Homemade Puerto Rican Sofrito
Homemade Puerto Rican Sofrito is the flavor base of almost every boricua dish. Made with fresh herbs, peppers, onions, and garlic, this recipe is a NEEDED staple.
Ingredients
- 1 bundle of cilantro
- 1 bundle of culantro/recao
- 1 small yellow onion
- 3 to 5 cloves of garlic
- 5 to 6 small aji dulce peppers (may substitute with bell peppers)
- 1 medium red bell pepper
- 1 medium green bell pepper
Instructions
- Be sure all herbs and peppers are well cleaned.
- Then, finely chop the garlic, onion, aji dulces and bell peppers. Add them into a food processor or blender. *Remember to remove the membrane and seeds from the peppers*
- Next add the bundles of cilantro and culantro and blend until roughly incorporated.
- Freeze sofrito for later or cook with olive oil, seasonings and tomato sauce.