fresh tomato salsa

Name: Fresh Tomato Salsa
Ingredients: 4 pound(s) vine-ripened tomatoes; 1/2 cup(s) chopped onion; 1 cup(s) fresh cilantro; 1 - serrano or jalapeno chiles; 2 teaspoon(s) minced garlic; 1 teaspoon(s) sugar; 3 tablespoon(s) lime juice; - kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper; - oregano, dried, to taste

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Maven Argyle

Glen Dale, WV

Updated on Dec 2, 2009

I am a fan of fairly straight-forward salsa... nothing too fancy or exotic. This basic recipe packs all the flavor punch you could want. I recently tried adding the oregano and now it's my new "secret" weapon... Give it a try!

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Ingredients

4 pounds vine-ripened tomatoes
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 cup fresh cilantro
1 - serrano or jalapeno chiles
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons lime juice
- kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
- oregano, dried, to taste

How To Make fresh tomato salsa

Step 1

Quarter and seed tomatoes.

Step 2

Dice the tomatoes and transfer to a bowl.
Step 3

Finely chop onion and cilantro.
Step 4

Seed and chop the chiles.
Step 5

Stir chiles, onion, cilantro and garlic into tomatoes with sugar and lime juice and season with salt, pepper and oregano.
Step 6

Note: For a less chunky texture, try using a food processor or blender... works great!
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