Dear Chef John I am your biggest fan, I'm also Cuban. I watch you EVERY single night before I go to sleep, something about the tone of your voice is soothing. Anyways, I grew up eating bistec (steak) with extremely similar marinades and I'm so happy to see you made it your own. Love you to pieces. Thanks for the video and for showing some Cuban goods. Next time do a Cuban Sandwich!!! :)
Unless a national emergency state, the president has no right to give orders to a civilian. Besides, asking would only have been "nice" even if it was possible :)
Cuban pork, black beans and rice is one of my family's top-five dishes. I never thought to try the mojo with beef. Duh. Looks like I have dinner for this Saturday night. Brace yourself, familia!
You can buy bottles of sour orange/naranja agria in most Hispanic grocery stores. You may see the sour oranges, but even if you don't, the bottled stuff works well. (Which is what I'll be getting to do this recipe -- because it looks amazing. Thank you.)
also, in northern california (SF + Sac) I've been able to find sour oranges in mercados/bodegas...I believe Goya even makes a bitter orange juice for marinade usually next to the sofrito.
Chef John, you can sometimes find sour oranges in a Persian Market by the name of "Narenj" (nah-renj). It is a sour orange/mandarin. Very fragrant with big seeds. Great stuff, persians put it on everything especially fish and herb rice dishes.
Put that on some corn tortillas with cilantro and a squeeze of lime, and caramelized onions. Yeah baby. Listening to Chef John is like aural Valium, so soothing and relaxing. You could bottle your voice and sell it as anti-anxiety medication.
Sour oranges are the best! Makes the dish! I've bought them in Florida and we had a tree in Honduras when I was growing up. No longer have access to them since I live in DC now but makes a difference for sure. Try to find them! Promise it makes a difference.
right !! I heard about skirt steak and thought I hit gold but once I started shopping around I realised it's not as cheap in the states compared to what I hear about prices in other countries
Everytime I see these guys using skirt steak and flank like they are cheap cuts of beef, youre lucky if you get skirt steak on sale for 6.99/lb...i remember when it was under $3...
Yeah, stores just don't give a fuck lol . Flank steak, hangar steak, flat iron, it's all like lobster, and I guess there's people still buying it at that price so that's what the price will stay at
Grapefruit + orange would be a lot closer to sour orange than the lime (i think), since sour orange is quite a bit more bitter than sour. Unless sour orange is a different thing, i've almost always heard the term bitter orange instead, but i think those are the same.
sour oranges are the same oranges you use every day, the only difference is that you have to let them ripen until the peel gets a little dry, at this point the juice will be sour...I guess you could say your bad oranges are ''sour oranges''. Love your videos, salutations from Mexico! hope this info is useful for you ;)
Negative. The sour or bitter orange is a specific cultivar and will be sour/bitter regardless of its age. A sweet orange is reproduced asexually and is a mutant of the original sour orange. Naval, Valencia or other sweet oranges will not turn sour with age.
finally a rare ingredient that i can access on the daily easily, in my backyard...sour oranges are more close on taste to yellow grapefruit than those oranges u used btw...they're great to clean or marinate pork
Once again you have demonstrated a wonderful technique that will provide outstanding results for my friends and family! (and you don't charge for everything like ATK. But I still love PBS) ; )
Hi, Chef John! You can find sour oranges in some Hispanic markets, common in Miami (where I'm from), but you must ask for them in Spanish: naranja agria.
Sour oranges are exactly that, they are not orange in color, more like a light brown orangie green. Find them at your hispanic stores. We also use them to make a good latin beef soup
Hey John, super new recipe. The sour oranges are SEVILLE oranges, sometimes called NAVAL oranges. They are normally used for making marmalade here in UK.
