Chile Garden Salsa Recipes

GARDEN SALSA

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, green pepper, onions, garlic, vinegar, lemon juice, oil, jalapeno and seasonings. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Serve with chips.

HATCH CHILE SALSA - RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Slice the Hatch chile peppers and tomatoes in half lengthwise. Remove the seeds from the peppers. Set them all onto baking sheets.
• Slice the onion into chunks and place them onto the baking sheets.
• Place the garlic on the baking sheets as well.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the pepper skins are nicely charred.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool. Peel the skins from the peppers and tomatoes and discard. Drop the peppers and tomatoes into a food processor.
• Squeeze garlic from their skins and place them into the food processor along with the onion.
• Add lime juice, cilantro and salt. Process until smooth.
• Adjust for salt and set into a covered bowl.
• Refrigerate a few hours to allow flavors to mingle.

CRUNCHY GARDEN SALSA

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. In another bowl, combine the water, tomato sauce, tomato paste, garlic, lemon juice and pepper; stir into the vegetable mixture. Serve with chips. Refrigerate leftovers.

GREEN SALSA

Steps:

• In a food processor, place tomatillos, shallots, garlic, green chile peppers, cilantro, jalapeno pepper and salt. Using the pulse setting, coarsely chop. Cover and chill in the refrigerator until serving.

SPICY GARDEN SALSA

Steps:

• Add peeled red onion, salt, white vinegar and minced garlic to blender.
• Add tomatoes - Use standard tomatoes (not roma, cherry, etc.) If possible, get ones that are vine ripened. Choosing good tomatoes makes a huge difference in the flavor!
• Add Jalapeños to blender based on your preferences to the following - Leave seeds in for some good heat. Remove them to make a milder salsa. Jalapeños can vary widely on their heat. The ones that are solid green are more mild, while the ones with the white striations up the sides are the hottest.
• Cilantro - grab the leafy end of the cilantro and pull off the thicker stems at the bottom. Add leafy part of cilantro to blender.
• Coarsely blend all ingredients and refrigerate for at least 2 hours to allow flavors to meld.

THREE CHILE DRY ROASTED TOMATILLO SALSA

Steps:

• Place the tomatillos, chiles, garlic cloves, and onion in a dry, cast iron pan. Toast, turning occasionally over medium-high heat until the husks of the tomatillos have blackened and their skins turn translucent. The goal is to soften the tomatillos by blackening the skin without allowing them to split. Remove from pan, and allow to cool slightly.
• Remove the husks from the tomatillos and the stems from the peppers. Place into the bowl of a food processor with the cilantro and salt to taste; process to desired consistency. Pour the salsa into a saucepan, and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes to mellow the flavors and remove the raw taste.

CHILE GARDEN SALSA

Steps:

• Chop one of the tomatoes coarsely and place in a blender with one each of the jalapenos, habaneros, serranos, and the lime juice.
• Pulse until the mixture has broken down into a sauce.
• Chop the other tomato; also finely chop the remaining jalapeno, habanero, and serrano, placing all in a small bowl.
• Mix in onions, cilantro, and mixture from blender.
• Add salt and adjust to taste.
• Allow to sit 1-2 hours to blend flavors before serving.