Arroz junto

Arroz junto

Course	Main course
Place of origin	Puerto Rico
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Rice, legume, sofrito, annatto
Variations	Locrio, Moros y Cristianos (food)
Other information	Popular throughout: Caribbean parts of Latin America
Cookbook: Arroz junto  Media: Arroz junto

Arroz junto (rice together) is a Puerto Rican rice dish cooked with beans and meat in one pot.

Method

Rice, beans and usually some kind of meat are combined in the same pot. Sofrito, meat, olives, capers and spices are cooked in annatto oil. Annatto adds flavor and tint rice a bright yellow-red color. Once sofrito is cooked rice and beans are added with broth.

Variations

Some arroz junto dishes are given other names such as Arroz con gandules, Arroz con maiz, and Arroz bago (rice cooked with chickpeas, ground meat and beer). Red beans are usually accompanied with ham, pinto beans with smocked ham, black beans with bacon, and sweet peas with chicken and chorizo (Arroz con pollo).