Garbanzo beans with ham remind me of one of the familiar smells of growing up. My mom used to cook a big batch in her pressure cooker and serve us a mountain of hearty beans over white rice - it was one of my father's favorites. Now I turn to this recipe to create a somewhat healthier side dish with all of the traditional latin flavors.
1 lbs dried Garbanzo Beans soaked in cold water overnight
1 quart Chicken Stock
1 can Tomato Sauce
1 lb Ham steak
1 onion, 1 green pepper and 3 cloves of garlic (Sofrito)
2 tablespoons Oil Oil to saute Sofrito and Ham
2 packets Goya Sazon
Salt and Pepper to taste
Soak beans overnight in approx 8 cups of cold water. These beans are very hard and soak up a great deal of water so check on them to make sure you do not have to add more water.
The next day, drain beans and discard water. Add Chicken Stock and simmer until beans are tender, which is at least one hour. Continue to skim foam off of top of water throughout cooking process.
As beans simmer, cut ham in bite-size cubes and saute in olive oil until slightly browned. Remove onto paper towel and add additional olive oil if necessary to make sofrito. Add sofrito and ham into beans once onions are soft. Also add salt, pepper, bay leaf and two packets of Goya sazon and simmer on low for approximately another hour.
Taste for salt, serve over white rice and enjoy!
1 can Tomato Sauce
1 lb Ham steak
1 onion, 1 green pepper and 3 cloves of garlic (Sofrito)
2 tablespoons Oil Oil to saute Sofrito and Ham
2 packets Goya Sazon
Salt and Pepper to taste
Soak beans overnight in approx 8 cups of cold water. These beans are very hard and soak up a great deal of water so check on them to make sure you do not have to add more water.
The next day, drain beans and discard water. Add Chicken Stock and simmer until beans are tender, which is at least one hour. Continue to skim foam off of top of water throughout cooking process.
As beans simmer, cut ham in bite-size cubes and saute in olive oil until slightly browned. Remove onto paper towel and add additional olive oil if necessary to make sofrito. Add sofrito and ham into beans once onions are soft. Also add salt, pepper, bay leaf and two packets of Goya sazon and simmer on low for approximately another hour.
Taste for salt, serve over white rice and enjoy!
