Recaíto (Puerto Rican Culantro Sauce)

Easy
🍌 Puerto rican
Ingredients
Everything you'll need to make this recipe
1

1 head of garlic

2

Olive oil

3

20 culantro leaves—find this at local Latin or Asian markets

4

1 small bunch of cilantro

5

1 large green bell pepper, seeded, diced and with the white pith from the inside of the pepper removed.

6

13–15 large sweet aji peppers, seeded

7

2 small Spanish onions, diced

Instructions
Step-by-step guide to making this recipe
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.

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.