Some people confuse sofrito and salsa because they both have tomatoes, onions, garlic, and peppers in common but they both have a purpose in cooking.

In my family, rice and peas were made with gungo peas or kidney beans. The ingredients for rice and peas vary from family to family, across the generations and islands of the Caribbean ...

rice sofrito, black beans and the restaurant’s foil-wrapped signature blue corn tortillas. The carnitas are also offered as tacos. One ingredient you may not have in your pantry is dried avocado ...