How To Make Spanish Red Beans & Rice

Lifestyles Episode 1 - Helen Sikora gives you a quick and easy lesson on making red beans a part of a traditional Puerto Rican meal. Red beans in a thick sweet sauce on top of white rice and served with chicken!

What you will need:
Goya Pinto Beans
One Potato
One Onion
Salt
Sugar
Tomato Sauce

Category:

Howto & Style

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• arroz
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• rice
• red
• beans
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• helen
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[ItsOnBTV]

It's so funny how people think there is ONE way to make beans. YES SUGAR, you can put whatever you want in it, peppers, tomatos, onions, sazon, adobo, salt, pepper, seasoning, there is no ONE way to make it. It's also funny how EVERY single spanish lady at my mom's job says hers is the best they've had and they can never get it like hers...hmm maybe its the sugar. I don't like watery run down bean sauce, enjoy your red water and beans lol

[KiLLUMiNATi419]

Sugar whattttttt!!!! Just next time add the whole jar of sugar into the pot, it wasn't enough added it needed more.......

[ItsOnBTV]

@KiLLUMiNATi419 don't knock it till you try it.

[AnDaTeSa]

WHAT DOES THE SUGAR DO? never seen sugar added to spanish food. ever for rice and beans.

[ItsOnBTV]

@AnDaTeSa Makes the sauce thicker and a richer taste..some people like their sauce spicier I guess hence the cilantro and sofrito, we like a richer sweeter taste, not too sweet. I've had PR food everywhere PR, FL, NY, NJ, CA, and 99% of the time the sauce is so watery and thin it is more like a dressing. The sugar thickens it up creating an actual sauce that sticks to the rice and doesn't just run through it and end up a puddle on your plate.

[kindredsacred]

Im black & Ive made my beans this exact way for years. We eat goya at least 3x a week.

[mikeinwtby]

Finished and it is amazing! I added 4 tbs of Goya sofffroto and 3 smashed garlic cloves for a Dominican/ Puerto Rican twist.

[mikeinwtby]

Wow I got the same stove! Going to try this right now, thank you!

[bootifuldani1]

GRACIAS my mom expected me to cook today and you save my life!!!! i had a ball cleaning it up though

[bebemuffin1]

what is that yellow thing between the beans?

[benvin1971]

I am puertorrican and that is not the way we make beans.

[dearlobaby]

Gosh that's a lot of sugar...can you say diabetic overdose

[bacardipr05]

@ItsOnBTV I can see maybe a spoon but 5 itsonbtv, i know everyone has their different recipes and little secret touches. I would think 5 spoons of sugar would alter the flavor too much.

[ReasonablyMe]

This looks interesting I'm going to have to try it. Is there a reason you don't chop ip the veggies beforehand? Also do you chop the potato and onion at the end or just remove them? Thanks. :)

[rriah8]

I never used sugar, it has been adobo,sofrito,n sazon. But i am gonna try it.