Recipe: Perfect Puerto Rican Rice & Pink Beans

Puerto Rican Rice & Pink Beans.

You can have Puerto Rican Rice & Pink Beans using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Puerto Rican Rice & Pink Beans

1. You need 1 tbsp of vegetable oil.
2. Prepare 4 oz of ham (diced).
3. You need 1/4 bunch of cilantro (finely chopped).
4. You need 1/4 cup of sofrito (I use homemade! Goya sells it in the latin food section. They also have it in the freeze section. I think the frozen one is better to use if not using homemade).
5. Prepare 10 of pimiento stuffed olives.
6. Prepare 8 oz of can tomato sauce (Goya).
7. Prepare 1 envelope of sazón culantro y achiote (Goya).
8. Prepare 1 envelope of beef bouillon (Goya).
9. It's 2 of 15.5 ounce cans pink beans (Goya) (DO NOT DRAIN).
10. You need 16 oz of water.
11. Prepare 2 medium of potatoes peeled and cubed.
12. Prepare 1 of adobo to taste (Goya).

Puerto Rican Rice & Pink Beans instructions

1. Add oil, ham, cilantro, sofrito to deep saucepan and saute on medium-low heat for about 3 minutes..
2. Add olives, tomato sauce, sazón, beef bouillon and stir 2-3 minutes..
3. Add beans, water, potatoes, and adobo, stir..
4. Turn heat to medium-high bring to boil. Stir occasionally..
5. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook about 20 minutes. Remove lid stir and cook another 10 minutes or until potatoes are done without lid..
6. Serve with white rice..