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Wash & clean the rice until the water runs clear then set aside. Experience the authentic flavors of the Dominican Republic with this Rice and Pigeon Peas with Coconut recipe (called Moro de Guandules con Coco in the Dominican Republic). Here, tender grains of extra-long rice are cooked with plump pigeon peas, traditional spices and creamy coconut milk for.
Coconut rice with pigeon peas - Arroz con coco y guandu is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Coconut rice with pigeon peas - Arroz con coco y guandu is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook coconut rice with pigeon peas - arroz con coco y guandu using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Coconut rice with pigeon peas - Arroz con coco y guandu:
- Prepare 2 cup Long grain Rice, uncooked
- Make ready 1 can 13.5 oz. coconut milk (I use Goya)
- Prepare 1 can 15 oz. Green Pigeon Peas (I use Goya)
- Prepare 2 tbsp coconut flakes
- Prepare 1 tbsp canola oil or whichever oil you like to use
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 cup water
If you want a traditional authentic rice dish from Puerto Rico then here is the dish to try. Arroz con gandules is the typical Puerto Rican rice dish with. Add the rice, coconut milk, water, pigeon peas, cilantro and salt. I like to stir rice half way threw cooking time to prevent to much "con con" ( crunchy/burnt rice on the bottom).
Steps to make Coconut rice with pigeon peas - Arroz con coco y guandu:
- Wash & clean the rice until the water runs clear then set aside.
- Rinse the pigeon peas. Set aside. You don't have to buy the canned ones. If using bagged ones you would have to cook them first.
- In a stock pot or cauldron (I have an old one that has lasted me many many yrs and I only cook rice in it) Heat your oil on low. Put in your coconut flakes. You want the oil to be infused with the coconut flavor. Do this about 3 to 5 minutes without browning the flakes too much.
- Add the coconut milk, stir. Then add the pigeon peas & rice.
- Add the water. I use 1/2 the can the coconut milk came in for my water. A trick I was taught to know if there's enough water is to put a spoon in the middle of the pot, if the spoon falls added too much water, if the spoon stays upright you've added enough water.
- Add the salt & stir pot.
- Turn the heat up to medium high. Watch the rice until all the liquid has been absorbed turn the heat to med. low and stir the rice. I take a piece of aluminum foil, make a mound in the middle of the pot with the rice and place the foil on top then cover with the lid of the pot.
- Approx. after 15 minutes stir and do the same as previous step. Leave on low and let rice cook. If you stir it too much, your rice can get mushy. Just let rice cook, stir a couple more times when you check it to see if the rice is done.
- After its cooked, plate it. You can put some more flakes on top if you like. You don't have to use the peas if you don't like them, make just the coconut rice.
Drain and rinse Gandules and add to pot, turn heat up to medium. You can start the peas from from scratch, but it's also fine to use canned or frozen. Arroz Con Gandules (Rice with Pigeon Peas) is a Puerto Rican dish popular in the Carribean. The pigeon peas are loaded with fiber which makes I've gotten requests to add more latin recipes to my site which for me is never a problem since I LOVE latin food! Arroz Con Gandules (Rice with Pigeon.
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