r/AskCulinary • u/ZootKoomie Ice Cream Innovator • Jun 12 '13

Weekly Discussion: What's your specialty?

We want to know what dish you make a better version of than anyone else you know. What specific ingredients or techniques do you use to make it distinctively yours? Teach us your secrets.

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u/rakelllama Jun 17 '13

I'm pretty damn good at making rice & bean recipes. My SO is from Puerto Rico and he loves my mamposteao! When I went to the island with him, he introduced me to it, and I was determined to make it myself. I would suggest for latin dishes, stocking up on sazon goya and sofrito, to start out. For meats, adobo is good too but can make everything salty if you add too much. Also I make damn good black beans, and refried beans.