Puerto Rican Stewed Beans Habichuelas Guisadas Food

HABICHUELAS GUISADAS (PUERTO RICAN STEWED BEANS)

Steps:

• In a medium sized sauce pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the chopped ham and saute for 2-3 minutes, until it starts to caramelize.
• Add the sofrito and Sazon seasoning. Saute for 2 minutes, until fragrant.
• Add the tomato sauce, oregano, bay leaves, and cumin. Saute for 1 minute.
• Add the chicken stock, beans (with their liquid), chopped potato, pumpkin or carrot, olives, and chopped cilantro. Cover and bring the mixture to a boil.
• Once the mixture comes to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for 30-40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Allow the flavors to meld, the beans to become really tender, and the pumpkin/carrots to cook. The mixture should be very creamy and not soupy.
• Check for seasoning, and add Adobo or salt if needed.
• Serve over white or yellow rice, with an extra sprinkle of cilantro, if desired.

ARROZ Y HABICHUELAS GUISADAS/RICE AND PUERTO RICAN STEWED BEANS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan at medium/high heat
• Turn down the heat to medium/low and add the sofrito, sazón, and bullion. Stir fry for about one minute.
• Add tomato sauce and stir the mix every now and then, for about two more minutes
• Add pumpkin chunks and water. Bring it to a simmer for five minutes
• Add the beans, salt and sugar. Let it simmer, covered, for 15 minutes
• Taste the sauce and adjust salt and/or sugar to taste. If it's a bit acid, add sugar in increments of 1/8 tsp until it reaches desired taste. Or add some salt if it's too bland for your taste.
• For runny sauce, serve them right after. For thicker sauce, let them simmer uncovered for a few more minutes until they reach desired level of thickness. Make sure to stir every now and then, so it doesn't stick to the bottom of the saucepan.
• Serve over rice
• Add all ingredients to the rice maker pot, and follow the rice makers instructions. It's usually just turning it on, or clicking on the "white rice" button, if your rice maker is multi-tasking.
• Combine the water, salt, and oil in a pot on medium/high heat. When it starts to boil, pour in the rice and stir the rice so it's even covered by the water.
• Leave it uncovered at medium heat until it absorbs the water. After the water is absorbed, cover the rice and cook on medium/low heat for about 20 minutes, or until the rice grains are soft.

HABICHUELAS GUISADAS

Steps:

• Wash, peel and cut all of the vegetables into 2 inch pieces.
• Boil them all in a large pot of salted water for 15 minutes over medium heat, or until slightly tender.Drain, and set aside.
• In another large pot, heat achiote oil over medium heat. Add the ham, and cook for four minutes.
• Add the sofrito, the onion, and the pepper and cook for three minutes.
• Add the sauce, beans, water and the seasonings. Stir well.
• After six minutes, add the yucca and the potatoes.
• Now comes the fun part -- Take the cooled platanos, and mash them in a bowl with 1/4 - 1/2 Tsp of salt add about 1 Tbls. of water, and mash until they are almost free of any lumps. Take a small amount of the mixture, and form a ball about the size of a walnut. Continue with the rest of the mixture, and then add all of the balls to the pot of beans.Mix gently, as to not break any.
• Cover the pot and lower the heat to low. You can simmer them for UP TO two hours, very slowly, and stir them every twenty minutes or so, or they will stick to the bottom. Or you can put them in a 325 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours. I like to use the oven, because you don't have to stir the pot during cooking.

PUERTO RICAN STEWED BEANS ( HABICHUELAS GUISADAS)

Steps:

• Add olive oil and add sofrito heat through for 1 minute.
• Add olives, beans, Sazon packet, tomato sauce and cook for 1 minute.
• Add water.
• Cook for 20-25 minutes at medium heat, you want bean stew to thicken slightly.
• Serve with yellow or white rice.