Habichuelas Coloradas Con Arroz Recipes

RICE AND BEANS: MOROS Y CRISTIANOS (ARROZ CON HABICHUELAS)

Steps:

• Cover the dry beans with water in a large pot. Do not salt the water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and cook until tender, about 1 hour.
• Rinse the rice with cold water until the water runs clear.
• Use a large, 8-quart covered stockpot. Heat the olive oil and saute the onion and green pepper until tender. Add the garlic and sofrito and saute another 1 to 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste, black beans, oregano, cumin and bay leaf. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring gently.
• Add the chicken stock and the rinsed rice. Season with plenty of salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and cook for about 20 to 30 minutes, or until rice is fully cooked.

ARROZ CON HABICHUELAS (BEANS AND RICE)

Steps:

• In a large pot, warm the olive oil over medium heat. Add both onions, the garlic, the red pepper and the chili pepper, stir and cook for 7 minutes, or until soft.
• Add the tomato puree and stir. Add the soaked and drained beans. Add cold water to barely cover the beans, stir, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 2 to 3 hours, or until the beans are tender. Check frequently to make sure that the cooking beans never become completely dry and at risk for scorching. Add salt, pepper and chili pepper sauce to taste. Serve with plain boiled white rice.

ARROZ CON HABICHUELAS

Steps:

• First, rinse the rice a few times and remove any dirt or foreign pieces. Rinse until water is no longer cloudy. Then, drain the water from the rice.
• Heat oil in a caldero or dutch oven over medium-high heat. Once oil is hot, add the rice. Toast and mix for 2-3 minutes.
• In a small bowl, whisk together sofrito, tomato sauce, adobo, and sazon. Pour and mix into the rice.
• Combine beans and olives with the rice. Add 2 cups of water, about 1 inch above the rice. Mix.
• Without a lid, bring the rice to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook until the liquid has been mostly cooked off. Then, gently mix the rice from side to center. Reduce heat to low and cover with a lid.
• Cook the rice for an additional 20 minutes, until rice is tender and cooked through.

HABICHUELAS COLORADAS CON ARROZ

Steps:

• Paso 1 Calentar el aceite en un recipiente de 4-qt. a fuego medio-alto. Añadir el Sofrito, el Sazón, el caldo de pollo y el orégano. Cocinar hasta que se pueda apreciar el aroma de los ingredientes, de 1 a 2 minutos. Añadir a esta mezcla ½ taza de agua, las habichuelas y la salsa de tomate. Una vez hierva el agua, dejar cocinar a fuego lento removiendo de vez en cuando, hasta que los sabores se incorporen y el preparado de verduras adquiera espesor, por unos 15 minutos. Condimentar las habichuelas con Adobo. Paso 2 Para servir, poner las habichuelas coloradas preparadas sobre el arroz, o justo a un lado.

PUERTO RICAN RICE AND BEANS (ARROZ CON HABICHUELAS)

Steps:

• Place the water and ham hock in a pressure cooker, check to make sure the steam release holes are clear and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the pinto beans and cook 20 minutes more.
• Add the rice, and when the pressure cooker"hisses," cook for another 5 minutes.
• While the rice and beans cook, heat the oil in a large skillet and saute the onion and garlic until the onion becomes translucent.
• Add the red pepper, jalapeno peppers, oregano and tomatoes, stirring and chopping as you go.
• Add 1/4 cup of the reserved tomato juice, half of the salt and half of the pepper.
• Lower the heat and simmer 15 minutes.
• After the rice and beans have cooked, remove the ham hock, slice off 2 ounces of lean meat and reserve.
• Add the cooked rice and beans to the pepper-tomato mixture in the skillet.
• Stir in the reserved ham hock meat, 2 Tbs of the cilantro, the capers and the remaining salt and pepper.
• To serve: Spoon into bowls and garnish with the remaining cilantro.