EASY SOFRITO RECIPE: Super easy recipe for making a staple ingredient in Puerto Rican cuisine!
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- Sofrito is used in much of Puerto Rican and other Latin American countries' cuisine. It's a must make and have in your fridge. You can store it in your refrigerator for up to two weeks. Many just make a huge batch and freeze the extra for storage. Frozen sofrito can last for months.
Traditional sofrito (at least in my household... but, your kitchen your rules!) has culantro (or recao) and ajices dulces and both are hard to find but you can still make a very delicious sofrito with these 5 very common produce items you can find in any grocery store: red and green bell peppers, onion, garlic, and cilantro. Whip it up in the blender until pesto consistency.
I like to strain the green juice from the sofrito and set it aside to make Mojo which is used to marinate meats and season your stews, soups, and most anything you want to give extra savory flavor. Just add the juice of one lemon, one lime, 1/4 cup of vinegar, and oregano (to your liking) and viola... Mojo!
I hope you take full advantage of the versatility in cooking with sofrito!
I am 1/2 Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 and 1/2 Cuban 🇨🇺. There is a lot of different dishes I do not know how to cook, because as I was growing up my mother was very sick with breast cancer and she couldn't teach me. Then she became mentally ill. I always look for recipes in TH-cam, Food Network, family members, friends and other people. I am very glad you came on TH-cam and teaching us how to cook. I cook from my mother and she is very amazed on the taste. I tell my mom haha your funny. Rebecca I appreciate you.
Oh my goodness. How in the world did I miss seeing this beautiful heartfelt comment?! Thanks mama
God bless you. My mother was an excellent cook as well, but I was never around because I had before school programs like band afterschool programs like softball and track and by the time I was home, she was done cooking or she was at work. She would try to tell me that she wanted to show me how to cook, but neither of us had the time. Then my mother had pancreatic cancer And passed away, and I didn’t learn how to cook until later in the same way that you did. Very, very grateful for the recipes. They have saved me and saved my relationships because my fiancé always thought that I could cook from my family but in reality, I learned after I got with him and moved in lol. I hope you still have your mother. I know it’s been a while since you commented God bless.
Just made me some sofrito today. I used Cilantro, Garlic, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, cubanelle pepper, red onion, yellow and red sweet peppers. And omg the smells heaven sent. Thank you so much for sharing
Would love a video on the mojo itself
Thanks for the recipe. I will be making some today. I just bought some small silicone ice trays to freeze my sofrito in. Now I can use a individual cubes in my recipes.
Tracy Morris Brilliant!
I did the same thing. I froze in the ice trays so that I it on had. I live Georgia and it is not easy finding items here.
Best sofrito recipe Ive seen. I love how you make a base sofrito which can have things added when needed and I love how green you make it.
Thank you so much! 🙌🏽
Wow, what an awesome site. I was following Ana Belaval when you were teaching her Arroz con Grandules. Next Weekend I'm going to make sofrito from scratch like my late mom used to. Wonderful site, thank you. You're a good and fun teacher.
Oh wow. Your comment is so Kind and means a lot. Thank you! Have fun making Sofrito and strolling down memory lane.
I’m going to the grocery store today for the ingredients! Love trying new foods from different parts of the world. Thank you for sharing.
You are most welcome! 🥰
Loving your aura and those earrings. I'm here cause I love learning different ways to make sofrito. I'm definitely subscribing!
Thank you so much for the feedback! Much appreciated. ♥️
Can you tell us the quantity of each ingredient you put in?
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Haha lol you are adorable I freaked out much in the same way when I see a gray hair lol. I'm 41 and part Puerto Rican as well so having dark hair and I see a tunnel at the crown I freak out but luckily for us we actually looked very young still so the occasional few gray hairs won't make it different you look amazing and quite young
This was one of the best sofrito videos I have seen! Mainly because it’s hard to find these ingredients and u addressed that! And the straining is such a good day! Thank u!! Girl I didn’t even know u had a utube thank u for letting us know in tic tok!
I second that! The straining is a very good Idea... Thanks Rebecca
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How much of each ingredient do you use if you don't want to make that much?
Can you freeze Sofrito?
This is LEGIT PR sofrito... I've came across "authentic" recipes and.... no lol they weren't. I know everyone grew up different, but this is a super easy base recipe and the one I've been looking for!! Thank you
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Good tip for the liquid(mojo). Tfs
No culantro?
