Pacific Refried Recipe
Refrito is a type of mother sauce that is used as a base in the preparation of many traditional dishes from the Colombian Pacific; This sauce is made with tomatoes, big onions, herbs and other ingredients. Learn here how to prepare the Pacifico refrito quickly and easily.
Ingredients
- 2 mature tomatoes
- 4 long onion stalks
- 2 bigheaded onions
- 4 garlic
- 2 creole peppers
- 1 spoonful of chillangua (Bighorn coriander)
- 1 tablespoon of pennyroyal (mint)
- 2 tablespoons of annatto oil (daughter)
- 1 green paprika (optional)
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- Cumin to taste
Step by step preparation
- First of all, wash the ingredients well and then proceed to chop each one of them very finely (you can also choose to grind them with a hand stone, this is usually one of the most traditional ways of preparing it).
- Then proceed to fry all the ingredients in the oil for around 10 minutes or until you achieve a smooth sauce. (You can prepare annatto oil by combining frying oil with annatto seeds).
Interesting Facts
- Roof herbs are plants that women traditionally grow on the patios, terraces and roofs of their homes, such as basil, oregano, pennyroyal (mint), chili, etc.
- Refrito is used as a base or condiment for many dishes in Colombian Pacific cuisine, something very similar to what is done with hogo, hogao, he chili pepper and other very similar preparations in various regions of Colombia.
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- Pacific rehash
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