Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base - Product Review

Want to spice up your recipes with a new twist of flavor and experience an invigorating awakening of your taste buds? For several years I have used a cooking base manufactured by Goya called Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base. I admit I do not know how to properly pronounce the product ( I am working on it though)! Goya has my loyalty as a consumer and I was introduced to this product by a colleague. It is easy to use and its uses are multiple. Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base is available in a 12 oz bottle or smaller size with a colorful blue red, green, white and yellow label. A leafy green vegetable is pictured on the front of the label. In the left corner of the label the description notes that the Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base can be used for rice, beans, soups, chili and stews.

Ingredients
Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base is available in small or large sizes, frozen or in a glass bottle. Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base contains water, onions, green peppers, soybean, salt, modified food starch, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate, flour, citric acid and oregano. In bold lettering a printed warning states: CONTAINS SOYBEAN which is helpful for those who may be allergic to soybeans or have other health problems associated with soybeans. There are no long multi-syllabic hard to pronounce preservatives and other such ingredients listed.

Where to Purchase
Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base can be purchased in many local supermarkets usually found in the Goya, ethnic foods or Hispanic food section. I have purchased Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base in Walmart, Kroger's, and Publix supermarkets. Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base is available in frozen food sections if you prefer the frozen version of this product. Once opened, the contents should be kept refrigerated to avoid spoilage and to preserve freshness. An expiration date is printed on its top and it is vacuum sealed for consumer protection. If the seal does not pop up when opened for its first use or appears to have been previously opened do not purchase.

How to Use
I use Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base for cooking dark green vegetables such as collards, mustard greens, stringbeans, cabbage (both red and green) and green peas. Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base adds a delicious, subtle but not overpowering flavor to the vegetables. When I cook the vegetables, I steam them in a mixture of chicken or beef broth, dried or diced onions and minced garlic, and margarine to which I add 1 to 2 tablespoons of Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base. I then add the vegetables and let it simmer until the vegetables are cooked. As it simmers, the flavors blend to make a full-bodied vegetable dish. In stews, when using the cooking base, I add a few cut pieces of habanero peppers which adds zest to the stew.

Cost
I purchased the 12 ounce bottle of Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base at a cost of $2,38 for a 12 ounce bottle. I consider the cost to be reasonable for the amount of product contained in the bottle.

Treat your taste buds to a tasty and exhilarating burst of flavor with Goya Recto Cilantro Cooking Base. I highly and enthusiastically recommend Goya Recto Cilantro Cooking Base as a tasty addition to your spice shelf. You will discover innovative uses on your own. For more product information, visit goya.com. The website has many interesting recipes and informative descriptions about their products. Goya Recaito Cilantro Cooking Base is manufactured in Secaucus, New Jersey by Goya Foods.