He pointed to a vendor's stand and a bunch
of culantro (Eryngium foetidum), the native American herb that tastes like a stonger version of cilantro.
Not exact matches
You will need to be able to find a few pieces
of produce that, depending on where you live, your regular grocery store may not carry (like plantains, yuca, malanga,
culantro, chayotes).
I bought a container
of what I thought was green salsa, and upon getting home, I actually read the label / It is green pepper, red pepper, onion, garlic,
culantro, cilantro and tomatoes all diced up super fine.
4 C rice (I use medium - grain; long - grain will work as well) 1 packet Goya caldo de pollo (chicken bouillon) 2 packets Goya Sazon con
culantro y achiote 6 oz Salchichon (summer sausage will also work), sliced then quartered 15 oz can gandules (pigeon peas), drained 12 oz jar
of Goya recaito sufficient canola oil to coat rice (about 1/4 C) 2 T tomato paste or 1 C tomato sauce 4 C water if using tomato paste or 3 C water if using tomato sauce
Toss in some basil and
culantro (a cousin
of cilantro that basically tastes the same but is shaped more like basil — used in Caribbean cuisine).