Red and green Canarian mojo sauces

I made these sauces as a feature for my travel inspired Instagram story theme where I recreate foods from the places I’ve been to. Mojo roso (or mojo picòn) and mojo verde served together with papas arrugadas – wrinkly potatoes is an ultimate combo and I totally can have it as a main meal! I invite you to try this easy recipe and indulge in Canarian flavours 🙂

Tips and insights:

• I noticed the green mojo gets a little bitter after couple of days so I suggest not keeping too much of it
• If you want your sauces to be spicier feel free to add some green and red chillies accordingly
• bread is basically for thickening so I would say you can easily skip it or if you are GF I’m sure white gluten free bread would work

A little bit about papas arrugadas..

Papas arrugadas – literally wrinkly potatoes. They are cooked in highly salted water and served with mojo sauces. But why they are cooked into such salty water that they form white outer layer? It is because truly authentic papas arrugadas used to be boiled in seawater due to lack of freshwater on the island back in the day. And this is how this yumminess was born!

Green and Red Canarian mojo sauces

mindyoureats I made these sauces as a feature for my travel inspired Instagram story theme where I recreate foods from the… Mains red, green, mojo, roso, verde, canarian European

Serves: 4 portions Prep Time: 5min Cooking Time: 20min 20min

Nutrition Facts 200 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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You will need:

• Red sauce (mojo rojo/ mojo picòn):
• 1 large red pepper
• 2 small cloves of garlic
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (choose good quality)
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 slice of white bread
• .
• Green sauce (mojo verde):
• 1 large green pepper
• 10g parsley
• 10g coriander
• 2 small cloves of garlic
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 slice of white bread

What to do?

• For wrinkly potatoes (papas arrugdas) - 900g small potatoes cooked in 1.5l of water with 75g of sea salt.
• Red mojo: 
• - blend everything except of oil toll smooth;
  - slowly add olive oil;
  - you can add a red chillie if you want some heat.
• Green mojo:
• - blend everything except oil and salt till smooth;
  - add salt and slowly add oil;