How to Serve Puerto Rican Arroz Con Gandules

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"Welcome back Expert Village. I believe that we are at the completion of the meal. Let's go ahead and take a look. Okay, now there is a sampling that has to take place before anybody tries anything. That's just a little rule I have. Take this. This is just the rice, no meat. Now, what I'm feeling out is for a softness behind the rice. I don't want it to be stiff. I don't want it to be hard. I want it to be nice and soft and I don't want it to be mushy, but definitely we're not mushy. We are what is known as pardito. As you can see, the rice is standing, which that's what paradito means by the way in Spanish. Yeah, we're there guys. We definitely made it. Okay, but there is one more process that I have to do, which is one more toss and turn from the bottom to the top. Now, this technically only takes place around 3-4 times while you're preparing arroz con gandules. I'm going to take it, and once again, we're going to do the tango with the arroz con gandules. Give it a little turn, a little turn, a little turn. Yes, tango, tango. Actually, the tango didn't originate in Puerto Rico but salsa did. We're going to salsa with the arroz con gandules, and here we go. Yeah, we're round third base here guys, here at Expert Village. We're at the moment of completion and we're almost ready to eat. Walla! Everybody out there in Expert Village, I want to thank you for this opportunity for me to share my culture with you of arroz con gandules con las chuletas. I just want to say thank you for the opportunity. Thank you everybody out there. There's all kinds of information about our food, about our culture, ethnic styles, ethnic backgrounds. My website, by the way is www.ksm.homestead.com. You can see a little bit more about myself; a little bit more about what I do. I just want to thank you all guys out there for just taking the time to watch this. I just want to say enjoy your meals. Be wise, be sharp, and always be safe when you're cooking when you're working around anything hot, anything that's prepared with fire. Always be safe, always be courteous, and always do everything with love, patience, righteousness. Bon appétit Expert Village. Aqui estamos y le doy las gracias a toda mi gente de mi pais, en las islas, por toditas las ciudades. Mucho amor, muchas gracias les doy. Kenny Marrero, aqui estamos. Bien provecho."