Mojo sauce

[DeadHeadHorn]

Had some fried yucca the other night that was topped with some mojo sauce and it was incredible, so I tried my best to replicate the sauce. The result was pretty damn good. I'll try my best to approximate the proportions I used:

1 head of garlic
The juice of 3 oranges
The juice of 2 lime
2 oz. tequila
2 Tbs. apple cider vinegar
1 tsp sugar
1 Tbs salt

Juice the oranges and limes. Peel and roughly chop garlic.

Pour tequila in sauce pan over medium-low heat. Add salt and sugar. Reduce until syrupy (about 3 minutes).

Add reduced tequila to the rest of the ingredients and blend in blender/food processor until garlic is finely chopped.

Put in sauce pan and cook on medium heat until it's reduced in half (about 5 minutes).

Serve over starchy vegetables - yucca, French fries, fried green plantains.

* You could add a hot pepper to this (preferably habanero), but the plantains I made already had habaneros in them, so I didn't want to kill everyone with the heat

 

[GakFoo]

that sounds like it would be really good on fish, like tilapia or catfish maybe

i shall try this mojo sauce recipe

 

[DeadHeadHorn]

Yeah, I think it'd be great on fish. Or pork, for that matter.

 

[scottsins]

gak:

I am shocked that you eat tilapia on purpose. kind of how you were shocked when i suggested that someone go to Sam's BBQ for late night grub.

 

[GakFoo]

touche.

you are right.

tilapia is ****** fish that can only be made good by a really good sauce.

sam's is ****** bbq that can only be made good by being fall down wasted drunk.

 

[scottsins]

my only beef is when people say they like tilapia, since it is so mild that it doesn't even taste like fish.

lots of people say that. my reply is:

"You know what else doesn't taste fishy? A ******* steak, pork loin, game bird, or any other category of food, not called 'fish'".

 

[scottsins]

also more to the topic, the OP's recipe looks outstanding.

 

[GakFoo]

i have a recipe for bagna cuada sauce that is freaking allsome with tilapia (again, i guess its the sauce).

before dona emila went corporate and opened up its fancy place across from the four seasons, and when it was on east seventh, one of their dinner specials was:

whole fried tilipa
rice
beans
vegetable
salad

$8

it was greatness. god i miss that.

 

[S197HQQKEM]

sweet mojo?

I don't know about that, here's a recipe like what they serve here in Miami.The Link

The sour orange is what makes it so good and good olive oil.