Ingredients
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1/2 teaspoon adobo seasoning (a flavored salt used in latin cooking)
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1 tablespoon vegetable oil
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1 slice salt pork or 1 slice Canadian bacon, cubed
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1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
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1 (5 g) packet sazon con azafran seasoning (comes in envelopes in a box, gives color and a distinct flavor to latin dishes)
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1 1/2 tablespoons sofrito sauce (comes in a jar, a necessary ingredient in Puerto Rican cooking)
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1 1/2 cups white rice, uncooked
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1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans (habichuelas coloradas) or 1 (16 ounce) can pink beans (habichuelas coloradas)
Instructions
- Made by Goya brand and can be found in the Spanish/Latin section of your grocery store Cook white rice as instructions on package of rice say to (5 minute rice is perfectly fine).
- make sure when you are done cooking to let excess water out of rice.
- In saucepan, heat oil on low-medium heat and put in the ham, salted pork, or Canadian bacon.
- once it starts to sizzle, add the garlic powder and Adobo seasoning.
- Then add the Sofrito and Sazon con Azafran seasoning, stir.
- Next add red beans (drain most of liquid, just a little bit is needed to pull the sauce together).
- Mix and serve.
- (in Puerto Rico, it is traditional to serve rice and beans with almost every meal, but mainly with pork chops (cooked with a little sofrito and adobo seasoning) on the side).
- Enjoy (a wonderful recipe straight from the island).