This is a one-dish quick and easy dinner. Chicken and rice made with Puerto Rican sofrito is the secret to this dish. Sofrito is a seasoning sauce used in many Spanish, Caribbean and Latin American ...

1. Preheat the oven to 375°. In a large ovenproof skillet, heat the vegetable oil. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and dust lightly with chili powder. Add the chicken to the skillet and cook ...

It may have a French-sounding name, but this homey, hearty, tomato-forward chicken braise, made with sofrito as its base and with golden rum as part of the cooking liquid, is Caribbean in essence and ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – A new restaurant is coming to Mallory Street in Hampton, but before Chef Julie Rainey opens “The Upper Room Experience,” she is showing off her style and flavor in our kitchen ...

Sofrito is a pot of love. That’s what we call it at home, and rightly so — everything in it happens in stages, and each stage plays an important role in the flavor and the color. Like a patient ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...

Ask a Puerto Rican chef (or, frankly, anyone from Puerto Rico) what defines the island's cuisine, and they'll absolutely respond with one delicious word: sofrito. The heart of Latin Caribbean food and ...

I rarely order chicken when dining out, and here’s why: The simple protein is easy enough to cook at home. But after trying the crispy sofrito chicken thigh at Corner House, I may have to rethink that ...

Harry Rodriguez-Lopez in his Hoyoke kitchen with the makings of fresh sofrito, a sauce used as a base in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin-American cooking. (Staff photo by DON TREEGER) HOLYOKE –What's ...

Asian Sofrito is a special place, where you can order General Tso's Chicken with a side of syrupy sweet plantains. The idea of eating Chinese and Latin foods together on the same plate seems a little ...