Puerto Rican Rice and Beans

These recipes are from Angel and Naomi Colon. We LOVE these! I have never been able to make rice(unless it is instant) until Naomi told me her foolproof way. We ate this for dinner on Friday. The yellow pieces are potato.

Naomi's Rice

Olive oil--1 T
2 cups water
Bring to a boil and add:
1 cup rice
Boil off water without lid until little dry pockets form. Put lid on and cook on low(I turn my burner off) for 20 minutes stirring once. Perfect rice, every time!

Puerto Rican Beans

sofrito(Goya brand...can find jarred or frozen)

olive oil

onion, diced

garlic, minced

Goya Pink Beans-2 cans
8 oz tomato sauce

1 chicken bouillon cube(or 1 t)

Sazon--Goya Brand (it says Con culantrao y a chiote on the box)

In a pan, brown about 1 T olive oil, 1 T sofrito and 2 garlic cloves minced. Add 2 cans beans, 4-8 oz tomato sauce, chicken bouilon and 1 packet sazon seasoning. Cook about 10 minutes.

Optional: Can add pieces of baked potatoe(1/2 of medium) and small pieces of ham.

We like the beans saucy so we add 8 oz of tomato sauce.