Puerto Rican Sofrito Recipe
Use this Sofrito as a base for building flavor into numerous dishes ranging from soups to stews to pots of rice.
Ingredients
- 2 green bell peppers seeded and chopped
- 1 red bell peppers seeded and chopped
- 10 ajies dulces peppers tops removed
- 3 medium tomatoes chopped
- 4 onions cut into large chunks
- 3 medium heads garlic peeled
- 25 cilantro stems with leaves
- 25 recao stems with leaves
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp black pepper
Instructions
- In a food processor, combine green peppers, red peppers ajies dulces, tomatoes, onions, and garlic. Add cilantro, recao, salt, and pepper. Process to the consistency of semi-chunky salsa (not watery). Place in a resealable plastic freezer bag, and use as needed, or freeze in portions.
Notes
Recao is a popular Caribbean herb with many aliases. Among them, culantro, long coriander, ngo-gai, and Mexican coriander. It may possibly be found in Latin grocery stores, or substitute with cilantro.