Arroz Guisado con Habichuelas / Yellow Rice with Beans - Easy Puerto Rican Recipe

We are gearing up for our Thanksgiving season and we have the perfect rice side dish for you! This rice is equal parts delicious and easy! It was a tradition in Jo's family to have this at the Thansgiving table and once you try it, you will want to join the tradition as well.
Ingredients:
¼ cup corn oil
⅔ cup of sofrito
¼ cup of olives
1 tsp sazon
½ cup tomato sauce
2 cups of beans, rinsed
4 ½ cups rice, washed
5 cups of water
1 tbs salt
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[@Picasso_Picante92]

My god it's true. Every Puerto Rican has that pot! Greetings from Japan.

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Greetings!! That’s awesome!!

[@idaliagonzalez8879]

Hi bro.

[@ramencurry6672]

Greetings from Siberia

[@cierabooiloveyou]

It’s literally the pot for perfect rice (if you know how to cook) 😆😉 it’s my favorite pot to make any kind of rice . But definitely a wide bottle pot as well but the caldero is my first choice 😍

[@junito2899]

I am half Puerto Rican and Italian, so I learned how to make a few dishes from each culture aside other cultures that I have learned. Now, having said that, all my Italian relatives that cook use the same ingredients, but cook each dish differently, which sometimes can differ in flavor, not bad, but different. Here in Puerto Rican style cooking, the way people make their rice is different with each family while having almost the same ingredients. So, it comes down to each generation learns their dish from their parents or relatives. It’s perplexing, but in the same time intriguing in the order in how you layout the ingredients then cook the dish. Some would say, put this first, then that, and so on, while others say… just throw it all in the pot and cook it! lol! As long as the flavors are intact, it doesn’t matter how we cook it, but sometimes it does matter otherwise the flavors can be altered.

[@coronellopez7908]

Love the Beans n Rice! This recipe is awesome!

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Thank you!!

[@jiujit49]

So well how you simplify it! Ty I love you both

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Thanks! 😄😄

[@angelbrown5895]

Great video! Simple, clean and to the point. Thank you!!

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Thanks Angel! Glad you enjoyed! 🤗😃

[@aketabi]

Looks delicious and easy. I can’t wait to make this!

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Yay!! Let us know how it goes for you!!

[@david02129]

I just made this, and wow. I'm actually blown away by how simple it really was. Tastes delicious! I think i'll tweak it in the future to add some carrots and Ham Flavor. thanks so much for this!

[@carmencarmen9179]

Cuando usen aluminum foil recuerden que el lado that shine goes facing the food. The opaque goes on the outside because that side was never buff. Rice look delicious. Keep the good work

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Awesome! Gracias! We didn’t know that but we will make sure to do it that way now!

[@carmencarmen9179]

Can you do a recipe of pasteles de arros pero sin platano. Gracias. Love your work. Very well explained. Seen both of you giving so much love to all of us. You're no. 1

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

@@carmencarmen9179 pasteles de arroz son bien tipicos del centro de la isla - no tengo mucha experiencia con ellos pero vamos a aprender más

[@carmenpanzardi8882]

@@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen los pasteles de arroz son típicos de mi pueblo Corozal🇵🇷

[@DavidRamosAuthor]

I'm so glad I found this channel!

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

So glad that you are here!! Where are you from??

[@auroradejesus5667]

Thank you! My caldero is very very old, I think it’s an antique! 🤣🤣🤣you and husband are very Awesome! 💕🙏🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Hahaha! The old ones are the best so treasure it!!

[@noblerrot]

L*O*V*E your recipes. I said it before, I'll say it again, you guys are the Best! Thank you for sharing.

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

You are so welcome!! Thank you for watching!!

[@frankcolon7528]

Saludos desde Maryland

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Saludos!!!

[@frankcolon7528]

I will like to learn about arroz manpostiado can you help !!! Mr. Frank

[@carmencamacho2520]

Looks delicious. God bless you. ❤🙏🏼

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Thank you! Blessings!!