Skirt steak... that's gotta be one of the best pieces of the cow. You can do all kinds of stuff with that. And this looks awesome. I think the oranges you want to look for when looking for sour oranges are Sevilles, but I could be mistaken. Any chance you could do a spicy ginger beef recipe? Something to beat that really sad-looking Chinese restaurant stuff?
looove it love it love it!!! can someone recommend the softest cut of meat for grilling please? or does it just depends oh cutting it the right way (against the grain)
Holy Smoke! I thought skirt steak was a "forgotten cut." I thought I'd try this one for the weekend. Just got back from a scout of several local markets - large grocery to specialty butchers - and skirt steak is, as my Irish grandma used to say, "quite dear" (pricey). Guess I'll have to ice up a cooler and make a Costco run to see what they have. BTW, flank steak isn't too far behind. I'm in central NJ.
Sour oranges are native to Mexico (the Yucatan peninsula, used in cochinita pibil) and the Caribbean close to it. They are smaller, green to yellow and pretty sour and even there are not so easy to find. What we do in Mex. when we cannot fin them is orange juice (fresh, of course)+ lime juice+ a dash of white vinegar.
I tried this yesterday and the flavor is spectacular. I do have just one suggestion though (which I should actually do in the blog since all the ingredients are there). I appreciate this will sound a bit lazy, but it would really help for us viewers from abroad (I write to you from Brazil) to have quantities in kilograms and milliliters too, since converting the quantities at the market was a bit of a pain! But other than that, keep up the fantastic recipes!
Sour oranges... so good. we call them naraja agria in the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. they have a flavor of orange and lime fusion. The have a lot of juice.
naranja agria is what there called u can find them in most Hispanic supermarkets u can do it this way to both ways taste really good especially on pork.id love to see you make a frita :D
Looks great chef j! still need a grill? get an old fashioned Weber Kettle with the Slow'n Sear accessory. it's awesome. in fact, I just grilled up a sirloin on mine. delicious!
Great recipe! However, we do have sour oranges in my country, and their flavor will NOT be simulated in any way with regular oranges, because the latter are, well, sweet! I believe that the marinade will be closer to the original recipe WITHOUT the orange, and just keeping the limon, as it will provide enough sourness and acidity.
This recipe looks yummy. THe first time I had it I couldn't"t believe how delicious it was. Wow....and the name "skirt steak" seemed so odd. IT looks ugly but it's delicious! Thanks Chef. 💞
great recipe can't wait to try it !(: question do you think this can be accomplished with a different cut of beef? skirt isn't cheap here sadly :/ maybe a thinner sliced beef? like carne asada thin ?
According to Wiki: Bitter orange, Seville orange, sour orange, bigarade orange, or marmalade orange refers to a citrus tree (Citrus × aurantium) and its fruit. It is a hybrid between Citrus maxima (pomelo) and Citrus reticulata (mandarin). I learned something new today. Thanks, Google.
There's also a cross between lemon/mandarin called rangpur or rangpur lime. Grows well here in So. Cal. and makes for a good substitute for Seville orange in marinades, etc. Makes an interesting substitute for lime in a Mojito as well.
I only recently discovered that cilantro is known in Australia as coriander. Kind of a divisive herb, that one... at least when it's fresh as opposed to dried or the ground seeds.
Check out the recipe: www.allrecipes.com/Recipe/254948/Chef-Johns-Grilled-Mojo-Beef/
Dear Chef John I am your biggest fan, I'm also Cuban. I watch you EVERY single night before I go to sleep, something about the tone of your voice is soothing. Anyways, I grew up eating bistec (steak) with extremely similar marinades and I'm so happy to see you made it your own. Love you to pieces. Thanks for the video and for showing some Cuban goods. Next time do a Cuban Sandwich!!! :)
hi chef John, the brand Goya has sour orange in a bottle. the bottle reads naranja agria. I use it for my Carne asada/skirt steak . hope this helps.
If I were President of the United States, I would have Chef John as my personal chef.
Were you even going to ask me first?
He doesn't have to, he's the president.
Right on !
Executive Order. No reason to ask. :)
Unless a national emergency state, the president has no right to give orders to a civilian.
Besides, asking would only have been "nice" even if it was possible :)
A lot of people don't know this, but before John was a chef, he had a band in college named "Accumulated Juices".
lol
😂😂😂😂 eww lol
laughing out loud over here XD
Grilled skirt steak is amazing! The only way to mess it up regardless of marinade or seasoning is to overcook it. Another great video Chef.
