Pique verde boricua is a
Puerto Rican green hot sauce.
Preparation
Pique verde is made from roasting
ají caballero
The Ají caballero (or "gentleman pepper") is a scarce hot chili pepper used as the basis of some Puerto Rican condiments, such as the Pique sauce. The fruit of this plant
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chilies,
cubanelle peppers, garlic, onions, and blended with fresh parsley, cilantro,
culantro
''Eryngium foetidum'' is a tropical perennial herb in the family Apiaceae. Common names include culantro ( or ), recao, chadon beni (pronounced shadow benny), Mexican coriander, bhandhania, long coriander, sawtooth coriander, and ngò gai. It i ...
, olive oil, and
lime juice
A lime (from French ''lime'', from Arabic ''līma'', from Persian ''līmū'', "lemon") is a citrus fruit, which is typically round, green in color, in diameter, and contains acidic juice vesicles.
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.
This sauce may be served with meats, fish,
tostones, viandas (root vegetables),
mofongo
Mofongo () is a Puerto Rican dish with plantains as its main ingredient. Plantains are picked green, cut into pieces and typically fried but can be boiled or roasted, then mashed with salt, garlic, broth, and olive oil in a wooden pilón (mortar ...
, rice and beans.
See also
*
Ajilimójili
*
Mojo
Mojo may refer to:
* Mojo (African-American culture), a magical charm bag used in voodoo
Arts, entertainment and media Film and television
* MOJO HD, an American television network
* ''Mojo'' (play), by Jez Butterworth, made into a 1997 film
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References
Puerto Rican cuisine
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