Mojo Marinade

Mojo Marinade

from carlsbadcravings.com
Main Course
5 min
2 servings

This Mojo Marinade is the must-make marinade of the summer and all year long. It’s intensely flavorful singing of garlic, citrus, cilantro, jalapeño, oregano, cumin, and pepper. The intoxicating blend is bright, fresh, zesty, tangy, herby, garlicky, peppery and breathes life into chicken, pork, salmon, and shrimp. You can also use the mojo marinade as a sauce on top of grilled or roasted vegetables, eggs, potatoes, etc. Best of all, this mojo marinade requires hardly any chopping and takes all but 5 minutes to whisk together. Now, just add your protein and let the marinade do all the heavy lifting. It couldn’t be any easier or more delicious!

Ingredients

  • 6 clovesgarlic (peeled)
  • ½yellow onion (roughly chopped)
  • ½ cuploosely packed cilantro
  • 1jalapenos (deveined, seeded)
  • 2 tablespoonsfresh oregano (or 2 teaspoons dried oregano)
  • 2 teaspoonsground cumin
  • 1 ¼ teaspoonsalt
  • 1 teaspoonpepper
  • ½ cupfresh orange juice
  • 1 tablespoonorange zest
  • ¼ cuplemon juice
  • ¼ cuplime juice
  • ⅓ cupextra virgin olive oil

Directions

  1. 1

    Add the garlic, onion, cilantro, jalapenos and fresh oregano (if using) to your food processor and pulse until very finely chopped, scraping the sides down as needed. Transfer to a large bowl and stir in all remaining ingredients.

  2. 2

    Reserve 1/4 cup marinade to brush on protein after cooking or to serve as a dip.

  3. 3

    This marinade makes enough to marinate 2-3 pounds of chicken, pork, fish, shrimp or beef.