Mojo Criollo...use on its own or add a rub?

[worktogthr]

I am all set to use my new rotisserie set up this weekend and make some pork cushion to slice up for Cubans.. I found a jug of of Mojo Criollo for a great price at restaurant depot and I have a lot to do this weekend so I decided to go with that. My question is after you have marinaded, do you add any rub or just smoke/cook as is? thanks so much!

-Chris

 

[mikelens]

I've used Mojo Criollo for both pork & chicken. Injected & let it marinade in it over nite. I then patted the meat dry used mustard, molasses or some other "adhesive" to hold a rub on. The Mojo Criollo is just too sutle for my taste.

Mike

 

[dls1]

I am all set to use my new rotisserie set up this weekend and make some pork cushion to slice up for Cubans.. I found a jug of of Mojo Criollo for a great price at restaurant depot and I have a lot to do this weekend so I decided to go with that. My question is after you have marinaded, do you add any rub or just smoke/cook as is? thanks so much!

-Chris

Chris,

I've never cooked pork for a Cubano on a rotisserie. It's typically marinaded, then cooked with the mojo in something like a Dutch oven, slow cooker, or wrapped in foil in the oven. Cooking the pork with the mojo on a rotisserie obviously isn't going to happen.

For that, I would butterfly the pork, and let it marinade in the mojo for at least a day, add the rub if you want, as long as it doesn't conflict with the mojo, then roll, tie, and cook it. That said, I personally wouldn't bother with the rub.

Good luck.

 

[worktogthr]

Chris,

I've never cooked pork for a Cubano on a rotisserie. It's typically marinaded, then cooked with the mojo in something like a Dutch oven, slow cooker, or wrapped in foil in the oven. Cooking the pork with the mojo on a rotisserie obviously isn't going to happen.

For that, I would butterfly the pork, and let it marinade in the mojo for at least a day, add the rub if you want, as long as it doesn't conflict with the mojo, then roll, tie, and cook it. That said, I personally wouldn't bother with the rub.

Good luck.

I was basically using it as a marinade to give the meat some flavor. Wasn't sure if the marinade would be enough flavor on its own. I wasn't intending on cooking with the mojo. Was going to perhaps baste the pork with it while on eh rotisserie