Hoppin Garlic Habanero Salsa Recipes

HABANERO SALSA - RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat a pan to medium heat and add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the chopped tomatoes, habaneros and onion. Cook them down, stirring a bit, about 5 minutes to soften.
• Add the garlic and stir. Cook another minute, until you can smell the awesome garlic.
• Scoop the contents into a blender or food processor along with the vinegar, lime juice, salt, and optional seasonings. Blend until smooth.
• Heat the same pan back to low heat and add the remaining olive oil. Pour the salsa into the pan and let it simmer for 15 minutes to let the flavors develop.
• Cool and store in the refrigerator, covered. It is best served chilled.

HABANERO SALSA

Steps:

• Roast jalapenos over a grill or gas burner until completely blackened. Seal in a plastic bag or a bowl covered with plastic wrap, and allow to steam until skins are loosened. When cool, remove skin, stem, and seeds.
• Place jalapenos, onions, garlic, sugar, salt, and pepper into the bowl of a blender or food processor. Pulse to chop and blend, then pour into a large bowl, and mix with the can of green chiles, cilantro, and lime juice. Pulse the tomatoes in batches to desired size, and add to green chile mixture.
• Return one cup of chopped tomatoes to the blender along with the habanero, and puree well. Strain the puree to remove any large pieces of habanero, and add to the tomatoes. Mix well, cover, and chill in the refrigerator at least one hour to allow flavors to blend.

MANGO HABANERO SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Place habanero pepper, mango, and onion on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil; toss to coat evenly.
• Roast on the middle rack of the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Turn on the oven's broiler and roast for 5 more minutes. Move baking pan to the oven's top shelf; broil until onion and mango begin to brown and habanero pepper blisters, about 3 more minutes. Remove and slightly cool.
• Wearing gloves, remove stem from habanero pepper and place pepper in a small food processor or blender; add mango, onion, garlic, cilantro, lime juice, and salt. Season with black pepper and cumin. Pulse until salsa is combined and slightly chunky. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving for flavors to blend.

HABANERO GARLIC MOLCAJETE SALSA

Steps:

• On a preheated griddle or skillet at medium heat, add the habanero peppers and garlic with skins on. After a few minutes, the peppers and garlic will begin to become aromatic. Turn as needed for the next 15 minutes. The peppers should have blackened and blistered in some spots. Remove skins from garlic.
• To the molcajete, add the peeled garlic, oregano and 1/3 teaspoon of kosher salt. Grind until you have a smooth paste. Gradually add the roasted habanero peppers a few at a time. I processed this salsa in my molcajete, but I would suggest using rubber gloves. A mini chopper work great too!
• Stir in the lime juice and just enough water to be able to mix it all together. Taste for salt. Be careful of the fumes anytime working with hot peppers, especially habanero.

HOPPIN' HABANERO-LIME CHICKEN FAJITAS

Steps:

• In a 1-gallon zip-lock plastic bag, combine lime juice, tequila, oil, cumin, oregano, 6 tablespoons hot sauce, and garlic. Add chicken and onions, seal, and chill at least 15 minutes or up to 2 hours, turning occasionally.
• Combine tomatoes and 1/4 teaspoon to 1 1/2 teaspoons hot sauce; set aside.
• Oil a barbecue grill over a solid bed of hot coals or gas grill on high heat (you can hold your hand at grill level only 2 to 3 seconds). Lift onions from marinade and place on grill. Close lid on gas grill. Cook onions for 3 minutes, turn, cook a couple more minutes, then turn over and baste with marinade.
• Lift chicken from marinade and place on grill; close gas grill. Turn and baste chicken and onions occasionally until onions are soft and browned and meat is no longer pink in thickest part (cut to test), about 8 minutes. Transfer chicken and onions to a board and keep warm.
• Heat tortillas on grill, turning once, until softened and lightly speckled brown, 30 to 60 seconds.
• Slice chicken crosswise. Place portions of chicken, onions, and beans in tortillas. Top with tomatoes, sour cream, and a squeeze of lime. Fold up bottom of tortillas, then fold in sides.

ROASTED HABANERO SALSA FROM HELL

Steps:

• Combine tablespoon of olive oil and garlic and mix well.
• Rub tomato halves with this mixture, sprinkle with salt and freshly cracked pepper and roast in 500-degree oven until they begin to take o some serious color, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven, cool to room temperature and dice.
• Meanwhile, grill habanero peppers over a medium-hot fire until slightly colored, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Remove peppers from fire and mince.
• Be very careful when working with this pepper.
• Wear gloves when mincing it, and if you get any of the juice on your skin, wash it off with a mild bleach solution, which neutralizes the capsaicin.
• Also, be sure not to rub your eyes while working with these peppers, and wash your hands well after you're done.
• These little guys are incendiary.
• In medium-size bowl, combine tomatoes, peppers, 1/4 cup olive oil, lime juice and cilantro, mix well, and prepare for takeoff.

HABANERO-GARLIC SALSA

Steps:

• Combine the habaneros and garlic in a small skillet over medium heat. Cook, shaking the skillet occasionally, until the garlic browns all over and softens a bit and the chiles brown, about 10 minutes. (If the smoke bothers you, turn down the heat a bit or partially wrap the garlic and chiles in foil and roast in a 400°F oven for about 30 minutes.) Stem and seed the chiles (then wash your hands).
• Combine the chiles, garlic, lime juice, and salt in a food processor and turn the machine on, stopping it to scrape down the sides as necessary. Process until the mixture is pasty. Serve or cover and refrigerate for up to a few days.