Cuban pork, black beans and rice is one of my family's top-five dishes. I never thought to try the mojo with beef. Duh. Looks like I have dinner for this Saturday night. Brace yourself, familia!
You can buy bottles of sour orange/naranja agria in most Hispanic grocery stores. You may see the sour oranges, but even if you don't, the bottled stuff works well. (Which is what I'll be getting to do this recipe -- because it looks amazing. Thank you.)
also, in northern california (SF + Sac) I've been able to find sour oranges in mercados/bodegas...I believe Goya even makes a bitter orange juice for marinade usually next to the sofrito.
Chef John, you can sometimes find sour oranges in a Persian Market by the name of "Narenj" (nah-renj). It is a sour orange/mandarin. Very fragrant with big seeds. Great stuff, persians put it on everything especially fish and herb rice dishes.
Put that on some corn tortillas with cilantro and a squeeze of lime, and caramelized onions. Yeah baby. Listening to Chef John is like aural Valium, so soothing and relaxing. You could bottle your voice and sell it as anti-anxiety medication.
Mmmmm. That looks amazing. The uses for that are limitless. Fajitas, tacos, in a sandwich, and so on.
Sour oranges are the best! Makes the dish! I've bought them in Florida and we had a tree in Honduras when I was growing up. No longer have access to them since I live in DC now but makes a difference for sure. Try to find them! Promise it makes a difference.
Or just buy the mojo marinade from the store with sour oranges 😬😬😬🤔
@sarahi Or just order skirt steak from a restaurant.
+Tim Lau Or just go vegan.
I've not had the luck or pleasure to encounter many oranges that aren't sour...
There's the Atlantic Market in Hyattsville that has sour oranges
WOW just TODAY I bought 6 lbs of skirt steak!!! I know how I will be making this now!
For those who don't eat beef this would definitely change your mind! Excellent and well done beef Mojo'
best part of the videos are to see chef John's reflection in the stainless steel mixing bowl :-)
i don't want to make it myself i want to eat the one you made.
Same here haha
Sweet Lord Jesus! It looks beyond delicious 😋
I had to hold a bucket under my mouth because I was drooling too much watching this video...
Those would make some killer fajitas!
I was gonna say pornographic, but otherwise you beat me to it.
Omg I was thinking the same thing, with the grilled onions, some green and red peppers and cheese and sour cream! Oh...My....God!
STOP IT! You are making me DROOOOOOOOOOOL!
This, a few cold beers, and a hammock, and I'm a happy man.
You are the best chef on you tube
"So I took way too long brushing and dabbing that over the top." That gave me a chuckle, nice one John.
I have no shame in admitting I would devour that whole plate.
Mee too. Yum tacos. Grilled prawns with that chef?
Oh yes indeed
There should be both prawn and crab recipes with chef Johns channel.
The feeling is mutual. ^_^
Great, we can share then! You get the entire plate, I get the meat?
O.o ... lettuce cups! You're a genius, Chef John!!
Skirt steak has gotten so damn expensive, I guess the word has gotten out. There are far fewer secret goldmine cuts of beef than there used to be.
I think you're right.
right !! I heard about skirt steak and thought I hit gold but once I started shopping around I realised it's not as cheap in the states compared to what I hear about prices in other countries
Everytime I see these guys using skirt steak and flank like they are cheap cuts of beef, youre lucky if you get skirt steak on sale for 6.99/lb...i remember when it was under $3...
+joe no it's in demand price goes up, but at least for my state it's still the cheapest best cut you can get.
Yeah, stores just don't give a fuck lol . Flank steak, hangar steak, flat iron, it's all like lobster, and I guess there's people still buying it at that price so that's what the price will stay at
Grapefruit + orange would be a lot closer to sour orange than the lime (i think), since sour orange is quite a bit more bitter than sour. Unless sour orange is a different thing, i've almost always heard the term bitter orange instead, but i think those are the same.
Looks amazing , what a rich marinade
sour oranges are the same oranges you use every day, the only difference is that you have to let them ripen until the peel gets a little dry, at this point the juice will be sour...I guess you could say your bad oranges are ''sour oranges''.
