Skip to main content

Grilled Rib Chops with Mojo Sauce

Serve this dish with a platter of mixed garden tomatoes drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with coarse salt.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 6

Ingredients

1 1/4 teaspoons whole cumin seeds
1/4 cup minced garlic (about 6 cloves)
1 fresh serrano chile, seeded and minced (about 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon)
Coarse salt
1/2 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons fresh orange juice, plus 2 tablespoons finely grated orange zest (about 2 oranges)
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice (2 to 3 limes)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Freshly ground pepper
6 beef rib chop steaks (each about 12 ounces and 1 inch thick)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Make the mojo sauce: Toast the cumin seeds in a dry small skillet over high heat, swirling the pan occasionally, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Grind the cumin seeds, garlic, chile, and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt with a mortar and pestle until the mixture forms a coarse paste. Transfer to a small bowl.

    Step 2

    Heat the oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Pour over the chile mixture. Let cool completely. Stir in the juices, orange zest, and parsley; season with pepper. The sauce can be refrigerated, covered, until ready to use, up to 2 days (bring to room temperature before serving).

    Step 3

    Heat the grill to medium (if using a charcoal grill, the coals are ready when you can hold your hand 5 inches above grill for 5 to 6 seconds). Season the rib chops with salt and pepper. Grill, turning once, until cooked to desired doneness, 3 to 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Serve with the mojo sauce.

The cookbook cover with a blue background and fine typeface.
Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.
Read More
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.
This chicken salad nails it—creamy, herby, and endlessly riffable.
Filberts, goobers, scaly bark nuts: Explore the world beyond almonds in this guide.
Like crispy gnocchi caprese and raspberry—brown butter skillet cake.
A flurry of fresh tarragon makes this speedy weeknight dish of seared cod and luscious, sun-colored pan sauce feel restaurant worthy.
The secret to flavorful, never-greasy eggplant parm? Brine the eggplant first.
Like hot honey chicken with peaches and a dirty martini spritz.
No grill needed for this just-charred-enough sweet and spicy chicken.