Roasted Onion Salsa Recipes

ROASTED GREEN ONION SALSA VERDE, NIGHTSHADE FREE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 F / 230 C. Pour the avocado oil onto a rimmed baking sheet. When the oven comes up to temperature, place the oiled baking sheet into the oven until the oil is shimmering hot (although not smoking), about 5 - 6 minutes.
• Trim the roots from the green onions. Slice the top of the head of garlic off and discard. Cut the onion in half through the root, then peel and discard the skin. When the oiled baking sheet is hot as described above, use tongs to place the onion on the sheet, cut sides down. Add the head of garlic, cut side up, as well as the green onions. Spread the green onions out so they're as close to a single layer as you can manage. Be careful, as the hot oil may splatter a little when the vegetables are added and make sure none of the green onion tips overlap the edge of the baking sheet, or they will burn.
• Roast the green onions, turning every five minutes or so, until they are tender and soft, with golden charred marks throughout. For larger, thicker, wild or farmer's market green onions, this will take 15 - 20 minutes. For thinner, smaller or grocery store green onions, this will take much less time, so you'll want to watch them at around the 10 - 12 minute mark. You'll need to keep an eye on them, because you want lovely golden brown char marks, but you don't want the green onions to burn or blacken as that will result in a bitter salsa. When the green onions are done, remove them from the baking sheet and continue to roast the onion and garlic until the onion halves are a deep golden brown, about 20 - 25 minutes total cook time.
• Set the garlic aside to cool slightly. Remove the root ends of the onion and roughly chop the onion into a few chunks. Add the green onions (both white and green parts) and onion to a high powered blender, along with the chicken broth, cilantro, lime juice and sea salt. When the garlic is cool enough to handle, squeeze the roasted garlic from the cloves and add it to the blender, too. Puree on high until the salsa is evenly combined and smooth. Taste and add additional lime juice or salt if you like. For a thinner salsa, just add an extra splash or so of broth or water.
• Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for 2 - 3 days or the freezer for a few months. The salsa will separate a little after some time in the fridge, but a quick stir will set things right again.

ROASTED SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a roasting pan or baking sheet with aluminum foil and coat with cooking spray.
• Arrange tomatoes, cut-side down, in the roasting pan; add Anaheim chile peppers, jalapeno peppers, and poblano peppers, all skin-side up. Add onions and garlic to roasting pan. Spray the vegetable mixture with cooking spray.
• Roast in the preheated oven until tomato and chile pepper skins are blistered and charred, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 10 to 15 minutes, keeping skins on tomatoes and chile peppers.
• Blend tomato-chile pepper mixture, lime juice, cilantro, cider vinegar, oregano, cumin, kosher salt, black pepper, and celery salt in a food processor using quick pulses until desired consistency is reached. Refrigerate salsa in an air-tight container.

QUICK-ROASTED SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Place the tomatoes, garlic, onion, jalapeno and poblano onto a baking sheet. Drizzle with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast until charred in spots, about 15 minutes. Set aside and allow to cool slightly, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer the roasted vegetables to a blender. Add the lime zest and juice and puree until smooth, being careful not to fill the blender too full. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the cilantro. Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed. Goes great with chips or alongside enchiladas.

ROASTED TOMATO SALSA I

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler.
• In a medium baking dish, place roma (plum) tomatoes, garlic, onion and jalapeno chile pepper. Drizzle with olive oil.
• Checking often, broil 5 to 10 minutes, or until outsides of vegetables are charred.
• Remove vegetables from heat. Remove and discard tomato cores, jalapeno stem and garlic skins.
• In a food processor, coarsely chop the charred vegetables. Transfer to a medium bowl and mix in cumin, salt, lime juice and cilantro.

ROASTED SALSA

Steps:

• Place the chilies in a small bowl and cover with boiling water. Soak for 20 minutes. Drain, remove and discard stems and set chilies aside.
• Preheat broiler. Place tomatoes, onions and garlic in a bowl, add oil, salt and pepper and toss. Place vegetables on a pan lined with foil and broil about 6 inches from heat, until browned, about 8 minutes.
• Blend the vegetables and chilies in a blender until smooth. Add sugar and lemon juice and blend until combined. Season to taste with salt and serve.

ROASTED ONION SALSA

Steps:

• Place onions on a baking sheet and roast in a preheated oven (400*) until skins are browned and onions are fork tender, about 1 hour.
• Transfer to a bowl until cool enough to handle. Peel and dice onions, reserving any juices.
• In a bowl, combine roasted onions and liquid, bell pepper, vinegar, Dijon, thyme and oregano. Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour before serving.