[@KrystalAlcaide]

My mom does all these steps pero she puts like fresh ham that she bakes into the rice it’s just my fav but qué rico 🤤 love this over gandules

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

That sounds delicious! And a lot like my grandpa does with arroz con gandules, except that he uses turkey ham for it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hF7SlICLaayiq5Y

[@KrystalAlcaide]

@@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen yeah my mom is 72 you know ole school and turkey ham hmm I know I would like it cause I love turkey but my mom not so much maybe I’ll make my own rice and try it with that thanks for the tips I adore you guys recipes

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

@@KrystalAlcaide Fair enough, everyone has their favorites! Good luck and thanks for sharing with us! 😃😍

[@djtye8379]

You make it look easy. Tfs😋

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Thanks!! It’s very doable!

[@NataKnowsBest]

Mhmm que rico! Very similar to my family's recipe. Just subscribed for more recipes 👋

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Awesome!!! Welcome!!

[@AngieOrtiz622]

Absolutely love love love! Thank you! Now is there a way to make smaller portions? It's just my husband & I, leftovers are great but just so much for 2 people and i honestly dont want to follow someone elses recipe because yours is awesome! 😂 🙏

[@rxlo1062]

Delicious 😋

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Indeed!!!

[@parmodsharma4576]

I use long grain rice and I don’t rinse the beans, corn oil my favorite along with olive oil. Have never cooked with any other rice. Long grain was hard enough. Find it difficult to mix anything with the rice. It burns. Good to see you jo. Have never been able to cook arroz con pollo or arroz con gandules. Now at 73 chances are won’t be able due to health. Had a stroke so enjoy watching you cook. Sending out to others to enjoy you too and learn.

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

I'm sorry to hear about your health 😥 Hope you feel better and get stronger! In the meantime, we are honored to be able to share with you and bring back all those warm memories from the kitchen 😍

[@anamrodriguez6862]

que rico, arroz con habichuelas

[@ausuyucayeque]

EXELENTE..... A GOOD EXPLICATION OF THE ARROZ GUISADO.... JAJA

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Thank you!!!

[@daredevel5256]

Ok some people can't cook pr rice good but ok this is amazing

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Haha thanks!

[@lisbethjurado6393]

Thank you!

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Thank you for watching!

[@L0LAZZZZ]

YOU SAVED MY LIFE BC I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO MAKE THIS TYSM 😭

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Nice!

[@user-sz5jc7qr9m]

So if I cook 2 cups rice it's 3 cups water? Love your energy❤

[@coolraul67]

Hello and thank you for your wonderful recipes. I have tried a couple of them and I am hooked. However, there are a couple of things missing here and no one seems to be asking the right questions. So here goes. Please remember that you are talking to and teaching the masses. So it's important that you be thorough in your descriptions. For instance, what grain of rice are you using? The rice-to-water ratio matters depending on what grain you're using. It's hard to find medium grain rice in most places. Most people have cans of beans not cups. You stated that you rinsed your (cans) of beans. So did you use two cans of beans (which would equal to more than two cups) or did you just use one can? And I think it's very important to tell everyone what stove settings you're using and when. Especially when your asking us to set our timer to six minutes, 20 minutes, etc. thanks so much for reading my comment. I look forward to using more of your recipes.

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Thanks so much for the feedback

[@m.a.cm.a.c9308]

I'm in!

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Yes!!!

[@kerryberger985]

Do you use pinto beans or what variety of beans? I can imagine that rice tastes wonderful. I have a couple of questions for you. Do you make your own Sofrito and Sazon from scratch? I can buy Sazon but I prefer to make spice combinations from scratch to avoid the commercial food additives. If you have the videos and/or recipes for both of these, please advise. I like the fact that you and your husband are from Puerto Rico. I am from Honolulu, Hawaii and my wife is from Japan. We are all from Island Nations, although I know you are now living in NYC and my wife and I live in Fayetteville, Arkansas. I miss island life. I also lived and worked 10 years in Japan.

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Awesome! Nice to meet you! We usually use pink beans but you can certainly use pinto. We do make our sofrito from scratch and we have a couple of recipes here for that as well.

