RICE AND BEANS (PUERTO RICAN STYLE)
Place 2 teaspoons Crisco and 2 tablespoons sofrito in electric skillet for 1 minute. Add 2 cups water, 2 cups cooked rice, can tomato sauce, chopped olives, diced pork, salt and pepper to taste. Cook 15 to 30 minutes.
Mix 1 large can of red kidney beans with some sofrito, salt and pepper added. Serve with rice.
SOFRITO:
3 green peppers, chopped
2 med. onions, chopped
1 to 2 sweet chili pepper, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 tsp. oregano
Place a portion of all ingredients in blender; thoroughly blend at high speed; continue until all is blended; pour mixture into electric skillet with 1/2 cup achiote; cook 5 minutes or until boils; pour mixture into glass jar and cool 10 minutes; then refrigerate.
Do you mean cilantro instead of oregano, because I use both
cilantro and oregano is looks like parsley but it has flavor The spanish translation is ” verdura” only for poncenos.