Mojo Sauce

Make sure that you do not confuse (when looking it up) the MOJO for Yuca and the MOJO marinade.
You can buy ready-made "Mojo Spanish Marinade" and "Naranja Agria" in a lot of stores.


Here is a link to some traditional Cuban Foods:
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Cuban Supermarket:
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Goya is a pretty good brand. Thanks

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i doctor it up with a "little" more garlic and a "few" black whole peppercorns...don't want to turn it into a pepper sauce.
emphasis on "little" and "few"

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Man, don't you people ever cook...you just can't go buy everything at a grocery store...Fresh ingredients is the key to exceptional food...make your own mojo sauce...make your own creole seasoning...make your own roux...make your own sauces for heaven sake. Learn what spices do for a dish or don't do. It's the American way.

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sorry...not for Mojo.

beside, this damn thing called work, gets in the way sometimes.

you also have some traditional ingredients missing....
now, the advantage, is that it is to your taste.

As long as you like it....

I am a native Cuban also.
those two links above have a lot of info.
if you like Cuban food.

the 2nd one has more "everyday" foods.

I have an incredible rum-based black bean recipe.
here is the cookbook for that:
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There is another great cookbook,
LINK
This may not be "the one", but Nitza Villapol was probably the most authentic in bring cuban food to the books.

Cuban "Mojo Criollo" traditionally has the whole black pepercorns and most people will say a little oregano. but the peppercorns are essential.

Also, "MOJO" for "ñame" and "yuca" is a little different

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What's the problem?, you forgot the Mojitos
(LOL)

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yes! the Mojitos. When I lived in Tucson there was a kick-arse Cuban restaurant near campus we would eat at every week. I am really missing Latino comida chingona in Germany.

Here is Mojito recipe...in the meantime.
enjoy it.
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for a slightly different, but less authentic Mojito, use 7up or a lemon-lime soda instead of club soda.
PS You can use Bacardi white instead of Havana Club.
Do not use Ronrico, Capt Morgan, etc.
or spiced/jamaican rums....
good rums, but have a slight after taste.

Other options
** Optional ** While the following isn't the authentic original Bodeguita del Medio Cuban recipe for a mojito, some people will take half of the juiced lime and cut into into four wedges to add to the glass. Another variation is to add Angostura bitters to cut the mojito's sweetness, which is a popular version in Havana hotels although not the true Bodeguita recipe. Some Cubans also use "guarapo" in place of the powdered sugar, which is a sugar cane syrup available in the Latin food section of some supermarkets and definitely in online Latin grocery stores (typically sold in 12 ounce cans just like soft drinks).

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wait, what? Making mojo sauce is impossible because it's available at a store? Or is it impossible because you happen to work?

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it/s impossible because after work I get too damn lazy....Blame it on the beer

Here is what I do...
I buy the Marinade sauce -ready-mad, and add a "few" more pieces of garlics and black whole black peppercorns, which are the 2 main ingredients of Mojo Criollo....
besides the Naranja Agria (sour Orange)
I just like a little more pepper-emphasis on LITTLE and the same with garlic....as a meat marinade.

good injected into pork loins also...makes killer cuban sandwiches.