roasted tomato salsa
This is another recipe from my Mexican friend. The roasting makes all the difference. Otherwise it would just be pico de gallo! It is not exact. I just watched him and learned.
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prep time
20 Min
cook time
5 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
about 3 cups
Ingredients
- 2 large tomatoes
- 1 medium onion, cut in very thick slices
- 1 - jalapeno pepper
- 1 - handful fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 - lime
- - salt and pepper to taste
How To Make roasted tomato salsa
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Step 1Roast tomato, onion slices and jalapeno on an open fire until charred and slightly soft. I do this on a rack placed over my burner on my gas stove. The tomato will split and start to juice. Oh well. Just let it char. This is what my Mexican friend did. It does work. (a little clean up later) I also thread the onion slices on a metal skewer. He did not, but I do. They start to fall apart. Watch this every second and turn vegetables as needed. You could do this on a gas grill or maybe in the broiler? Never tried that. Anyway, this step is important.
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Step 2After roasting vegatables, take stem off of pepper. Add whole pepper, whole tomatoes, and onion into a blender while still hot. Put in cilantro and squeeze half the lime into the blender as well.
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Step 3Pulse until desired consistency. Taste and add seasonings and add more lime if needed. It gets better as it sits.
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Step 4Simple ingredients. Simply delicious. Serve as a condiment over grilled meat or tacos, burritos, chips, whatever.
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Step 5Do not leave out the roasting. It makes the sauce. Find a way to do it.
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Step 6If this is not hot enough, or you think it will not be, prepare another jalapeno when roasting vegetables and use it in step 2. I never saw my friend use more than one.
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