Arroz Con Jueyes
Arroz con Jueyes is a classic Puerto Rican crab rice. Perfect recipe for a quick meal on any weekday.
Servings: 6
Calories: 328kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons oil
- ¼ onion
- ½ cubanelle pepper
- 2 ounces red pimientos (pimiento morron)
- ½ cup manzanilla olives
- 6 cilantro twigs
- 2 tablespoons sofrito
- 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon garlic paste
- 8 ounces crab meat
- 2 ½ cups water
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoon sazon or 1 packet
- 2 cups medium grain rice
Instructions
- Cube into small half-inch pieces the peppers, onion, and cilantro. Set aside.
- In a large pot with a lid add the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, peppers, and cilantro and saute for 2 minutes while stirring.
- Add to the pot the sofrito, tomato sauce, garlic, and crab to saute for 1 minute.
- Add the water, the seasonings, and the rice, stir and cover the pot. Cook covered for 12 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated.
- Stir, fluff the rice and cover. Lower your heat to medium and finish cooking the rice for 20 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- You can use any crab meat you can get. But you cannot use imitation crab for this recipe.
- I suggest finishing your rice with a squeeze of half of lime, it is really good.
Nutrition
Calories: 328kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 1211mg | Potassium: 241mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 498IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 1mg
