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Recaíto (Puerto Rican Culantro Sauce)
Photo: Mike Kenneally

Recaíto (Puerto Rican Culantro Sauce)

7 ingredients 4 steps wikibooks
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

211
Calories
3g
Protein
14g
Fat
20g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Cilantro 1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g) 1

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 head of garlic
  • Olive oil
  • 20 culantro leaves—find this at local Latin or Asian markets
  • 1 small bunch of cilantro
  • 1 large green bell pepper , seeded, diced and with the white pith from the inside of the pepper removed.
  • 13–15 large sweet aji peppers , seeded
  • 2 small Spanish onions , diced

Directions

1

Slice off the top of the head of garlic to expose some of the cloves inside. Place the head on a piece of foil . Drizzle with olive oil and wrap in the foil. Roast until cloves are lightly browned and tender, about 30 minutes.

2

Remove the roasted garlic from the oven and simply pop the individual cloves out of the roasted paper outers. They should come out easily.

3

Combine 2 tbsp roasted garlic, culantro, cilantro, bell pepper, aji pepper, and onion in a food processor or blender .

4

Pulse 15 times or until consistency is almost smooth.

Recipe sourced from wikibooks

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