Sofrito With Aji Dulce

By Elaine Louie

Updated Jan. 9, 2025

Total Time
10 minutes
Rating
4(8)
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Ingredients

Yield:1⅓ cups
  • 8leafy stems cilantro
  • 1medium green bell pepper
  • 1clove garlic, crushed
  • 1medium onion, coarsely chopped
  • ¼pound aji dulce, halved with inner seeds removed (see note)
  • 6whole leaves recao, chopped (see note)
  • 1tablespoon vegetable or olive oil
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Combine all ingredients in a food processor and puree until smooth.

Tip
  • Aji dulce are small, sweet chili peppers. Recao is a green herb with a long oval leaf. Both may be found in bodegas and Asian markets.

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Reinaldo Luis Andujar

Thank you for adding this item. There is no standard recipe, per se, for sofrito. If you put ten Puerto Ricans in a kitchen you will get eleven recipes!

Reinaldo Luis Andujar

Thank you for adding this item. There is no standard recipe, per se, for sofrito. If you put ten Puerto Ricans in a kitchen you will get eleven recipes!

Erik J

> If you put ten Puerto Ricans in a kitchen you will get eleven recipes! This is why it's so hard to learn how to cook our food! And of course my mom's recipe is "I don't know, I eyeball it" 😂

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