Easy puerto rican dish...?

Question

my boyfriend is puerto rican and is ALWAYS bragging about the way his mom cooks. i have NO cooking skills at all. do you know of a puerto rican dish that would be easy to make

Answer 1

Picadillo - Puerto Rican Style

1 lb. ground meat

2 oz. chopped cooking ham

1 tsp. dried oregano

1 medium garlic clove (a pilonazo)

1/4 tsp. vinegar

1 tsp. salt

6-8 chopped olives

1 envelope of sazón

1 8 oz. can tomato sauce

2 tsp. sofrito

Optional:

8-10 chopped prunes

2 tsp. raisins



Directions

In a deep pot, brown the ground meat.

Drain most of the grease and add garlic, ham, oregano, vinegar, salt, olives, capers, sazón, sofrito and tomato sauce.

Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat to low and cover the pot.

Cook for 15 minutes covered.

Uncover and cook another 15 minutes, stirring occasionally

Serve with rice recipe below:

Puerto Rican rice recipe

Ingredients for the sauce

1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans or pink beans (habichuelas coloradas)

1/2 teaspoon adobo seasoning (a flavored salt used in latin cooking)

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 slice cooked ham or salt pork or Canadian bacon, cubed

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1 (5 g) packet of sazon con azafran seasoning (comes in envelopes in a box, gives color and a distinct flavor to latin dishes)

1 1/2 tablespoons sofrito sauce (comes in a jar, a necessary ingredient in Puerto Rican cooking)

1 1/2 cups white rice, uncooked

Cook white rice as instructions on package of rice say to (5 minute rice is perfectly fine).

make sure when you are done cooking to let excess water out of rice.

In saucepan, heat oil on low-medium heat and put in the ham, salted pork, or canadian bacon.

once it starts to sizzle, add the garlic powder and adobo seasoning.

Then add the Sofrito and Sazon con Azafran seasoning, stir.

Next add red beans (drain most of liquid, just a little bit is needed to pull the sauce together).

Mix and serve.

(in Puerto Rico, it is traditional to serve rice and beans with almost every meal, but mainly with pork chops (cooked with a little sofrito and adobo seasoning) on the side).

Enjoy (a wonderful recipe straight from the island)

Answer 2

white rice from puerto rico like sello rojo brand and fried sweet banana and corn beef Goya brand.