From Puerto Rico

The pantry I grew up cooking from.

Seasonings, coffee and kitchen tools from Puerto Rico and the Latin kitchens around it. Every one is something we would serve at our own table.

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Baked guava empanadas shaped like little pumpkins, with cinnamon-stick stems, on a round black platter

For Halloween

Guava empanadas

Guava paste baked inside empanada dough, cut into little pumpkins with a cinnamon-stick stem. Easy enough for a weeknight, festive enough for the party.

Makes 10–12 · 35 minutes

  • Frozen empanada discsFreezer aisle
  • Guava pasteLatin aisle
  • Cinnamon sticksPantry

Sazón Finder

What are you cooking tonight?

Pick a dish. We'll tell you which jar to reach for and how to use it.

For Arroz · Chef Vivoni Chulería en Pote Criollo

The plainer, deeper jar: salt, garlic, onion and black pepper, the foundation under a pot of rice.

How to use it
  1. Stir a little into the sofrito before the water goes in.
  2. Start light and adjust to taste.
  • 7 oz jar
  • No heat
For Pernil · Chef Vivoni Chulería en Pote Criollo

The plainer, deeper jar: salt, garlic, onion and black pepper, the four things a long cook needs.

How to use it
  1. Score the fat on the shoulder.
  2. Work in the Criollo with fresh garlic and olive oil.
  3. Let it sit overnight before it goes in the oven.
  • 7 oz jar
  • No heat
The recipeHow to Season Pernil Like a Puerto Rican Family (My Mom and Dad's Recipe)
For Habichuelas · Chef Vivoni Chulería en Pote Criollo

Salt, garlic, onion and black pepper in quantity, built for anything that cooks slowly.

How to use it
  1. Stir it into the pot of beans as they simmer.
  2. Start light and adjust to taste.
  • 7 oz jar
  • No heat
For Wings · Chef Vivoni Chulería en Pote Spicy

The Original with red pepper built into the blend. Warm, not punishing.

How to use it
  1. Rub it on the wings before they go in the fryer or the oven.
  2. Start light. The heat builds as it cooks.
  • 5.5 oz jar
  • Red pepper heat
For Stews · Chef Vivoni Chulería en Pote Criollo

Salt, garlic, onion and black pepper in quantity, built for anything that cooks slowly.

How to use it
  1. Stir it into stews and guisos while they cook.
  2. Start light and adjust to taste.
  • 7 oz jar
  • No heat
For Café · Monte Azul Monte Azul Ground Coffee

A light roast from the Cordillera Central, ground medium for the colador. Smooth, with cacao and tropical fruit.

How to use it
  1. Spoon it into the cloth of the colador.
  2. Pour water just off the boil and let it drip.
  • 12 oz · ground medium
  • Light roast
The guideBrew It Like Abuela — Puerto Rican Coffee

Cooking for a crowd? The Chulería Trio is $30 instead of $36.

From the pantry

What we're cooking with this week

  • Chulería en Pote Spicy Puerto Rican seasoning blend 5.5oz jar Puerto Rico
    Chef Vivoni Chulería en Pote SpicyThe everyday adobo, with a red-pepper kick. (2)$12.00
  • Chulería en Pote Original being sprinkled on food Puerto Rico
    Chef Vivoni Chulería en Pote OriginalYour everyday seasoning, the real way. (2)$12.00
  • Chulería en Pote Criollo Puerto Rican all-purpose seasoning 5.5oz jar with spoon Puerto Rico
    Chef Vivoni Chulería en Pote CriolloThe Sunday jar, for pernil and slow-cooked beans.$12.00
  • Three yellow Wepa Coffee bags on a kitchen counter with roasted beans spilling from a metal scoop Sale
    Wepa Coffee Wepa Coffee BeansSingle-origin Puerto Rican coffee for the morning ritual.$18.75$22.00
  • Spicy sesame and ginger sauce with habanero by Made By Cooks – bold Asian inspired marinade and dipping sauce Puerto Rican chef
    Made By Cooks Spicy Sesame & Ginger SauceThe same sauce, with habanero heat.$12.00
  • Sesame and ginger sauce by Made By Cooks – Asian inspired marinade and dipping sauce available at HedmanSoto Puerto Rican chef
    Made By Cooks Sesame & Ginger SauceChef Ubior's marinade, dressing and dipping sauce.$12.00
  • Stainless steel ice cube tray with the divider grid and the upright lever handle in place
    Hedman Soto Cocktail Ice Cube TraySix large cubes, and a lever instead of a twist. (1)$24.95
  • Café Monte Azul 12 oz Puerto Rican ground coffee bag, front panel with Puerto Rico flag and blue coffee-branch artwork Puerto Rico
    Monte Azul Monte Azul Ground CoffeePuerto Rican coffee, already ground for the colador. (1)$18.00
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A caldero full of golden-orange arroz con gandules with pigeon peas and green olives

Cooking with Mami

Arroz con gandules

My signature dish. My parents send fresh gandules from our house in Puerto Rico. This is my recipe, from my mom's method.

  • Medium-grain ricePantry
  • GandulesPantry
  • Chulería en Pote Spicy (a pinch, optional)
  • SofritoHomemade

Holiday

Gifts from our shelf

  • An open bag packed with bottles of Made By Cooks sesame and ginger sauce; the Duo itself contains two bottles, one Original and one Spicy Sale
    Made By Cooks Sesame & Ginger DuoOriginal and Spicy, two 8 fl oz bottles.$22.00$24.00
  • White stoneware kitchen set with butter crock, salt box and garlic keeper Sale
    Hedman Soto The Stoneware Countertop SetThree countertop essentials, one beautifully coordinated set.$52.00$54.00
  • Cream canvas market tote standing on a wooden counter, packed with kale, chard, tomatoes in a red mesh bag and a paper-wrapped bouquet, tan handles over the side Sale
    Hedman Soto Multi-Pocket Market TotePockets for produce, jars and the pantry run.$45.00$54.95
  • Abuelas Bakery Candle - Hedman Soto
    Valorosa Abuela's Bakery CandleSaffron, caramelised sugar and vanilla.$34.95
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The makers

The people behind our shelf

More makers are on the way from the Dominican Republic and Cuba.

Hedman Soto

From Hedman

Hi, I'm Hedman.

I grew up in Aguadilla cooking from my mother's pantry. I started this shop to bring the island's makers to your kitchen: Chef Vivoni's adobos, Chef Ubior's sauces and Monte Azul's coffee.

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