Sofrito Puerto Rican. Puerto Rican sofrito is easy to make at home! Vegetables and herbs are blended together to form the base for many Puerto Rican dishes. This is why Puerto Rican cuisine is so flavorful!
I made this batch of sofrito a few days before Thanksgiving. I must admit, I typically buy the Goya. "Sofrito is the base for most Puerto Rican dishes, and this one is better than store bought (difficult to find in the stores in the Western United States). This can be added to beans, rice, soups, stews. You can cook Sofrito Puerto Rican using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Sofrito Puerto Rican
- Prepare 2 of Green Bell Peppers.
- It's 1 of Red Bell Pepper.
- Prepare 5 of Aji Dulces (Small sweet peppers - difficult to find and can be omitted).
- It's 6-10 Cloves of Garlic (minced) (amount to preference).
- You need 1 Bunch of Cilantro (hard stems removed).
- It's 1/2 Bunch of Culantro (Recao) (hard stems removed - difficult to find and can be omitted).
- Prepare 1-2 Tbsp of White Vinegar (to preference).
- Prepare 2 Tbsp of Olive Oil.
- It's 1 tsp of Salt.
- You need 1 tsp of Pepper.
Puerto Rican Sofrito is something you badly need if you want to explore the cuisine of this beautiful Caribbean country. This aromatic flavoring made with cilantro, bell peppers, garlic. Typically, Puerto Ricans do not add tomatoes to their recaito. Sofrito recipes that do include tomatoes or tomato paste, sauce or juice are generally for Dominican, Cuban, Spanish, Italian.
Sofrito Puerto Rican step by step
- Combine all but Olive Oil and Vinegar in food processor or Vitamix (or blender that you have) and pulse/blend until smooth..
- Put batch in mixing bowl and add Vinegar and Olive Oil and mix by hand. This is so that Olive Oil doesn't aerate and get whitish milky consistency..
- Keep refrigerated or freeze in batches. Old ice trays are nice and make about tablespoon serving sizes when popped out. If you freeze, just add frozen, they'll melt and do just fine..
- Get ready to love this when combined to food for a Puerto Rican flavor with additional onions and garlic if you choose..
Hi my name is Ida and welcome to my channel of Sweets and Beyond. This is the first of many videos to come of a series of Puerto Rican cooking. A Puerto Rican recipe without sofrito is like a day without sunshine. To us Puerto Ricans, sofrito is the base and staple ingredient for many of our meals. Its preparation is simple: cilantro, coriander, onion, garlic, bell pepper, and our favorite ingredient: sweet pepper.