Fresh Authentic Mexican Salsa Recipes

AUTHENTIC MEXICAN SALSA ROJA

Steps:

• Heat a large cast iron skillet or a heavy-bottomed skillet over high heat. Add the tomatoes and the chiles to the pan and char on all sides, rotating the vegetables occasionally until blackened. This can take about 6 minutes for the chiles and 10 to 15 minutes for the tomatoes. The tomato skins should begin to pull away from the flesh and the chiles will look blistered.
• Transfer the chiles to a cutting board and allow them to cool. Place the tomatoes, including any charred skin that has completely fallen off, in the bowl of a food processor or blender. Pulse a couple of times for about 10 seconds or until the tomatoes are blended but with a few small chunks for texture.
• Transfer the blended tomatoes to a bowl. Cut the charred chiles in half lengthwise and remove the stems and seeds. You can remove the ribs if you don't like the salsa too spicy. Chop the chiles into small dice.
• Mix the chiles, onions and cilantro with the tomatoes until combined. Stir in the lime juice and salt. Taste and season with additional lime juice and salt, if needed. Cover and refrigerate until cooled. Serve with chips.

FRESH MEXICAN SALSA

Steps:

• Char the tomatoes over a gas grill or under the flame of a hot broiler for 2 minutes to char the skin, turning them until the peel blisters. Slip off the peel, and the flesh should still be firm. Remove the green stem core and cut the tomatoes in half vertically. Use a teaspoon to scoop out the seeds and discard.
• In the food processor, drop in the garlic, cilantro, green onions and jalapenos into the bowl of the food processor to chop for just a few seconds.
• Add all the remaining ingredients from the recipe, tomatoes, Serrano chili, the chopped green chilies and lime juice. The texture is somewhere between a chow-chow relish and a textured puree. You want to see tiny bits of all the vegetables throughout the salsa. Salt and pepper to taste.
• Place in fridge for approximately one hour.

AUTHENTIC MEXICO GARDEN FRESH SALSA/HOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Boil Tomatoes & Jalapeños in large pot of water until tomato skins wrinkle.
• Remove Tomatoes & Jalapeños from water and carefully remove tomato skins. Discard skins.
• Remove stems from Jalapeños and depending on desired level of heat desired, you may remove some or all of the seeds and pods inside the peppers.
• Place Tomatoes and Jalapenos into VitaMix or Blender.
• Add crushed Garlic Cloves, Cilantro Leaves, Quartered Onion, Ground Cumin (Comino) to VitaMix or Blender.
• Briefly pulse ingredients until desired consistency. Do not liquefy, but blend smoother than typical Pico de Gallo.
• Put large pot back on stove and add 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil. Heat oil over medium heat.
• Carefully add salsa mix from VitaMix or Blender (if oil too hot, mixture will splatter - be careful).
• Cook salsa over medium heat for 10 minutes stirring frequently.
• Add Salt & Pepper to taste.
• Can be served warm with home made tortilla chips - refrigerate balance.

SIMPLE MEXICAN SALSA

Steps:

• Chop up the tomatoes to your preferred size.
• Dice the onion (if it is a large onion you may only want to use half).
• Chop up the cilantro and the pepper.
• Put it all into a bowl and squeeze all of the juice from the lime on top.
• Add a bit of salt.
• stir it up.
• enjoy!

FRESH TOMATO MEXICAN SALSA

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Serve with chips.