Puerto Rican Rice and Beans

Ingredients:

• 2 Tablespoons Oil
• 2 Tablespoons Sofrito
• 4 oz Tomato Sauce
• 1 packet Sazon (orange Goya packet 0 con culantro y achiote)
• 1 can pegeon peas - gandules verdes
• 1 cup rice - rinsed
• 1 cup of Water
• 1 small jar of olives

Directions:

Heat the pan over high and add oil.  Add sofrito and stir for a minute.  Add tomato sauce and stir again.  Toss in Sazon, beans and olives.  Stir in rice and water and cook, stirring often, unlt the water has almost evaporated completely.  Once the rice is dry enough, mound it all in the center of the pot.  Turn the heat down as low as possible and put the lid on firmly.

Leave the rice this way until done, about 20 minutes.  DO NOT remove the lid to check every 5 minutes or the heat will escape.  When the rice is done it's not fluffy like white rice, it's very al dente and oftentimes a lot of it will stick to the bottom of the pot.  This is totally normal!  Scrapte it up, if you like and serve it.  

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