When liquid is absorbed take a large spoon for moving the rice around and do it a few times. Then cover and cook for another 30 minutes. You will be smelling the aroma of your rice.

16 Puerto Rican Recipes, From Pernil to the Piña Colada. Make Puerto Rican food from the likes of 2013 F&W Best New Chef Jose Enrique, 2019 F&W Best New Chef Kwame Onwuachi, and JJ Johnson.

Asian-Style Fried Rice and Beans "Sweet, savory, hearty, fresh, and ready in about 45 minutes, this stir-fry dinner hits all the qualities we look for in a weeknight recipe" — all true.

3 cups medium-grain rice. 4 cups water. ½ tablespoon salt. 3½ tablespoons canola oil. 1. In a caldero or Dutch oven with a lid, combine rice, water, salt, and canola oil.

The traditional roasted pork can be used in a variety of uses to create a hearty, money-saving meal -- whether it's served with rice, beans and plantains or sliced and made into a Cubano sandwich.

Maybe that’s what it takes to open Sonoma County’s first Puerto Rican restaurant during the Great Recession and still be around 14 years later: being tough-minded about sharing your trade secrets.