Mojo (sauce) is commonly used for fish, especially the proper "green mojo" (made with green pepper) but also coriander mojo ("mojo de cilantro") and parsley mojo ("mojo de perejil"). As coriander mojo and parsley mojo contain some water, they need to be kept in the fridge and have to be consumed within the two days after preparation. Red mojo, made of small red peppers from La Palma (called "pimienta picona") and paprika, is usually eaten with meat. Red and green mojo can be used interchangeably to season some dishes, prominently "papas arrugadas con salsa mojo", or "potatoes with mojo". Mojo is also
Parsley Parsley Parsley or garden parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the central Mediterranean region (southern Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Malta, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), naturalized elsewhere in Europe, and widely cultivated as a herb, a spice, and a vegetable. Where it grows as a biennial, in the first year, it forms a rosette of tripinnate leaves long with numerous leaflets, and a taproot used as a food store over the winter. Parsley is widely used in European, Middle Eastern, and American cooking. Curly leaf parsley is often used as a garnish.