Mojo
This is a garlic-y, olive-oil based sauce with a little hint of lemon juice. It is sometimes referred to as "mojito" and it is served as a dipping sauce. It is wonderful with tostones and yuca. Originally served as part of: Nick's Really Big Latin Style Meal.
Ingredients
- ½ cup extra-virgin spanish olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
Instructions
We start by pouring the olive oil into a 2-cup measuring cup. We smash the garlic on our cutting board with the back side of our knife and remove the peel. Then we mince the garlic and add it to the oil. We pour in the lemon juice and, using our immersion blender, we blend until smooth. We refrigerate until needed (at most a few days).
Ingredients
- 4 cloves garlic
- ½ cup Spanish extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
Instructions
What's a kid job?
A Kid job is a step kids can help with, with a grown-up nearby, not one they do on their own. Every kid is different, so go by what your child can do rather than by age. Roughly:
- Little ones (about 2 to 4) can stir, pour in ingredients a grown-up has measured, tear lettuce, wash vegetables and sprinkle toppings.
- Older kids (about 5 to 8) can also measure and level, crack eggs, whisk, roll and cut out dough, and put things together.
- Bigger kids can read the recipe aloud, keep track of the timer, and take on more of the cooking as they're ready.
Steps with a knife, microplane, skewers, stove, oven, grill or hot oil, or with raw meat, poultry or seafood, are marked Grown-up. Kids can still watch those, from a safe distance.
Grown-up
Smash the garlic with the side of a knife, peel it, and mince.
Kid job
Put the oil, garlic and lemon juice in a 2-cup measuring cup and blend smooth with an immersion blender. Refrigerate until needed, up to a few days.