Cuban Mojo Sauce

This Cuban mojo sauce is great to slow cook pork roast in and shred or to use on any other meat like pork, beef or chicken. It’s a orange and lime based sauce that has a herby element from the bay leaves, oregano and cumin. It also has savory elements from the garlic and chili powder. it comes together in about 5-8 minutes so it’s a great idea for a quick and flavorful sauce.

I like to use this sauce in my Cuban mojo beef lettuce cups. That recipe is here.

What you need to make Cuban mojo sauce:

makes ~1/2 cup sauce

• 2 tablespoons garlic – minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup orange juice – no pulp
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• dash of cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Instructions

1. In a sauce pan, add garlic and olive oil and saute for 1 minute on medium high heat.
2. Add orange juice, lime juice, cayenne pepper, dried oregano, bay leaf, cumin, black pepper, salt, chili powder and sugar.
3. Simmer the sauce for 3 minutes or until it is reduced by nearly half.
4. In a small bowl, combine water and cornstarch and whisk into sauce.
5. Remove from heat once the sauce starts to thicken.

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Cuban Mojo Sauce

Easy and delicious cuban mojo sauce for beef, pork or chicken.

Course Dinner, Main Dish, Sauce

Cuisine Sauce

Keyword Dinner, Easy Recipes, sauce, Vegan, Weekend Dinner, Weeknight Dinner

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 8 minutes minutes

Total Time 13 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons garlic minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup orange juice - no pulp
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• dash of cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Instructions

• In a sauce pan, add garlic and olive oil and saute for 1 minute on medium high heat.
• Add orange juice, lime juice, cayenne pepper, dried oregano, bay leaf, cumin, black pepper, salt, chili powder and sugar.
• Simmer the sauce for 3 minutes or until it is reduced by nearly half.
• In a small bowl, combine water and cornstarch and whisk into sauce.
• Remove from heat once the sauce starts to thicken.