Mojo Rojo

Name: Mojo Rojo
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (360 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: about 2½ peppers (300 g) Bell Pepper; 6 garlic cloves, minced Garlic; about 2 habaneroes (16 g) Habanero; 2 tsp cumin seeds, toasted whole (10 ml) Cumin; ¾ tsp kosher salt (3.75 ml) Salt; ¼ tsp cracked pepper (1.25 ml) Pepper; 2 Tbsp sherry vinegar (30 ml) Sherry Vinegar; ½ cup pure olive oil (120 ml) Olive Oil

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Norman Van Aken recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Norman Van Aken.

CONDIMENT · GRILLED STEAK & SANDWICHES

In the published recipe, this is the condiment for Cuban steak sandwich.

Van Aken's mojo rojo for steak sandwiches.

On the jar

MOJO ROJO

Method: blend
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 8

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Cumin 10 mlSalt 4 mlPepper 1 mlSherry Vinegar 30 mlOlive Oil 120 ml

Ingredients

Bell Pepperabout 2½ peppers (300 g)
Garlic6 garlic cloves, minced
Habaneroabout 2 habaneroes (16 g)
Cumin2 tsp cumin seeds, toasted whole (10 ml)
Salt¾ tsp kosher salt (3.75 ml)
Pepper¼ tsp cracked pepper (1.25 ml)
Sherry Vinegar2 Tbsp sherry vinegar (30 ml)
Olive Oil½ cup pure olive oil (120 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Norman Van Aken works in New World / Floribbean at Norman's; credentials include James Beard Best Chef: Southeast 1997 (Norman's).

Adapted from a Norman Van Aken recipe (Norman Van Aken / WLRN A Word On Food).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Norman Van Aken / WLRN A Word On Food (published as “Mojo Rojo”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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