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"This is a typical dish served in Cuba or Puerto Rico, each country has their own method of preparation. You can flavor this dish with meat, but I left it out as I serve it as a side dish with my meats. It is an easy and healthy short cut and takes about 30 minutes to cook."

Ingredients: cider vinegar, sazon goya...

"When we lived in Puerto Rico, this was a favorite meal. We're back in the States now, but when I make Red Beans and Rice it transports me back to La Isla Del Encanto! It can be eaten as a meal itself or with a simple salad."

Ingredients: ground cumin, lean ham, garlic...

"This is one of my favorite recipes of any kind. It's tasty, healthy, easy, quick, and I'm happy eating it for days on end. It's based on a Goya recipe that I adapted to use brown rice for better nutritional value. If you want to eat more whole grains but just can't find appetizing ways to prepare them, give this a try. It can also..."

Ingredients: long grain brown rice, pigeon peas...

"This savory dish has many variations through out all the spanish speaking countries, this is the Puerto Rican version."

Ingredients: cooking oil, pigeon peas...

"These beans over rice are a staple in my home. They are full of flavor and are super easy to make."

Ingredients: green bell peppers, olive oil...

"These are my TOP SECRET STEWED BEANS.... My Puerto Rican friends can't get enough of these, even though I'm Irish! My husband is from P.R., so I really had no choice but to learn how to make this recipe! I serve this with white or yellow rice, and most of the time some roasted chicken. Enjoy, and feel free to leave a review!"

Ingredients: pepper, yucca root...

"This is perfect for a college student---cheap, fast, delicious, and nutritious"

Ingredients: chunky salsa, cilantro, cumin...

"Authentic Recipe, goes great with chicken or pork chops. Also can be used as a main dish - top with lettuce, tomato and avocado. When I serve it as a main dish, I always double the recipe and serve over Arroz Con Gandules in place of the white rice. Credit for this recipe goes to my good friend Michelle."

Ingredients: sazon goya, sofrito sauce...

"A rice that is almost a meal in itself! A nice mixture of rice and beans, you are whisked away to Puerto Rico with this one. This is excellent with any grilled steak or chicken. Enjoy!"

Ingredients: cilantro, extra virgin olive oil...

"This is one of my favorite Puerto Rican rice recipe. I love pigeon peas.

You can find sazon and pigeon peas in the hispanic section of the grocery store.

Pigeon Peas are Puerto Rico's national dish. This recipe is from About.com."

Ingredients: pigeon peas, sofrito sauce...

"The recipe is very flexible in the type of chiles used. Blend a couple of types for complexity. The dish is also great for splashing on your favorite hot sauce too. You can also add beer instead of water when things are looking a bit too dry. It also can be fun to mix in a few different types of beans, like black beans and pintos. It isn't a requirement..."

Ingredients: dried pinto beans, fresh cilantro...

"Yellow Rice with Pigeon Peas - translated. You won't believe how much flavor can be packed into such an understated dish. This is a pull-out-the-stops version of the dish. The secret is a well-seasoned sofrito. Make enough sofrito to double the recipe & it would be a waste of good ingredients. You can freeze the sofrito for
about a month...."

Ingredients: cilantro, cubanelle peppers...

"Recipe found at Saveur.com,, but originally posted at bitchincamero blog."

Ingredients: olive oil, garlic cloves...

"My husband's favorite way to flavor beans is with pigs' feet. I kid you not. Actually, they flavor the beans very well. He eats the meat, I do not. We use them with kidney beans always. This recipe is translated from "Cocina Criolla" by Carmen Aboy Valldejuli, originally published in 1954 in Spanish. My husband calls it the..."

Ingredients: dried garbanzo beans, fresh cilantro stems...