Ajilimójili
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, vegetables, boiled tuber vegetables and especially grilled meats.
Description
Ajilimójili is a combination of olive oil, garlic, cilantro or culantro, hot peppers (such as ajicitos, scotch bonnet, habanero chili or ají caballero), pepper, vinegar or citrus (such as lemon juice, lime juice, sour orange juice, white vinegar, red vinegar, or malt vinegar, all finely chopped or blended, simmered and cooled to serve.[1] A variant, sweet ajilimójili, adds ingredients such as sweet red peppers, honey, tomato sauce and butter.[citation needed]
The sauce is one of the essential elements of Puerto Rican cooking.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Burke, Virginia (2005). Eat Caribbean. Simon & Schuster UK Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 0-7432-5948-3. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
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