Best Gallo Pinto Recipes

GALLO PINTO (COSTA RICAN RICE AND BEANS)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add onion and sauté until it just begins to soften and turns color.
• Add garlic and sauté for about 5 minutes, or until onion is golden.
• Add spices and Worcestershire, and stir into onion and garlic.
• (The first time I made this, I was afraid to add the full 3 Tbsp of Worcestershire, but the addition of the rice balances the flavor out).
• Next, add the beans and then the rice.
• Combine the rice and beans evenly and cook until mixture is heated through.
• Add salt and pepper to taste and serve hot.
• Garnish with some chopped cilantro or green onions if you prefer.
• Vegetarians use only the vegetarian Worcestershire sauce.

COSTA RICAN GALLO PINTO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic and saute until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in black beans with their juices, salt, and pepper. Saute until some of the liquid evaporates, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in rice.
• Cover and let simmer until vegetables are soft and flavors have melded, about 15 minutes.

COSTA RICAN BREAKFAST BOWL (GALLO PINTO)

Steps:

• Combine the onion, bell pepper, cumin, garlic powder, and jalapeño (if you’re using it) in a large sauté pan. Add 1/2 cup water and sauté the vegetables over medium heat for about 10 minutes, until they are tender, stirring occasionally and adding 1 to 2 more tablespoons water as needed to prevent the vegetables from sticking to the pan. Add the kale, rice, beans, and 1 cup water and cook over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes, folding the ingredients, until the kale has wilted and the liquid has been absorbed.
• Add half of the cilantro and salt to taste and stir to combine. Garnish with the remaining cilantro and serve with diced avocado on top and a lime wedge.

FRIED RICE AND BEANS (GALLO PINTO)

Steps:

• Go through beans and pick out any with holes or rocks. Transfer beans to a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let soak for at least 1 hour, or overnight.
• Rinse beans and dump water out. Transfer to a large pan and cover with fresh water by 2 inches. Add garlic and bay leaf and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until tender, about 1 hour, adding oregano and salt during the last few minutes. Reserve a few spoons of "caldo" (cooking juice) as it cooks.
• Measure 1/2 cup cooked beans for gallo pinto and reserve remaining beans for another use.
• For one serving of gallo pinto: Heat oil in a skillet over medium-low heat. Add onion and saute until dark but not burned, 8 to 10 minutes. Add 1/2 cup cooked black beans along with 2 to 3 tablespoons "caldo." Stir in rice and cook until it starts to get crispy 3 to 5 minutes.

GALLO PINTO (RED BEANS AND RICE)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet or sauté pan over medium-high flame. Add the onions, bell pepper and garlic and sauté for about 2-3 minutes, or until cooked through.
• Stir in the drained beans, some of their reserved liquid, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and continue to simmer until heated through.
• Add the rice and stir into the beans and heat through. Adjust seasoning and add a little more bean liquid if necessary. Serve hot.
• Variations:.
• •Casamiento (Salvadoran black beans and rice): Use black beans instead of red beans.
• •Nicaraguans on the Caribbean coast use coconut oil instead of regular vegetable oil.
• •Stir in some chopped cilantro.
• •Add a few dashes of bottled pepper sauce or Worcerstershire sauce for added flavor.

EL GALLO PINTO (FROM COSTA RICA- BEANS AND RICE)

Steps:

• Fry onion and bell pepper in the vegetable oil, about 3 minutes.
• Add the garlic and sauté a bit more.
• Pour in the beans and the stock, bring to a simmer.
• Avoid the mixture drying up.
• Add in the rice and stir thoroughly, gently.
• Don't mash the beans!
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Right before serving, stir in the coriander, and top with heavy cream if desired.

GALLO PINTO (COSTA RICAN BEANS AND RICE)

Steps:

• Fresh black beans are the best, but if you can't find them you can use either dried or canned. The recipe is good either way. If you use dried, follow the instructions on the bag to soak and cook them. If you use fresh beans, then place into saucepan, add water to one inch over the beans, salt them, and bring to a boil. Cover the pan with a lid, and reduce heat to a simmer until beans are soft (about 3 hours).
• Finely chop the cilantro, onion, and sweet pepper.
• Add 2 tablespoons oil to a large frying pan or wok. Add the rice, cilantro, onion, and sweet pepper and saute over medium flame for about 5 minutes. Add chicken broth, and saute for another few minutes until flavor absorbs into rice. Add the beans, saute together for a few minutes, and add fresh cilantro, and turn off heat.
• Enjoy.

AIDA'S - GALLO PINTO

Steps:

• Sauté onions and garlic until soft.
• Add chicken stock bring to simmer.
• Combine all other ingredients and bring back to a simmer.
• Sauté off moisture to desired consistency (I like it on the wetter side).

COSTA RICAN RICE AND BEANS (GALLO PINTO)

Steps:

• 1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper and sweet pepper, and sauté in the hot oil until soft, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• 2. Add garlic and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes or until the onion is starting to turn a golden color.
• 3. Stir in the lime juice, cumin, coriander, ginger, salsa lizano, salt and pepper. Then add the black beans, and rice, and cook until beans are heated through, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the cilantro just before serving.
• 4. Top each serving with sour cream or pica de gallo. Garnish with chopped green onion, and serve immediately while still hot.

NICARAGUAN GALLO PINTO

Steps:

• Cook dressing, onion and garlic in large skillet on medium heat until onions are tender.
• Stir in the beans with the reserved cooking liquid; cook 5 min., stirring gently to avoid mashing the beans.
• Add rice; cook 5 to 8 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally.

GALLO PINTO (RED BEANS AND RICE)

Steps:

• Combine water and beans in a large pan; bring to a boil. Add rice. Cover and cook until rice is completely soft, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

COSTA RICAN GALLO PINTO ( BLACK BEANS & RICE)

Steps:

• Saute the onions& pepper in the oil.
• Add beans& cook 2 minutes longer.
• Add the rice& stir together, cook 3 minutes.
• Add worcestershire, tabasco & coriander, mix well.
• Garnish with bacon bits.
• If you want garnish with sour cream.

AUTHENTIC GALLO PINTO

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a fry pan over medium heat.
• Add onions and bell pepper and saute for 2 minutes.
• Add beans and salsa lizano, simmer for 10 minutes over medium heat.
• Add rice and coriander/cilantro and mix.
• You can add a fried egg on top if you desire.
• Enjoy.

GALLO PINTO (BEANS AND RICE)

Steps:

• If beans are dried, cover with water and soak overnight, if they are fresh, just rise them off. Drain the beans and add fresh water to an inch (2.5-cm) above the top of the beans, salt, and bring to a boil. Cover the pan and reduce heat to very low simmer until beans are soft (~3 hours). Chop cilantro, onion, and sweet pepper very fine. Add 1 Tablespoon oil to a large pan and sauté the dry rice for 2 minutes over medium high flame then add half of the chopped onion, sweet pepper and cilantro and sauté another 2 minutes. Add water or chicken broth, bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to simmer until rice is tender (20-35 minutes). Once the rice and beans are cooked you can refrigerate or freeze them. Keep a significant amount of the "black water" with the beans (½-1 cup 120-240 ml). This is what gives the rice its color and some of its flavour. Sauté the rice, beans reserved chopped onion, sweet pepper and cilantro together in vegetable oil for a few minutes. Sprinkle with a little fresh chopped cilantro just before serving. Once the rice and beans are cooked you can also refrigerate or freeze them. Make up small batches of Gallo Pinto when you want it by simply sautéing them together.

RICE AND BEANS (GALLO PINTO)

Steps:

• 1.Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. 2.Add onion and sauté until it just begins to soften and turns color. 3.Add garlic and sauté for about 5 minutes, or until onion is golden. 4.Add spices and Worcestershire, and stir into onion and garlic. 5.(The first time I made this, I was afraid to add the full 3 Tbsp of Worcestershire, but the addition of the rice balances the flavor out). 6.Next, add the beans and then the rice. 7.Combine the rice and beans evenly and cook until mixture is heated through. 8.Add salt and pepper to taste and serve hot. 9.Garnish with some chopped cilantro or green onions if you prefer

GALLO PINTO

Steps:

• 1. Fry onion, red pepper, garlic, cilantro in a small amount of vegetable oil, about 3 minutes. 2. Pour in the beans and add the sauce, black pepper and seasoning. Let it cook for a few minutes, but don't let it dry out. 3. Pour in the cooked rice and mix it with the beans

GALLO PINTO NICARAGUENSE

Steps:

• Cocina el aderezo, la cebolla y el ajo en un sartén grande a fuego medio hasta que las cebollas estén tiernas.
• Incorpora los frijoles y el líquido de la cocción que reservaste; cocina durante 5 minutos, revolviendo suavemente para no deshacer los frijoles.
• Agrega el arroz; cocina de 5 a 8 minutos o hasta que esté completamente caliente, revolviendo de vez en cuando.

SPOTTED ROOSTER (GALLO PINTO)

Steps:

• Directions: 1. In a skillet, sauté the onion and bell pepper in oil, until the onion is translucent. 2. Add the beans and cook for two minutes. Add the rice and cook for three minutes. 3. Add the cilantro, Worcestershire sauce, and pepper sauce, stir well, taste, and adjust seasonings. 4. Cook for an additional two minutes, then serve mounded on a platter garnished with the bacon and minced scallion. Adapted from Beyond Gumbo: Creole Fusion Food from the Atlantic Rim.

GALLO PINTO

Steps:

• Place vegetable oil on a frying pan and heat for approximately 1 minute.
• Saute onions until caramelized.
• Add entire pot of cooked beans and its gravy into the sautéed onions.
• Stir over low-medium heat for a minute.
• Combine cooked rice to sautéed bean mix well and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add salt to taste.
• Add cilantro.
• Cook on high heat and quick.
• Serve immediately and add the sour cream to taste.

GALLO PINTO

Steps:

• Heat up the oil in a skillet over medium heat.
• Add the chopped onion and sauté for a few minutes. You want it to be tender and start to brown.
• Add the minced garlic to the onion and brown.
• Stir the spices into onion and garlic mixture.
• Add beans and let simmer for a few minutes, but don't let it dry out.
• Pour in the cooked rice and mix it with the beans.
• Enjoy topped with sour cream, chopped green onions, and cilantro, alongside Eggs (fried or scrambled), and platanos maduros.