{"id":312,"date":"2010-06-29T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saucydipper.com\/?p=312"},"modified":"2023-09-10T16:08:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T23:08:41","slug":"puerto-rican-dipping-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saucydipper.com\/312\/puerto-rican-dipping-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rican Dipping Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"
Several months back I attended my good friend Larissa\u2019s wedding in San Juan and had the pleasure of eating some great Puerto Rican food. No joke \u2013 I could eat mofongo and sweet plantains every day.<\/p>\n
In the picture I’m eating a crab cake dipped in chipotle aioli. Not exactly Puerto Rican food, but whatever, it was good!<\/p>\n
Despite all the great food I ate at the wedding and at some of the restaurants I visited, there is one Puerto Rican food I\u2019m not all that sure about. And believe or not, it\u2019s a dipping sauce. <\/p>\n
I came across the questionable dip at a local hangout near our hotel. When eating the dip my tongue told me it was one part ketchup and two parts mayonnaise,<\/strong> and after a short Internet search I learned my tongue was correct.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t get me wrong. A ketchup and mayonnaise mix has its place. I first discovered that goodness in London. Try swirling a chip in a little bit of ketchup and mayo to see what I mean.<\/p>\n Yum.<\/em> That\u2019s what I mean.<\/p>\n Anyway, back to the ketchup-mayo dip enjoyed by Puerto Ricans and referred to as salsa de sofrito or salsa rosa<\/strong>. The dipping sauce is normally served alongside fried foods including the popular fried corn sticks (sorullitos) pictured here.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Who would deny themselves that deep fried goodness?<\/em><\/p>\n Back home I decided to revisit salsa rosa. I made two versions. The first using only ketchup and mayo and the second using real food<\/em> as ingredients.<\/p>\n The hubs and I put the dips to the test with corn chips. What, did you think I was going to fry up corn sticks?<\/em> Right.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n There was absolutely no question that the homemade dip tasted better. But to be sure, I cooked up a batch of tater tots (yes, I said tots). Believe it or not, the tots tasted alright with version number one (bottom of the photo)<\/p>\n If you’d like to know my super duper complicated recipe for version number two (top of the photo), then here you go.<\/p>\n Saucy Dipper’s salsa rosa recipe: <\/strong><\/p>\n *2 c. homemade chunky red sauce<\/a><\/strong> or salsa ps – This recipe was featured in the <\/em>Puerto Rican Regional Recipes Round Up<\/em><\/a><\/strong> hosted by <\/em>Joanne of Eats Well with Others<\/em><\/a><\/strong>. Head on over and check out some of the other featured Puerto Rican dishes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Several months back I attended my good friend Larissa\u2019s wedding in San Juan and had the pleasure of eating some great Puerto Rican food. No joke \u2013 I could eat mofongo and sweet plantains every day. In the picture I’m eating a crab cake dipped in chipotle aioli. Not exactly Puerto Rican food, but whatever,… Continue reading Puerto Rican Dipping Sauce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15,13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n*4 heaping tbsp. light sour cream<\/p>\n