Love your videos, salutations from Mexico!
hope this info is useful for you ;)
Negative. The sour or bitter orange is a specific cultivar and will be sour/bitter regardless of its age. A sweet orange is reproduced asexually and is a mutant of the original sour orange. Naval, Valencia or other sweet oranges will not turn sour with age.
finally a rare ingredient that i can access on the daily easily, in my backyard...sour oranges are more close on taste to yellow grapefruit than those oranges u used btw...they're great to clean or marinate pork
glad you enjoy your job chef John. you have found two of lifes secrets.
thanks Chef John. I've used that marinade many times on pork loins but never thought about it on beef I can't wait to try it quesadillas
Once again you have demonstrated a wonderful technique that will provide outstanding results for my friends and family! (and you don't charge for everything like ATK. But I still love PBS) ; )
I have a sour orange tree in my backyard and have been looking for a recipe that calls for them. Thanks you!
absolutely love your channel Chef John!! you chicken tikka masala is one of my favorites!
Hi, Chef John! You can find sour oranges in some Hispanic markets, common in Miami (where I'm from), but you must ask for them in Spanish: naranja agria.
Sour oranges are exactly that, they are not orange in color, more like a light brown orangie green. Find them at your hispanic stores. We also use them to make a good latin beef soup
"I served this over rice" yesssssss, I was thinking in my inner chef john monologue "man would this go good over some sushi rice"
Hi there,
Thanks ever so much for the yummy dishes that you share with us. I love the way you give the instructions.
Love your side comments. HILARIOUS!
I made something similar last night for Fajitas, but the marinade you used sounds fantastic! I will try that one next time.
you should make a video on nata de coco because its delicious and totally up your alley
If I ever hit the lottery I want your number on speed dial lol always making great food and videos
Hey John, super new recipe. The sour oranges are SEVILLE oranges, sometimes called NAVAL oranges. They are normally used for making marmalade here in UK.
Navel oranges everywhere else are sweet oranges, a mutant of the sour orange that are reproduced asexually.
You simply are...the best. Cheers!
Skirt steak... that's gotta be one of the best pieces of the cow. You can do all kinds of stuff with that. And this looks awesome. I think the oranges you want to look for when looking for sour oranges are Sevilles, but I could be mistaken. Any chance you could do a spicy ginger beef recipe? Something to beat that really sad-looking Chinese restaurant stuff?
Who dislikes these videos? Crazy people that like overcooked meat? The meat on this video looks so good, I would add a little more kick that's it.
looove it love it love it!!! can someone recommend the softest cut of meat for grilling please? or does it just depends oh cutting it the right way (against the grain)
Looks so yummy 👍🏼 can't wait to try it
Holy Smoke! I thought skirt steak was a "forgotten cut." I thought I'd try this one for the weekend. Just got back from a scout of several local markets - large grocery to specialty butchers - and skirt steak is, as my Irish grandma used to say, "quite dear" (pricey). Guess I'll have to ice up a cooler and make a Costco run to see what they have. BTW, flank steak isn't too far behind. I'm in central NJ.
Sour oranges are native to Mexico (the Yucatan peninsula, used in cochinita pibil) and the Caribbean close to it. They are smaller, green to yellow and pretty sour and even there are not so easy to find. What we do in Mex. when we cannot fin them is orange juice (fresh, of course)+ lime juice+ a dash of white vinegar.
You own the dojo in which you eat your mojo.
You are the Jojo of your Mojo Beef.
TemplarTate You have the complete control of the yoyo that is your Mojo
+TemplarTate eyyy I've seen you before
+spartan1010101 you are the GI Joe of your own army of Mojo
BlueMask I'm around
you are a king for this
I tried this yesterday and the flavor is spectacular. I do have just one suggestion though (which I should actually do in the blog since all the ingredients are there).
I appreciate this will sound a bit lazy, but it would really help for us viewers from abroad (I write to you from Brazil) to have quantities in kilograms and milliliters too, since converting the quantities at the market was a bit of a pain! But other than that, keep up the fantastic recipes!
