{"id":7606,"date":"2020-12-15T20:35:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T01:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diningtraveler.com\/?p=7606"},"modified":"2021-02-12T12:34:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T17:34:57","slug":"recipe-how-to-make-arroz-con-gandules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diningtraveler.com\/2020\/12\/recipe-how-to-make-arroz-con-gandules.html","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: How to Make Arroz con Gandules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’re truly enjoying producing the Dining Traveler Cooking Series, a video series where we try recipes from our favorite destinations at home. For part three of the series, we shot at La Cosecha, a contemporary Latin American market in Washington, DC. This edition is dedicated to one of my favorite destinations, Puerto Rico. We’re going to make a quintessential Puerto Rican dish: arroz con gandules. Arroz con gandules is a savory yellow rice dish, often flavored with pork belly, sausage, or other goodies is a fixture on a Puerto Rican celebratory menu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Mom’s Arroz con Gandules Recipe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This recipe is adapted from my mother’s arroz con gandules recipe. Nothing says home to me more than walking into my parent’s house and smelling the salchich\u00f3n cooking in the caldero. Treating myself to a bowl of this dish brings me so much comfort. Although arroz con gandules is a traditional Puerto Rican recipe, I find it a crowd-pleaser. My husband, who is from Holland, LOVES arroz con gandules. A lot of my family members have asked my mom how to make arroz con gandules and she graciously obliged and shared her recipe with me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easy and Low Cost <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The recipe is simple to make, and I love that you can feed a big crowd at a relatively low food cost. I like to add salchichon (sausage) or pork belly for that extra flavor, but you can also omit those ingredients to make it vegan. Either way, it is a crowd-pleaser. This dish is one of the most traditional Puerto Rican dishes, and every family has a unique way of making it. I personally love to taste different versions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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