[@dianaV1212]

I loved your abuelos too, thanks for the short version 😍 you guys are awesome Oh wait this is not arroz con gandules 😳 Awwwwman No measurements 😞

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Hi Diana, the measurements are in the video description, but I've also copied them below: ¼ cup corn oil ⅔ cup of sofrito ¼ cup of olives 1 tsp sazon ½ cup tomato sauce 2 cups of beans, rinsed 4 ½ cups rice, washed 5 cups of water 1 tbs salt Glad you enjoyed!

[@wandayanez2454]

What kind of beans did you use for this recipe? I have already tried several of your recipes. They’re great. Thank you from Sacramento, CA.

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

I used canned pink beans but I also really like the small red beans. Thank you so much for watching!!

[@Lally162]

You can use Goya canned beans.

[@therealunclassified]

I love Puerto Ricans. Can't wait to find a beautiful Puerto Rican woman so we can cook together.

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Hahahahaha! Or you can cook for her!

[@esthera6682]

Can you please make coconut flavor white rice thank you!

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Unfortunately that’s not very traditional in Puerto Rico - at least not in the area that we grew up in

[@mfar3016]

Are you using medium, long or extra long grain rice? Does the type of rice matter?

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

We used medium grain rice. It may matter a bit for the water to rice ratio.

[@coolraul67]

Hello. I noticed you used a liquid measuring cup to hold your measured rice. Did you measure the rice using the liquid measuring cup or did you simply use this cup to hold the rice after it was measured using a dry measuring source? 4 1/2 liquid cups is a lot different than 4 1/2 dry cups. Thanks.

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

I only used it after measuring the rice.

[@05Star05]

What about for a smaller portion? How will the ingredients differ?

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Tiffany, you can half this recipe but will take the same amount of time to cook so keep that in mind.

[@djtye8379]

What size grain of rice did you use? Thanks

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

We used medium grain rice here.

[@TMicca]

What brand of rice is that?

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Hi there! We use medium grain rice, the brand depends on what we can find at the store - sometimes Goya, sometimes the store brand, Carolina, Iberia. We are not picky as to one brand.

[@careygonzalez2829]

This is not the same as red (kidney) beans and rice, right? what beans did you use in this recipe (pinto)? I remember the red beans having a thicker, flavorful sauce and poured over the yellow rice but its been decades since i've had my PR Food. Thanks for the video

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

We used "small red beans" for this recipe. I'm not sure if there is a different (more technical) name for them, but that's what they are called on the can 😝 And yes, typically people might also make additional beans on the side to put on top. We did a different video with that, if you want to watch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGqbpGx6nNian9U Hope you enjoy! 🤗

[@yahairabermudez1746]

What is usually your ratio between water and rice. I see, you had 4 1/2 cups rice and 5 cups water. Is it always 1/2 cup more of water? I usually try to cook no more than 3 cups with 1 can of beans but always fail making it turns amogollao. 😩

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Hi Yahaira! I hear you about making rice being tricky! It's always a little bit of a mystery why some things work and some things don't. If you want to make three cups of rice with one can of beans, I'd try 3 cups of rice and 3 and 1/3 cup of water. If you are still worried that your rice will get amogollao, you can reduce the amount of water just a little bit. Then, if the rice is still a little undercooked at the end, just add a little water and keep cooking on low.

[@myrnahenshaw9166]

My husband liked the arroz guisado con habichuelas. I made a mistake and added fresh beans instead of can beans. The rice was not fluffy because I had to make sure the beans were cooked. The beans were too firm, eventhough, I soaked them overnight. Do you have a recipe for fresh beans and rice? Otherwise, it had a wonderful flavor.

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Hey! Just cook the beans separately before hand and then just add them to the rice. You can’t cook them together.

[@parmodsharma4576]

Hello!

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

😃😃

[@Lally162]

Very good cooking. But, don’t speak over the open caldero to avoid saliva droplets from making contact with the rice or simply place the lid and talk over it if you like.

[@JeffandJosPuertoRicanKitchen]

Got it!!!