Sofrito With Aji Dulce

Updated January 8, 2025

Total Time
10 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:1⅓ cups
  • 8 leafy stems cilantro

  • 1 medium green bell pepper

  • 1 clove garlic, crushed

  • 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped

  • ¼ pound aji dulce, halved with inner seeds removed (see note)

  • 6 whole leaves recao, chopped (see note)

  • 1 tablespoon 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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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!

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!

> 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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