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Ajilimójili
	Chicken with ajilimójili, rice, and salsa
Place of origin	Puerto Rico
Main ingredients	olive oil, garlic, cilantro or culantro, hot peppers, pepper, vinegar or citrus

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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

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.

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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[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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+{{Short description|Chili sauce from Puerto Rico}}
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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 ==
-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.
-==External links==
+== See also ==
+{{Portal|Food}}
-*[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/dining/011prex.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0 Sweet Ajilimójili recipe in The New York Times]
+* [[Puerto Rican cuisine]]
-*[http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Puerto-Rican-Style-em-Aji-Dulce-em-Sauce-em-Ajilimojili-em-51203210 Ajilimójili recipe at epicurious.com]
+* [[Salsa (sauce)]]
+* [[Mojo (sauce)]]
-==See also==
+== References ==
-*[[Puerto Rican cuisine]]
-*[[Salsa (sauce)|Salsa sauce]]
-*[[Mojo (sauce)|Mojo sauce]]
-==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+== External links ==
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Ajilimojili}}
+* [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/dining/011prex.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0 Sweet Ajilimójili recipe in The New York Times]
-[[Category:Puerto Rican cuisine]]
+* [http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Puerto-Rican-Style-em-Aji-Dulce-em-Sauce-em-Ajilimojili-em-51203210 Ajilimójili recipe at epicurious.com]
-[[Category:Hot sauces]]
+[[Category:Chili sauce and paste]]
 [[Category:Latin American cuisine]]
+[[Category:Puerto Rican cuisine]]
+[[Category:Sauces]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Ajilimojili}}
-{{PuertoRico-stub}}
+{{PuertoRico-culture-stub}}
+{{US-cuisine-stub}}