Sofrito Recipe

Sofrito is the secret ingredient in many Latin Caribbean dishes and it's so easy to make. It's a versatile, aromatic puree of  peppers, cilantro, onions, and garlic. You may use a food processor or blender for desired reults. This recipe makes about 1 quart of sofrito.  (this is the Puerto Rican version)
Ingredients

• 2 medium green peppers, seeds removed
• 1 red sweet pepper, seeds removed
• 2 medium onions, peeled
• 1 head of garlic, peeled
• 1 bunch cilantro leaves

Peel garlic and chop ingredients into sizes that are small enough to fit into a food processor or blender.  Place the chopped ingredients into a food processor or blender.

Tip: If you find it necessary to add liquid, you may add water or oilive oil a tablespoon at a time
Blend together all ingredients well.  For immediate use, store in a glass container. Plastic containers are not ideal because plastic will absorb the odor of garlic and onions.
For future use, freeze sofrito in 1/4 to 1/2 cup portions for use at any time; I put it in ice cube trays and use about 2-3 cubes for recipes.

I use it in taco meat, meat dips, meat balls, meatloaf, eggs, etc.  It's great in just about every dish.

source: About.com

Puerto Rican Hamburger Dip Recipe

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
Adobo  (seasoning)
Sofrito  (vegetable paste)
Sazon ( seasoning, use  if you have it)
onion, chopped
sour cream
 2 avocados , chopped

The sofrito will be the first thing you put on the pan, then you add the meat and seasoned the meat with adobo. Once is done I add the onions, sour cream and avocado. thats it! If you want you can add a little bit of tomato paste but is not a necessity. If you don't  avocado its still great with just the other ingredients.
Adobo has salt so be careful to not add too much.  But if you want extra flavor you can add garlic powder, onion powder and pepper, all of these are in Adobo but with out the extra salt.)

Serve with chips, tortilla chips are the best but potato chips are good too.


Many grocery stores carry these items in the big cities, if not look at International  Food Stores, which is where I found mine.