6 Reviews of Homemade Sazon(No, It's Sofrito!)

From: Chef #1395939

On Sep 26, 2009

Whatever you call it, it, this is a nice complement to latin style recipes. Just watched an episode of Paula Deen where it was called sazon, too. This was the type of product they used, and it seems to have worked well in the recipe, I am cooking right now. I believe that I will find other uses for it and probably would make it regularly.

From: YungB

On Jan 23, 2009

Excellent! I used to know a person from Puerto Rico and he showed me how to make this paste. Then he added with white rice, smalled chopped ham and some corn. It was delicious. Than you for posting it.

From: ~Rita~

On Apr 22, 2005

This is very easy and has lots of flavor. The peppers and cilantro really comes through. I did add this to white rice as posted in the picture here and made soup with it. This gives lots of flavor and color to whatever you add it to.

From: chefbrad

On Jul 1, 2009

Nice recipe, but it's a recipe for "sofrito," not "sazon." As Chef #1286117 says, sazon is dry spice mix, basically seasoning salt. No Puerto Rican would call this sazon. Here's a more accurate recipe for homemade sazon: http://www.whats4eats.com/sauces/sazon-recipe

From: Xyveau

On Nov 2, 2009

This recipe is as delicious as other sazon/sofrito recipes I've used. Contrary to what others have remarked, there are references online that refer to sazon as being both a wet mix of slow cooked vegetables used as a base in many dishes (sazon preparado) and as a dry blend of seasonings used to season meats, vegetables, soups, and stews. In Dominican cuisine sofrito is also called sazon - a prepared seasoning (not to be confused with Puerto Rican sazon - a seasoning salt). Both recipe types can be found at: http://www.bigoven.com/private/sazon+seasoning-recipe Enjoy!

From: Chef #1286117

On Jun 3, 2009

Sazon is a dry spice. This is NOT sazon!!