Sofrito Recipe Video
Ingredients
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 garlic clove, chopped
1/4 cup chopped tomato
1/4 cup chopped onion
3-4 stems & leaves of cilantro
1/8 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/8 cup chopped red bell pepper
(Note that 1/4 cup is approximately four Tablespoons,
1/8 cup is approximately two Tablespoons)
If available, add:
3 recao leaves
3 ajices dulce (small sweet peppers) - (1/4 cup)
Directions
1- Chop the above ingredients as indicated, and add them to a pilón (mortar and pestle).
2- Slowly grind and pound the ingredients together for several minutes.
3- The sofrito is now ready to use in a recipe, or you may store any leftover in the refrigerator or freezer.
2- Slowly grind and pound the ingredients together for several minutes.
3- The sofrito is now ready to use in a recipe, or you may store any leftover in the refrigerator or freezer.
Editors Review
If you like Puerto Rican food, this may interest you. Sofrito is one of the basic ingredients required for Puerto Rican food. This video provides step-by-step instructions on how to make sofrito in small quantities as well as large quantities. Worth a watch!Comments
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Anonymous says :
Mama Fina's on Bellflower Blvd., north of the 91 freeway across from 7/11 in Bellflower, CA has really good pasteles. They are a Dominican/Puerto Rican restaurant. Sometimes they run out of them, but they are really good. They are still not as good as my grandma's, but since she has passed away, it's a good substitute. Senor Big Ed's in Cypress has them also, but they are not as good, but Senor Big Ed's makes better alcapurrias and papa rellenos than Mama Fina's.
Posted on: 10 July 2011 - 7:37am
shantihhh says :
Love Porto Rican cuisine! Sofrito is the heart of the cuisine-also Cuban cuisine.
I love the pork Pasteles-have the recipe? Ate them in Old San Juan and they are such a blissful culinary memory!
Posted on: 10 March 2010 - 3:29pm
Anonymous says :
we use it on everything we cook its great i love having an puerto rican boyfriend and learning about the culture and im a pretty good cook....
Posted on: 10 March 2010 - 12:46pm
Delicious Thoughts says :
This sofrito looks delicious and healthy. Could you please tell me what recipes, other then rice it can be made with it ?
Posted on: 10 March 2010 - 12:11am
Anonymous says :
Hey David, thanks for the suggestion of using this blend. Tried it with basmati rice and the flavor was awesome :))
Posted on: 9 March 2010 - 11:26pm
David Jimenez says :
I'm glad you did. It's amazing with beans, red, pink, pinto & black. It can be used for soup or stew. I recommend that fresh sofrito be used for this. Happy cooking my friends
Posted on: 11 March 2010 - 2:59am
veg foodie says :
this is an interesting blend... i could use this with rice i guess.. would be really peppy! will it cook well if i add it just before finishing the rice?? I want to try this
Posted on: 23 November 2009 - 1:17pm
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