Smoked Chili Marinade

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup chopped onion
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 jalapeno chile, minced
• 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
• 1/2 cup wine vinegar
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons coarsely cracked black peppercorns
• salt

Recipe

• 1 in a food processor or blender puree the onion, garlic, and jalapeno.
• 2 add the vinegar, orange juice, orange zest, oil, oregano, cumin and pepper and process for 30 seconds.
• 3 season with salt to taste.
• 4 this can be doubled or tripled.
• 5 meats can be marinated up to 6 to 8 hours, chicken and poultry up to 3 hours.