Mojo Criollo marinade for chicken and seafood dishes
What is Cuban marinated mojo (Mojo Criollo) and how ADDICTIVE does this marinade make your food go ZOOM MM… A citrus garlic blend, perfect on beef, poultry & more Which is why I love that this is such a simple sauce with only 2 possible ingredients making it the base of an incredible sauce with variably adapted ingredients. This is my grandfather’s cooking, this is memories with family, and you eat food that survives the ages properly.
It makes a really good sauce when you cook it up (although that might be considered sacrilegious in real Bahamian kitchens!). As my family and many other Cubans know, the quintessential dish is Lechon Asado, a Cuban pork with pineapple. Refried beans, I recall. Reverse marinating chicken is, indeed, the perfect opportunity to save time and also get a variety of flavors richness into meat. It has a tart and meaty bite with every piece that is seasoned well for bbq, baking or sautéing.
Mojo criollo was the ketchup in our Cuban household: We would put it onto almost everything. Whether you take this versatile marinade and use it on everything from pollo a la plancha to palomilla steak or in every imaginable permutation of the dish itself — her party guests have bad intentions after all. Its tangy and creamy nature of the proteins create its piece simultaneously being further than worthy to exist feigned at domicile.
A word on authenticity: If I am going to bake a ham Cuban-style, then, by Godfrey, I need some mojo criollo. Staples you have in your pantry already (because, Monday) Because Tuesdays also deserve a little too piggy out (they really are the dog day afternoon of the week), here’s two more great foodstuffs to add fun things to slabs of bread!
How to Make It?
Mojo criollo is Easy and Delicious. Start by juicing a cup of sour orange juice– those are the oranges that taste like limes (aka bitter orange or seville orange). If you can not find the bitter oranges, a mix of orange juice/lime/lemon & grapefruit is fantastic. For the juices, you can make a combination of: 2/3 c orange juice 2 tbsp lime juice 2 tbp lemon pie 2 tbsp grapefruit juice These juices help approximate what these fruits bring to the salsas.
Next in a separate bowl add 1/2 cup of olive oil and some to the side. Smash 10 cloves of garlic, 1 Tb salt, 2 tsp black peppercorns, 2 tsp cumin (comino), two teaspoons oregano, one tsp each garlic and onion powder in a mortar pestle. Grind all of these together into a very smooth paste. You’ll smell the garlic and spices, home cooking at its finest.
Once it forms a neat paste, add grated onions and squeeze the water. And finally we put the juice of the sour orange and everything together with olive oil. The perfect mix for meats, specifically white meat like chicken or pork. And it is so true that whenever I need to make something with that tangy garlicky-ness, I just turn to this recipe.
Mojo Criollo as a Sauce
The secret is Mojo criollo sauce, a way to give it another touch, flavor. It’s quite versatile, and you should feel free to slather any dish with this delicious spicy sauce. Just cook the marinade and serve! Dump it into a super small saucepan and set on the lowest setting. It will shrink down and thicken up slightly as it cooks which is what you want for your sauce!
Keep mixing until you get this consistency and then serve with your favorite dish. Salsa for meats You can again provide a bullock’s runny sharp taste that will make you taste a zing out of every forkful poked into your watering mouth. It can also be mixed into rice as a flavor enhancer, or as a dip for virtually anything. Today from the Costa —with my fried plantains or tostones Cubans— an unbeatable enlist pair.
It is a gem of Cuban cuisine in that it embodies the variety of flavors and ease. The Mojo criollo SO DOVE MARINADE TRY THIS ALSO I HOPE YOU ADD IT ON YOUR EVERYDAY USE MARINADES IN UR KITCHEN.
Ingredients
Substitute for naranja agria (makes 1 cup)
- 2/3 cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp grapefruit juice
Mojo Criollo
- 1 cup naranja agria (sour orange juice)
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 10 garlic cloves
- 1/2 small onion minced
- 1 tbsp coarse salt
- 2 tsp black peppercorns
- 2 tsp oregano
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder