Green Garlic Mojo

Name: Green Garlic Mojo
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about 2 cups (480 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: about 34 cloves (170 g) Garlic; 1½ cups EVOO (360 ml) Olive Oil; ¾ tsp salt (3.75 ml) Salt; ¼ cup lime juice (60 ml) Lime Juice; 2–3 tsp chopped epazote (12.5 ml) Epazote; 1 Tbsp lemon thyme, chopped (15 ml) Thyme

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Rick Bayless recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Rick Bayless.

CONDIMENT · GRILLED MEATS, BEANS & RICE

A condiment for grilled meats, beans & rice.

Bayless's green garlic mojo, simmered with lime.

On the jar

GREEN GARLIC

Method: simmer
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 6
Jar batch: 0.45× recipe

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Ratio

OLIVE OIL 360 mlLIME JUICE 60 ml

Ingredients

Garlicabout 34 cloves (170 g)
Olive Oil1½ cups EVOO (360 ml)
Salt¾ tsp salt (3.75 ml)
Lime Juice¼ cup lime juice (60 ml)
Epazote2–3 tsp chopped epazote (12.5 ml)
Thyme1 Tbsp lemon thyme, chopped (15 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): OLIVE OIL, LIME JUICE.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add GARLIC. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Season to finish: SALT (about ¼ tsp), EPAZOTE (about ½ tsp), THYME (about 1 tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until combined.
Pour into a cold pan and bring to a gentle simmer. The jar stays off the stove. Cool leftovers briefly before they go back in the glass, then refrigerate promptly.

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Provenance

Mexican–Mexican-American chef of Frontera Grill and Michelin-starred Topolobampo in Chicago; James Beard Outstanding Chef and Best Chef: Midwest. Regional Mexican research over four decades.

Adapted from a Rick Bayless recipe (Rick Bayless / Mexico—One Plate at a Time S8).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes, with one pan. Its liquids pour to the printed fill-lines and shake cold; the mix then goes into a pan to simmer. The jar itself never touches heat.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.45× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so 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 Rick Bayless / Mexico—One Plate at a Time S8 (published as “Green Garlic Mojo”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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