Recipe - Delias Sofrito

One half pound Salt pork (fatback)
Diced
2 tablespoon Annatto seeds (achiote)
4 md Yellow onions finely
Chopped
12 Cloves garlic finely
Chopped
2 md Green bell peppers
Seeded/finely chopd
One half pound Ham, minced or roast pork(my
Choice) cut or sliced up
1 pound Tomatoes peeled &
Chopped
1 tablespoon Fresh cilantro (coriander)
Chopped
OR approx 1 tsp
Dried/ground
1 teaspoon Dried oregano
Salt and fresh ground pepper
To taste

Fry the salt pork in a heavy frying pan over medium heat, stirring, until
crisp and brown. Remove from fat and set aside. Add the annatto seeds to
the fat in pan and cook, stirring over medium heat about 5 minutes. Remove
pan from heat, strain & discard seeds, and return to fat to pan. (If you
are lucky enough to find Sazon with annatto, skip this step. Add onions,
garlic and green peppers. Saute until onion is tender DO NOT BROWN ONION.
Add ham, tomatoes, cilantro, oregano, and salt pork. Add Sazon at this
time, or if you have used annato seeds, add pepper. Simmer over low heat 30
minutes. Stir occasionally.

Recipe By : ARC63

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