Eʻike iā Sofrito, Adobo, a me Puerto Rican Cooking
ʻO ka meaʻai ma kahi o Puerto Rican e kapaʻiaʻo ka cocina criolla ,ʻo ia hoʻi keʻanoʻo "Creole meaʻai."
ʻO ka hapanui o nāʻAmelika e hui pū me ka kuke Creole me kaʻai o Louisiana, akā,ʻaʻoleʻo ia ka hihia maʻaneʻi. Ma nā moku'āina Pelekānia, hoʻopiʻi ka piliollo i nāʻAmelikaʻAmelika e pili ana i ka hanauna oʻEulopa.
No laila,ʻo cocina criolla kaʻai i hanaʻia e ka poʻe'Elekania (ka poʻe o ko Spanish) e hoʻohana nei i kā lākou hana maʻamau i hanaʻia me nā meaʻai a me nāʻano kuke.
ʻO ia ke kumu eʻike aiʻoe i nāʻano pilikino a me ko Spaniana , nāʻano hana kuke, a me nā meaʻai ma Puerto Rican.
E hoʻomaka ana kēia me Sofrito
Hoʻomakaʻia ka papaʻaiʻo Puerto Rican me ka sofrito ,ʻo ia ke kumu o ka puni o kēlā me kēia Puerto Rican, kohu, a me ka milo paha. Hoʻohana pū ka'okena Cuban a me Dominican i ka sofrito ma kā lākou mau meaʻai. Hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia i ka hoʻomakaʻana o kahi pālahalaha e like me ka mea mua i loko o ka ipu kuke, aiʻole e like me ka hanaʻana i nā meaʻai me nā iʻa.
ʻO Sofrito ka mea maʻalahi a me ka'ōmole'ōmato, nā pepa, cilantro, aniani, a me ke kāleka. Nui nāʻano hoʻohālike o kēiaʻano meaʻai, akā, hanaʻia kahi mea kanu likefrito mai nā meaʻai maʻalahi hiki ke loaʻa ma kahi hale kūʻai. He mānoanoaʻeleʻele (e like me pesto) ke kū'ē i kahi hoʻolaha lahilahi e like me ka salsa. Hiki ke hana hou a iʻole hiki iāʻoe ke hana i ka papa a hoʻonele i kahi no ka pono e hiki mai ana, e like me ka nui o nā kānaka e hana me pesto.
Hoʻopau Houʻo Adobo
ʻO'Abobo kekahi meaʻokoʻa'ē aʻe i Puerto Rican e kuke ai e hoʻohana i ka meaʻai, ka moa, a me ka iʻa.
Hiki paha i kahi hōʻomi maloʻo maloʻo aiʻole i kahi paʻi paʻu. Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻoponopono i ka papahele ma ka hoʻonāʻana i nā meaʻai e like me nā meaʻala maikaʻi āu i makemake ai.
ʻO nā meaʻala likeʻole, paʻakai, pepa, oregano, kālaka kāleka, ka'eala ma luna, a me ka turmeric. Hoʻopiliʻia kaʻiʻo o nā meaʻono i ka poni a waihoʻia i loko o ka pahu frihana no kekahi lā, akā, e hoʻohana pono ana i ka mea hoʻoulu maikaʻi ma mua o ka hanaʻana i ke kuke.
Eʻike pinepineʻoe i ka adobado ma luna o nā menus,ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea "hoʻokūkūʻia a kukeʻia i ka pānaʻi adobo." I nā lā ma mua o ka manawa hauʻoli, hoʻohanaʻia ka huiʻana e like me kahi mālamaʻia no ka meaʻai. I kēia lā, he mea ia e hoʻolimalimaʻia ai nā pāʻani, nā'ūni, nā meaʻai, nā meaʻai, a me nā huaʻai.
ʻAʻole i'ānaiʻia ke Kūlanaʻoiaʻiʻo
ʻOiaiʻo Puerto Rican ka meaʻai i hoʻoikaika nuiʻia e nā meaʻAmelika a me kaʻai wikiwiki i nā makahiki i hala iho nei,ʻo ka cocina criolla pono loa kahi waiwai e hiki ke loaʻa ma ka mokupuni. Ināʻoe e kipa ana i ka mokupuni a iʻole kahi haleʻaina e hoʻonaninani ana i ka meaʻai a makemakeʻoe e hana iāʻoe iho,ʻo nā ponoʻo Puerto Rican e makemakeʻoe e ho'āʻo i kēia mau mea:
- ʻO nā papahele , kahi i ho'ākāka maikaʻiʻia e like me nā meaʻai i kāwiliʻia i ka pulu'ōmaʻa maʻemaʻe, e hoʻohanaʻia i ka manawa Kalikimaka ma Puerto Rico.
- ʻO nāʻaina Arroz (he laiki me ka pigeon peas) he mea i hoʻolālāʻia me ka sofrito a me ka pua puaa a manaʻoʻiaʻo ka moku'āinaʻo Puerto Rico.
- Hoʻopiliʻiaʻo Alcapurrias i nā mea kīʻaha pīpī i hoʻopihaʻia mai ka Caribbean mai i ka huiʻana o kaʻohi kautia a me ka maiʻa'ōmaʻomaʻo.