt if desire.
10. use as a quick meal or side dish.
11. my first recipe, hope y'all like :).

This easy arroz con pollo is a staple in my house. It's been a comfort dish I grew up with and one I will never get tired of eating. There's nothing more quintessentially Puerto Rican than arroz con gandules. It's part of our national dish (along with Pernil). For holidays, birthdays, baby showers, and more, if there's a party, this dish will be there.