Sour oranges... so good. we call them naraja agria in the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. they have a flavor of orange and lime fusion. The have a lot of juice.
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naranja agria is what there called u can find them in most Hispanic supermarkets u can do it this way to both ways taste really good especially on pork.id love to see you make a frita :D
Looks great chef j! still need a grill? get an old fashioned Weber Kettle with the Slow'n Sear accessory. it's awesome. in fact, I just grilled up a sirloin on mine. delicious!
Awesome Scarface reference there! I like your style Chef John!
You are the Austin Powers of your mojo beef!
Will be cooking this friday night. You the man chef!
In our area international markets I have found sour oranges, aka Seville oranges. I also use them to make marmalade.
I love your wisecracks.
You can find naranja agria (sour oranges) in most Hispanic neighborhoods. It makes a very big difference compare to using regular oranges.
My favorite cut of beef also Jon...!
Much Love Chef John! Love The Commentary and You Play on Words Bro!
You got your mojo beef recipe working.
one of your best yet
Sometimes I hate to be a vegetarian...goodbye my lover...goodbye my friend...you have been the one, you have been to one for meee!
That Meat Smiling Cyclop reminded me of Futurama...lol.
Awesome job as always Chef John....
Great recipe! However, we do have sour oranges in my country, and their flavor will NOT be simulated in any way with regular oranges, because the latter are, well, sweet! I believe that the marinade will be closer to the original recipe WITHOUT the orange, and just keeping the limon, as it will provide enough sourness and acidity.
I am soooo making this on the weekend, thank you so much chef!
Sour oranges make such a difference!
Chef John, I'm coming over for dinner!
Love chef John 🤗😋
This recipe looks yummy. THe first time I had it I couldn't"t believe how delicious it was. Wow....and the name "skirt steak" seemed so odd. IT looks ugly but it's delicious! Thanks Chef. 💞
Oh my goodness-- this looks delicious! I will be making this recipe soon. Thank you!
definitely making this wknd.
Looks great!
Looks yummy!Great job...
I am drooling! Can't wait to try this recipe. =D
Looks absolutely delicious,tyfs!! God bless
great recipe can't wait to try it !(: question do you think this can be accomplished with a different cut of beef? skirt isn't cheap here sadly :/ maybe a thinner sliced beef? like carne asada thin ?
what would be some good side dishes that would pair with these chef john?
omg my mouth is watering that looks good
Yum I can't wait to try this recipe! Thank you
According to Wiki: Bitter orange, Seville orange, sour orange, bigarade orange, or marmalade orange refers to a citrus tree (Citrus × aurantium) and its fruit. It is a hybrid between Citrus maxima (pomelo) and Citrus reticulata (mandarin).
I learned something new today. Thanks, Google.
Yay! I was hoping sour orange was the same as Seville. We can get them here in the UK, to make marmalade.
There's also a cross between lemon/mandarin called rangpur or rangpur lime. Grows well here in So. Cal. and makes for a good substitute for Seville orange in marinades, etc. Makes an interesting substitute for lime in a Mojito as well.
So nice to see you in the surface of the bowl, chef John! :D
Looks amazing chef, can't wait to try this. Thanks!
thank you... and your commentary was great
Hahah it was actually, "first you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the woman". Love your sense of humor and this recipe!
sour orange are from middle east maybe you can find them in middle eastern grocery store when the are in season, it is called Naranj in farsi.
That looks incredibly delicious.
This is pretty much exactly how i make my carne asada. This cut of meat is known as arrachera in the Mexican markets
Oh man, this looks amazing!
Why does cutting it against the grain help with tenderness if you are just going to end up slicing it into cubes to eat it anyway?
Beautiful recipe Chef! :)
Looks sooooo good
I only recently discovered that cilantro is known in Australia as coriander. Kind of a divisive herb, that one... at least when it's fresh as opposed to dried or the ground seeds.
Sour oranges are pretty common if you can find wild citrus trees outdoors...not so easy in the city though :x
LOVE grilled skirt steak... just wish I could have a grill.