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{{Short description|Chili sauce from Puerto Rico}}
[[File:Ajilimojili Chicken (9373907910).jpg|thumb|270px|Chicken with ajilimójili, rice, and salsa]]
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'''Ajilimójili''' (pronounced: a-khee-lee-MO-khee-lee) is a hot sauce or hot and sweet sauce from [[Puerto Rico]], traditionally served over grilled [[seafood]], [[vegetable]]s, boiled tuber vegetables and especially grilled meats.
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'''Ajilimójili''' is a hot or hot and sweet [[chili sauce]] from [[Puerto Rico]], traditionally served over grilled [[seafood]], [[vegetable]]s, [[pasteles]], boiled tuber vegetables and especially grilled meats.


== Description ==
== Description ==
Ajilimójili is a combination of olive oil, [[garlic]], [[cilantro]] or [[culantro]], hot peppers (such as [[scotch bonnet (pepper)|scotch bonnet]], [[habanero chili]] or [[ají caballero]]), pepper, vinegar or citrus (most common are lemon juice, lime juice, [[sour orange]] juice, [[white vinegar]], [[vinegar|red vinegar]], or [[malt vinegar]]), all finely chopped or blended, simmered and cooled to serve.<ref>{{cite book | title= Eat Caribbean | last= Burke | first= Virginia | year= 2005 | publisher= Simon & Schuster UK Ltd. | volume = | location= | isbn= 0-7432-5948-3 | page= 106 | url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=62CPT7mCNqaw2QXYqZyKBQ&id=dTljAAAAMAAJ&dq=Burke%2C+Virginia.+Eat+Caribbean&q=Ajilim%C3%B3jili#search_anchor | accessdate = 18 April 2012 }}</ref> A variant, sweet ajilimójili, adds ingredients such as [[bell pepper|sweet red peppers]], [[ajicitos]], [[honey]], [[tomato sauce]] and [[butter]].
Ajilimójili is a combination of olive oil or butter, [[garlic]], [[cilantro]], [[Chili pepper|chilies]], bell pepper, cumin, [[Cuban oregano]], vinegar, [[sour orange]] chopped or blended, simmered and cooled to serve.<ref>{{cite book | title= Eat Caribbean | last= Burke | first= Virginia | year= 2005 | publisher= Simon & Schuster UK Ltd. | isbn= 0-7432-5948-3 | page= 106 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTljAAAAMAAJ&q=Ajilim%C3%B3jili | access-date = 18 April 2012 }}</ref> A variant, sweet ajilimójili, adds [[honey]] and [[tomato sauce]].


The sauce is one of the essential elements of Puerto Rican cooking.
The sauce is one of the essential elements of Puerto Rican cooking.


==See also==
== See also ==
{{Portal|Food}}
*[[Puerto Rican cuisine]]
*[[Salsa (sauce)|Salsa sauce]]
* [[Puerto Rican cuisine]]
*[[Mojo (sauce)|Mojo sauce]]
* [[Salsa (sauce)]]
* [[Mojo (sauce)]]


==References==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/dining/011prex.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0 Sweet Ajilimójili recipe in The New York Times]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/dining/011prex.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0 Sweet Ajilimójili recipe in The New York Times]
*[http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Puerto-Rican-Style-em-Aji-Dulce-em-Sauce-em-Ajilimojili-em-51203210 Ajilimójili recipe at epicurious.com]
* [http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Puerto-Rican-Style-em-Aji-Dulce-em-Sauce-em-Ajilimojili-em-51203210 Ajilimójili recipe at epicurious.com]


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Latest revision as of 19:10, 14 July 2024

Ajilimójili
Chicken with ajilimójili, rice, and salsa
Place of originPuerto Rico
Main ingredientsolive oil, garlic, cilantro or culantro, hot peppers, pepper, vinegar or citrus

Ajilimójili is a hot or hot and sweet chili sauce from Puerto Rico, traditionally served over grilled seafood, vegetables, pasteles, boiled tuber vegetables and especially grilled meats.

Description

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Ajilimójili is a combination of olive oil or butter, garlic, cilantro, chilies, bell pepper, cumin, Cuban oregano, vinegar, sour orange chopped or blended, simmered and cooled to serve.[1] A variant, sweet ajilimójili, adds honey and tomato sauce.

The sauce is one of the essential elements of Puerto Rican cooking.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Burke, Virginia (2005). Eat Caribbean. Simon & Schuster UK Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 0-7432-5948-3. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
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