salsa recipe

[mlchorn]

Does anyone have a good, fairly easy homeade salsa recipe?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[jmrob93]

Boil 4 tomotoes, 3 jalapenos, 1 onion, 1 clove of garlic, a serano optional--drain tomatoes--ie squeeze out seeds to where you only have the meat

place in food processor with cilantro to taste, a sprinkle of cumin

this is salsa verses pico

for really different--El Paso style salsa-- buy dried anaheim/ Santa Fe chilis-- boil them to reconstitute-- place in a blender or food processor with some water then strain to catch the skin( a cullinder works) pushing the "meat" through-- add water to get the correct thickness, add garlic salt and cumin- simmer to get thick-- you can add a chili pequin to make it hot

 

[capnamerca]

Two tomatoes, fist sized (the fresher the better, organic is even better).
One white onion, fist sized
One bunch cilantro
One can rotel
2-3 jalapeno peppers, longer peppers better, shiny and bright green better
One 8oz can tomato paste
One 12oz can rotel, strained
4-5 cloves fresh garlic, or prepared garlic (the blue lid)
2 limes

Dice the tomatoes, and then strain them in a colander. I will sometimes take a flexible spoon and force the juices out. Set aside. Dice the onions roughly - if you have a food processor, even better. Set aside. Dice/prepare the jalapenos like the onions, set aside. Pull cilantro off the stems - I usually use about 2/3rds of the bunch, but more is always better. Combine garlic, onions, jalapenos, tomato paste and drained ro-tel into a blender, blend until mixed but not pureed. Add strained tomatoes and juice from 2 limes, blend to desired thickness (taste it, man!)

Rocks.

 

[jimmyjazz]

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[MaximumBarnes]

For a nice twist, take the ingredients listed in capn's post minus the paste and Rotel and plus about 1/4 cup of white vinegar and a little veggie oil, put them in a dutch oven (keep the tomatoes whole, peel the onion), and place it in a smoker for about 45 minutes to an hour. Take them out, add some salt and pepper and put them in a food processor and pulse until it's the desired consistency. It's awesome.

 

[Endust]

3 roma tomatoes
1/2 white or purple onion
2 limes
1 garlic clove
2 or 3 jalapenos (ideally 1 serrano and 2 jalapenos - seed them or not depending on your preference)
1 bunch of cilantro

finely dice onion and soak in lime juice for at least 30 minutes

halve tomatoes and peppers and sear in cast iron skillet (w/ garlic).

chop/blend tomatoes, onions, garlic and peppers in blender, add onion and chopped cilantro and salt to taste.

i like roasting in a skillet as opposed to a grill - smoke overpowers salsa.

this recipe is some variation of a salsa in rob walsh's tex mex cookbook.

highly recommended - a good read on history of tex mex.

Rob Walsh's TexMex Cookbook