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Arroz con Guandú

Name: Arroz con Guandú
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Panama
Ingredients: 2 cups Rice; 200g (canned) Red kidney beans; 200ml Coconut milk; 50g Bacon; 1/2 Onion; 1 clove Garlic; 1/2 Green Bell Pepper; A pinch Cilantro; 2 tsp Chicken bouillon; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 250ml Water

Rice

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Rice cooked with pigeon peas and coconut milk — the bean rice essential to Christmas in Panama.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Arroz con guandú is Panama's best-loved bean rice: rice is cooked with pigeon peas (guandú), coconut milk, bacon, and cilantro. It's essential on Christmas and New Year tables especially, eaten with roast chicken and tamales.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On Christmas night in Panama, a big platter of coconut-scented bean rice and roast chicken fill the table where the family gathers.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Rice 2 cups
Red kidney beans 200g (canned)
Coconut milk 200ml
Bacon 50g
Onion 1/2
Garlic 1 clove
Green Bell Pepper 1/2
Cilantro A pinch
Chicken bouillon 2 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp
Water 250ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot, fry the bacon strips, and add the chopped onion, garlic, and green pepper.
Add the rinsed rice and stir-fry.
Add the coconut milk, water, chicken stock powder, salt, and beans and mix.
When it boils, cover and cook on low for 20 minutes.
Turn off the heat, let stand 10 minutes, and mix in chopped cilantro.

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