Adobo

Name: Adobo
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon olive oil; ½ teaspoon vinegar or fresh lime juice; ½ teaspoon vinegar or fresh lime juice; 1 clove garlic, peeled, crush and mix in a mortar; ¼ teaspoon dried whole orégano, crush and mix in a mortar; 1 peppercorn (whole black pepper), crush and mix in a mortar; 1 peppercorn (whole black pepper), crush and mix in a mortar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Adobo is a blend of ingredients rubbed into meat or poultry to impart a unique seasoning. (Basic seasoning for each pound of trimmed meat)

Ingredients

A

1 peppercorn (whole black pepper), crush and mix in a mortar
¼ teaspoon dried whole orégano, crush and mix in a mortar

Americas
Spice Mix
Gluten-free
Vegan
Caribbean
Puerto Rico

Method

Mix crushed ingredients included in A with ingredients included in B.
Rub seasoning into meat thoroughly and set in the refrigerator for several hours. (For seasoning poultry, see Table for Seasoning Chicken.)