Tienes mucho de indígena! Si eres netamente Puertorriqueña puede ser Taína. El sofrito puertorriqueño es distinto totalmente al dominicano. Nada que ver. We at home learned from our grandmothers who learned from our great grand mothers. We only use one pimiento verde . Not two. Nothing like Original sofrito Puertrriqueño!
@dannusnk1578 There is no Dominican Sofrito!!! Don’t get fooled honey!!!! Dominicans learned to make sofrito from living in Puerto Rico, you tubers, from being married to a Puerto Rican , etc. I taught my Dominican friend how to make Puerto Rican arroz con gandules and sofrito and her exact words to me was” we don’t cook like this” I am tired of people from different countries trying to claim our sofrito!! They wouldn’t like it if we Puerto Ricans start to claim their national dishes! They would be pissed and would be cursing us out! But it’s ok for Dominicans, Cubans, Trinidadians, Haitians, and a few others to claim our Puerto Rican sofrito! They should be ashamed of themselves!! If you google Puerto Rico’s national food you will see that Arroz con Gandules and our Sofrito is our national dish.
Thank you! I made some today and it smells so gooooooood! I can't wait to use it. I grew up in the Bronx, my mom always used sofrito. In North Carolina now and away from all my sofrito suppliers 😄. Now I can make it myself😊
I’ve always made my sofrito but never crossed my mind to make mojo! That’s genius! What else can you use mojo with?
I use it for marinating and seasoning meat, stews and soups. It’s magical!
How long can mojo be refrigerated or is it better to put in cube tray like the soffito and freeze?
I know!!! I feel brand new with this info omg!!! 💞
@@frankfuentes7209 Mine lasts for a couple weeks. Citrus juice is a natural preservative. And honey it’s your kitchen so you can do whatever and freeze it for longer storage!
@@shellyhoward3060 Welcome, amiga!
Thank you!! Quick simple and to the point!!! It would be kool to have a pot luck dinner with u!!☺☺
Awww so sweet. Thanks! Potlucks are the best. Like a friendship buffet.
te falto el culantro, pero al menos lo mencionaste.
con pimientos cubanelle queda mejor que con morrones
Si claro es q como no vivo cerca de tiendas q venden esas cosas queria enseñar una receta basico.
Thank you for this recipe. I love that it doesn't have any oil in it.
Yeah, my mom taught me not to add that. Thnks for the love!
You go GIRLL!
Thank you so very much for this!! I've been trying to find a sofrito recipe I can make with the ingredients I can get!
Love it very easy love that you are using my ninja much faster to blend .
I would love to see you mojo recipe🤓
That’s the problem I’m having in my new neighborhood. No Spanish bodegas. So I have to adjust also
The smell the house gets when place that sofrito in the pot
Oh honey you know it!
NICE!! Thank you for a nice, and seems basic, recipe. People gotta make theirs seem more authentic by adding some spin on things. If it ain't broke don't fix it, know what I mean.
Thank you for always sharing 💕
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I will be making this tomorrow
Could celery be substituted for those other ingredients as I have no idea what they are! I'm in NE Ohio. Lol. I'd also substitute parsley for the cilantro as I'm one of the few that cilantro taste like soap to!
Italian Sofrito: Onions, Garlic, Celery & Carrots. 🙃
Thank you for this recipe. I'm going to definitely try this. though I would like to know what size is your blender, because I do not have one. I have a shake ninja which I doubt that's going to fit into there. Also, I would like To know if you freeze your sofrito what type of container do you put it in? Where it will not blow up in the freezer. Loving your recipe. Letting you know I subscribed. Thanks in advance. 😁 Oh One last thing, How do you know that the sofrito came out good? Do you know by the smell of the sofrito or do you taste it?
Thank you so much for this recipe!!!
You killed e with the cana lol 😂 😂
Yesss! Super simple .. keep the videos coming.
Yes Italians do!! I am one lol!
Ha! Love it. 🥰
I just found your channel and subscribed! Can you post a video on Chuletas Guisadas . I keep messing it up 🤣! Appreciate you!
Omggg thank uuuuuu
I live in Greece
How long can you refrigerate mojo.
for 2-3 weeks.. if you freeze it in ice cube trays even longer. MOnths!
Hello there!😊 How long does this keep in the refrigerator??
Up to 2 weeks.
Rebeca Nieves Huffman Thank you ☺️
I put my sofrito in silicone ice cube trays, once frozen- I pop them all into a freezer bag and from there I can just grab two or three cubes easy for meals. I do use olive oil in my recipe cause it seems to stay fresher and nooo freezer burn and they don’t stick together! 😉