Dinner · 15 min · Amounts not specified
Mojo shrimp skillet
Cuban mojo on frozen shrimp: a lot of garlic, lime, oregano, cumin. Orange if you have it. Don't cook the garlic to bitter.
The sheet · 2 plates · 15 min
easyWhy tonight. Cuban mojo on frozen shrimp: a lot of garlic, lime, oregano, cumin. Orange if you have it. Don't cook the garlic to bitter.
What it needs
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- shrimp
- garlic
- lime
- oregano
- cumin
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: orange.
Method
- Citrus, garlic, cumin and oregano whisked cold. It is a sauce rather than a marinade for shrimp — twenty minutes at most.
- Longer and the acid cures the shrimp, which turns them opaque and firm before they ever see heat.
- Sear them dry and hard, ninety seconds a side, then out.
- The mojo warmed briefly in the pan afterwards and poured over. Lime again at the table.
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- Syrups and citrusHow to Make Fresh Juice for CocktailsEpicuriousJuicing citrus fresh for drinks, and the plain reason bottled juice does not work.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Produce prepCitrus SupremeEpicuriousCutting the pith and membrane away so the segments come out clean — the prep behind every citrus salad.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Produce prepHow To Mince GarlicAmerica's Test KitchenSmashing and mincing a clove down to something that cooks evenly instead of burning in pieces.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- shrimp
- Cooks in about two minutes and is ruined in three.
- garlic
- Burns in seconds and turns the whole dish bitter, so it almost never goes in first.
- lime
- Sharper and more floral than lemon, and it fades faster — juice it the same hour you use it.
- oregano
- One of the few herbs that is stronger dried than fresh, and the dried version is what most of these dishes want.
- cumin
- Earthy and slightly bitter, and it needs heat to open.
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