In The Kitchen With Mari! Arroz Con Gandules

What is Sofrito?
Sofrito is the essential ingredient in preparing almost all Puerto Rican meals. Sofrito is a mixture of different types of peppers, onions, garlic, olive oil, and sometimes cilantro.

Sofrito is the basic ingredient in preparing rice and beans, meats, etc which is well known as a big part of the Puerto Rican culture. Sofrito is not eaten raw or individually; it is used primarily as a cooking base.

* keep in mind that many people make sofrito differently

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• arroz
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• gandules
• makeupbymarisol
• spanish
• rice
• cooking
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• puerto
• rican
• in
• the
• kitchen
• with
• marisol

[ChiCitySavvy]

i love this! and i don't even like beans or rice that much. my best friend (whom is Rican) made it for me. that was it for me. ima attempt to make it for dinner tonight.

[MaKeUpByMaRiSoL]

@ChiCitySavvy yay! good luck!

[nickyejay09]

EVERY puerto rican has that pot! lol

[MaKeUpByMaRiSoL]

@nickyejay09 lol yea tht is so true

[Esco1979]

Wow Mari, no tocino, no manteca (to fry the rice), and a packet of PRE-MADE, rather than home made sofrito!? Shame on you; what would abuelita say? :)

[MaKeUpByMaRiSoL]

@Esco1979 abuelita would make me throw it out lol i know. i didnt have time to make my own sofrito which is always best and i didnt hve tocino ;(

[ayalajaya]

where do u purchase this pot?

[24littlemari]

I love to make this Rice i also use Oil first but i use the oil to fry the ham and then i do sofrito but urs version looks yummy. Theres no wrong way of makin this Rice is still comes out delicious.

[rhdtv2002]

PR cat!!... 

[EVERYTHING2009]

what kind of rice u use??

[TheEASTSIDE128]

that looks real good yum

[specialme12389]

thank you so much. i just made this for the first time, and it came out great.

[bellaw5224]

@MaKeUpByMaRiSoL I love how you cooked this!!! everytime i try to make arroz con gandulez it just doesnt come out right. But after watching this, I feel confident lol. gonna head to the store to get the onion that I for got right now!!! thanks !!

[rubenarro]

@jrbone05 now two of us