Abula Pabon's Stuffing

Ingredients

Meats

● 2 Spanish Sausage or 3 Sweet Italian Sausage – Remove the Casing

● 4 lbs. Pork shoulder/butt – Chopped small cubes and seasoned

● Turkey Gizzards Chopped – Buy Extra

Sofrito (use blender)

● Fresh Recao – Handful

● Fresh Cilantro – Handful

● 1 Large Yellow Onion

● Onion Powder - 2 tsp

● Minced Garlic - 2 Tsp

● 2 Tomatoes

● 8 Ajicitos (small green sweet peppers) OR 1 Red Bell pepper

● 1 Green Bell pepper

● 1 bunch scallions

Other

● Goya 8oz tomato sauce – ½ can (4oz)

● Goya Red Wine – ½ cup

● Goya Recao – 4 tbs

● Goya Sofrito – 4 tbs

● Alcaparrado – ½ bottle

● Goya Sazon con Culantro y Achiote – 2 packets

● Bread Crumbs – less than 1 cup

● Krispy Sunshine unsalted crackers (1 to 1 ½ sleeves)

● Chicken Bullion – 2 cubes or Goya packets

Directions

Meat:

Brown pork, sausage and gizzards. When pork is tender add ½ can of tomato sauce and ½ cup of red wine.

Sofrito:

In another pot cook sofrito, add Alcaparrado, Goya Recao and Goya Sofrito.

Combine:

Once sofrito is cooked add to meat along with bouillon cubes and Sazon packets. Taste to see if seasoning is fine

Let simmer until liquid goes down, half covered.

Once liquid is reduced add bread crumbs and crackers (break crackers by hand)