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Asopao Recipes

Puerto Rican rice broth, between soup and rice, perfect for cold days.

Asopao is a uniquely Puerto Rican dish, not quite soup, not quite dry rice, but something in between. Abundant broth, rice cooked in the broth, sofrito, achiote, and the main protein (chicken, shrimp, pigeon peas, or whatever you have). It’s served when it’s cold, when someone’s sick, when it rains hard and the family stays home.

Don Luis has 6 asopao recipes, from the classic chicken version to variants with seafood, pigeon peas, vegetarian, and with corn. Each one is dialed in so the rice doesn’t overcook or stay raw, and the broth maintains the balance between flavor and abundance.

All 6 of Don Luis’s asopao recipes

Why Don Luis

Part of a collection spanning 100+ years of family recipes across three generations, collected and tested over 30+ years in the kitchen. Broth consistency and rice doneness are dialed in through generations of family cooking so the asopao stays abundant, flavorful, and comforting.