This is copy pasted from my sisters site and it's my grandmother's recipe. It pretty much goes in all PRican cooking. For more flavor you can dice up a little bit of cooking ham and throw it in with some chicken. Tasty. Sofrito 1 bunch Cilantro 8 leaves of culantro (if you can’t find add some extra cilantro) 1 head of garlic 2 large onion 1/2 lb. sweet chili peppers 2 large green bell peppers ½ cup olives with pimientos 1 sm jar roasted red peppers 1 tbsp. capers 2 tbsp. crushed oregano 1 tbsp. salt 1 tsp. black pepper 1 cup EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) Rinse, peel and chop vegetables. Combine in food processor and puree. Like my sis says, u can find it in the grocery made by Goya but this is homemade. A lot of these ingredients u can pick out of a home vegetable garden. This can last a long time in the freezer and u can make it easy to separate by pouring into an Ice cube tray. Correction: It's some store bought creole sauces that have chicken stock in them, not the store bought sofrito. But it does have Modified Food Starch, Monosodium Glutamate and Soy Flour.
Hmmmm... now that looks good! I'm a fan of cilantro, but not familiar with culantro. I'll definitely be making this one at home. Thanks!!!
No prob , cilantro can be used as a substitute if u can't find any culantro (a.k.a recao) although I find culantro more potent. It grows like a weed in my garden, have to root it out of different pots.
Also, this is super awesome with Shrimp just add a little tomato sauce and u've got a creole sauce (Salsa Criolla)
