Arroz Mamposteao
"This Arroz Mamposteao recipe is a delicious blend of white rice, stewed beans, bacon, onions, peppers and spices creating the most flavorful rice. Perfect side dish for pork chops, steak and chicken...."
INGREDIENTS
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2 cups cooked white rice
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1 cup of Puertorican stewed red beans ((recipe below) or a good can of seasoned beans such as Goya found in the International aisle of supermarket , see notes below)
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1 green or red bell pepper (chopped)
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1 small onion (chopped)
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2-3 garlic cloves (finely minced)
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3-5 slices of bacon (cut into small pieces)
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2 tbsp soy sauce
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3-4 tbsp fresh cilantro (leaves chopped (more for topping))
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2 scallions (thinly sliced (more for topping))
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1 15 ounce red or pink beans (I like the Goya brand found usually in the Latin section of supermarket)
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1 1/4 can full of water (use the same can that beans came in)
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4 ounce tomato sauce (any tomato sauce works but I use the Goya brand)
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1/2 a green pepper (chopped)
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1/2 small onion (chopped)
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3 tbsp fresh cilantro
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1-2 garlic cloves (finely minced)
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1-2 heaping tablespoons of sofrito (*see notes below for finding a prepared version in supermarket or follow my "quick sofrito" recipe below)
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half a packet of Sazón with (Coriander and Annatto) Culantro and Achoite (found in International/Latin aisle of supermarket)
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half a packet of ham flavor (if you have ham steak, even better, cut into small pieces) (I like the Goya jamón (ham))
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1 tbsp oil
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salt to taste
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1 green bell pepper (rinsed, seeds removed and cut in quarters)
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1/2 onion (quartered)
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1 roma tomato (rinsed and quartered)
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5 garlic cloves (peeled)
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1/2 bunch of fresh cilantro
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3 tbsp oil
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