Moonshine Mojo Garlic Hot Sauce Recipes

GARLIC MOJO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a small saucepan over medium. Stir in garlic, cumin, and oregano, then immediately remove from heat. Let cool 10-15 minutes. Stir in chile, lime juice, orange juice, and salt.
• Do Ahead
• Sauce can be made 1 week ahead. Transfer to an airtight container and chill.

MOONSHINE MOJO - GARLIC HOT SAUCE

Steps:

• To roast the garlic: drizzle each bulb with olive oil, wrapping in aluminum foil. Roast in oven at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes.
• Let garlic cool enough to handle. Breaking the bulbs apart, squeeze the individual cloves into a small food processor, pour in moonshine and blend together. When mixed, scrape contents into a large bowl.
• If desired, remove seeds from peppers. I leave the seeds, tossing the entire pepper into the processor ~ minus the stem of course.
• Puree 4-5 habanero peppers, add to garlic mixture.
• Puree 10-12 jalapeno peppers, add to garlic mixture.
• Puree baby carrots, making 1 cup of carrot puree, add to garlic mixture.
• Thoroughly mix together.
• Depending on your desired consistency of the hot sauce, spoon into 1 or 2 clean and sterilized mason jars. Cover just over the top of the carrot-garlic-pepper mixture with white vinegar.
• The hot sauce will have a sharp bite at first, let sit in refrigerator for a week for the flavors to blend and mellow.

MOJO SAUCE

Steps:

• Slice the oranges down the middle and squeeze the juice. Mash a head of garlic in a morteros (a thick bowl with a mashing paddle used in Latino cooking). Add a little salt to the garlic (more than a pinch, less than a teaspoon). Add the sour orange juice to the mixture. Add oregano and pepper, to taste. Brush the Mojo Sauce on the food as it is cooking.

MOJO SAUCE

Steps:

• Puree the garlic and half the orange juice in a food processor or blender. Transfer to a large bowl. Puree the remaining juice with the dried and fresh oregano, and then add to the bowl. Grind the cumin and black pepper in a spice or coffee grinder, and then stir into the juice with the salt and sugar to taste. Let rest overnight before using.

MOJO GARLIC RESTAURANT SAUCE

Steps:

• Place garlic, salt, oregano, (optional cumin, black pepper and Adobo seasoning) into a wooden mortar & pestle and make into almost a paste, set aside.
• Combine in a separate bowl; lime juice (or sour orange juice), vinegar, set aside.
• In a frying pan add the olive oil and add the garlic paste, stir and cook briefly (1/2-1 minute).
• Next add the liquid ingredients, stir and cook briefly (1 minute), then remove (do not overcook) and let cool.
• NOTES:.
• This recipe is basically a Dominican/Cuban sauce and adopted from the Mambi Restaurants in New York City.
• This Mojo Sauce recipe will turn a bright "off color" green due to the fresh garlic in the recipe.
• You can make a variation of this recipe by adding mayonnaise to taste, however, it is not a traditional ingredient in Cubano Sandwiches. Also, adding butter is an optional ingredient --
• Mojo Sauce is great on a Cubano Sandwich: Cuban bread (substitute Italian/French Bread) with sliced fresh pork, sliced pink ham, white cheese, sour pickle, butter and Mojo Sauce. Heat/pressing the sandwich on a hot grill is preferred... however, Cubano sandwiches are also good cold. Further, I often substitute chicken for the white fresh pork....
• In Cuba,Mojo Sauce is traditionally made with the fresh juice from sour oranges.
• Mojo Sauce is also good on Yuka (Cassava) or Green Plantains as well.
• The Puerto Rican Mojo Sauce is white in color and with less spices used.

GARLIC MOJO HOT DOGS

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add garlic; stir 30 seconds. Add next 4 ingredients; bring to simmer. Remove from heat. Season mojo sauce to taste with coarse salt and pepper.
• Arrange buns on plates. Top each with lettuce, grilled hot dog, avocado, mojo sauce, and pineapple. Serve with remaining mojo.