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Pork with Rice

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  • Servings: 4-6
  • Prep: 30m
  • Cook: 1.5h
    • The following recipe serves 4-6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • For the pork and broth:
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 3/4 pounds pork, boneless, trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 onion, peeled and quartered
  • 3 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • For the rice:
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin, ground
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons oregano, dried
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups medium-grain rice, rinsed
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Goya Sazon (recipe for salon include)
  • 1/2 cup frozen peas
  • 1/2 cup green olives, stuffed with pimento, chopped
  • 1/4 cup cilantro, fresh and chopped
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • For sazon:
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon coriander, ground
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin, ground
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: For the pork and broth: in a dutch oven on medium high heat, combine all ingredients (water - salt) and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, partially cover and cook for 1 hour or until pork is tender.

  • Step 2: Set colander in a large bowl and drain pork, reserving cooking liquid (you need 4 cups -- if you don't have 4 cups add water to equal 4 cups liquid). Discard onion, garlic and bayleaves. **** Cooled pork and broth can be refrigerated in air tight containers for up to 2 days.

  • Step 3: To make the rice: using same pot wipe it clean with paper towels. Over medium heat add the oil. Then add the next 7 ingredients (bell pepper - salt) and cook for 5-10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

  • Step 4: Stir in rice and sazon (recipe follows) and cook for 2 minutes or until rice begins to turn translucent. Stir in pork and 4 cups reserved broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 20 minutes.

  • Step 5: Keeping pot covered, let stand for 20 minutes off heat. Fluff rice with fork and stir in peas, olives, cilantro and vinegar.

  • Step 6:

  • Step 7: To make sazon:

  • Step 8: Combine all ingredients in a bowl or covered container.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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