What is good to eat with Bacalaitos?!
Answers: I am planning on making some rice mixed with cheese and broccoli....any other suggestions?
rice and beans NOT cheese and broccoli that is more of a beef like meal.
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
# Made by Goya brand and can be found in the Spanish/Latin section of your grocery store 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