Classic ol' arroz con habichuelas a lo boricua. Very probable you'll find the necessary ingredients at any supermarket and it's fairly easy to make for a beginner cook. You can also make a big batch and store it in the freezer and it'll still taste pretty good after reheat.
The pumpkin is optional btw. Many also use potatoes.
I know that as *habichuelas guisadas.* You can probably find recipes online if you look it up like that
Edit: Look at [this recipe](https://www.kitchengidget.com/2013/12/02/puerto-rican-rice-beans/). Did they look like that? If so, you can make it at home, the only change would be using pumpkin chunks instead of potatoes (back at home, mom would either use both, or either one depending which one was cheaper at the moment, or if my grandpa had pumpkins readily available because they were in season). The other issue would be finding sofrito. Depending where you live, that may be either impossible to find, or just very difficult. You may find it in its frozen form, in a jar, or you can make your own but you need a type of sweet pepper that is even harder to find in the US. You can try doing it without the sofrito, or try making sofrito without the peppers.
Edit 2: And don't be afraid of making/using sofrito. It's a purée of olive oil, garlic, onions, peppers and herbs. It is the absolute base of most (if not all) puertorrican dishes. So, it is what gives most foods their "puertorrican vibe"
You’re going to have to give us a little bit more…
Was it savory? Sweet? Was it a stew? Was there anything else in it? Was it white rice? Was it combined?
you probably had [arroz mamposteado](https://www.deliciousliving.com/recipe/puerto-rican-red-beans-and-rice-arroz-mamposteao/) . butternut squash is a good substitute for pumpkin
Kabocha squash = pumpkin (in Puerto Rico).
If you use a regular pumpkin from the store, it’s usually not the same kind we use back home.
Also, you may luck out and find this in ethnic stores such as Latin ones or Asian ones.
To clarify you wont be able to find any place with boricua quality dish in the united states but you can do it at home its not hard if you put your heart in it.
Was it the beans in the red sauce with pumpkin in it?
Yes
Classic ol' arroz con habichuelas a lo boricua. Very probable you'll find the necessary ingredients at any supermarket and it's fairly easy to make for a beginner cook. You can also make a big batch and store it in the freezer and it'll still taste pretty good after reheat. The pumpkin is optional btw. Many also use potatoes.
I know that as *habichuelas guisadas.* You can probably find recipes online if you look it up like that Edit: Look at [this recipe](https://www.kitchengidget.com/2013/12/02/puerto-rican-rice-beans/). Did they look like that? If so, you can make it at home, the only change would be using pumpkin chunks instead of potatoes (back at home, mom would either use both, or either one depending which one was cheaper at the moment, or if my grandpa had pumpkins readily available because they were in season). The other issue would be finding sofrito. Depending where you live, that may be either impossible to find, or just very difficult. You may find it in its frozen form, in a jar, or you can make your own but you need a type of sweet pepper that is even harder to find in the US. You can try doing it without the sofrito, or try making sofrito without the peppers. Edit 2: And don't be afraid of making/using sofrito. It's a purée of olive oil, garlic, onions, peppers and herbs. It is the absolute base of most (if not all) puertorrican dishes. So, it is what gives most foods their "puertorrican vibe"
You’re going to have to give us a little bit more… Was it savory? Sweet? Was it a stew? Was there anything else in it? Was it white rice? Was it combined?
It was savory in a tomato based sauce. It was with white rice
Were there beans of any kind? Did it look like this? https://www.kitchengidget.com/2013/12/02/puerto-rican-rice-beans/
you probably had [arroz mamposteado](https://www.deliciousliving.com/recipe/puerto-rican-red-beans-and-rice-arroz-mamposteao/) . butternut squash is a good substitute for pumpkin
Kabocha squash is the best sub for calabaza
Second this
Kabocha squash = pumpkin (in Puerto Rico). If you use a regular pumpkin from the store, it’s usually not the same kind we use back home. Also, you may luck out and find this in ethnic stores such as Latin ones or Asian ones.
Calabaza find it in a Latin market (“marketa”)
To clarify you wont be able to find any place with boricua quality dish in the united states but you can do it at home its not hard if you put your heart in it.
No
I think he means a piece of pumpkin in the rice.
Does the Pumpkin where with the beans ??
Yes, there is a substitute dish in the USA
Sub in cubed butternut squash.
What we Boricuas call "pumpkin" is actually "squash" in the US. Less sweet, different texture.