Arroz con Gandules (Puerto Rican Style Rice)
Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 35 mins
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Arroz con Gandules (Puerto Rican Style Rice)
This rice is a staple in Puerto Rican cuisine, but this a low fat version with nonfat sofrito.
Ingredients
Directions
- Thaw the sofrito.
- In a sauté pan, heat the oil on medium to high heat, then and add some onion and cilantro.
- When the onion are tender, add the thawed sofrito, allowing it to heat thoroughly.
- Rinse the pigeon peas, and add it to the sofrito allowing them to heat thoroughly.
- Add the 4 cups of water, rice, and salt to taste. Mix well.
- Once the mixture has boiled, turn simmer the rice for about 35 minutes, or until the water has been absorbed. Enjoy!
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Thanks for sharing this recipe.Homemade recipes are always healthy for us.
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19 Dec 14 by member: beranparry
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Glad to see that you can incorporated some of the Latin ingredients (sofrito) to come up with weight watcher points. Bravo. There should be more like this. I love my Puerto Rican food and doing weight watchers I feel deprived.
09 Mar 10 by member: Spanish Silk
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Nutritional Summary:
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There are 260 calories in 1 serving of Arroz con Gandules (Puerto Rican Style Rice).
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Calorie Breakdown: 14% fat, 73% carbs, 13% prot. |
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
per serve
Energy
1089 kj
260 kcal
Protein
8.08g
Fat
4.12g
Saturated Fat
0.127g
Trans Fat
0g
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.525g
Monounsaturated Fat
1.037g
Cholesterol
0mg
Carbohydrates
46.97g
Sugar
0.44g
Fibre
5.3g
Sodium
400mg
Potassium
51mg
Calorie Breakdown:
Carbohydrate (73%)
Fat (14%)
Protein (13%)
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*Based on an RDI of 2000 calories
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