cactus (napales) salsa

Name: Cactus (Napales) Salsa
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pound(s) cactus leafs, cleaned and diced; 4 - roma tomatoes, seeded and diced; 1 - onions, vidalia, peeled and diced; 3 - jalapenos, fresh minced; 4 clove(s) garlic minced; 1 bunch(es) cilantro, fresh chopped; 6 - fresh limes juiced; 1 teaspoon(s) sea salt

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Lou Kostura

Cleveland, OH

Updated on Jul 26, 2014

This is such tasty stuff, years ago a Mexican friend of mine showed me how to prepare cactus leafs. I'm so glad he did as this makes a wonderful salsa. The nice thing with this is you can heat it up or tone it down to your taste. I've actually toned this batch down from my normal salsa as I wanted the flavor of the cactus to shine thru.

Rate

prep time 30 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Stove Top

yield 6 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds cactus leafs, cleaned and diced
4 - roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
1 - onions, vidalia, peeled and diced
3 - jalapenos, fresh minced
4 cloves garlic minced
1 bunch cilantro, fresh chopped
6 - fresh limes juiced
1 teaspoon sea salt

How To Make cactus (napales) salsa

Step 1

Clean stickers from cactus leafs, cut into 1/4 inch dice. Place in pot of water and boil 10 minutes.

Step 2

Drain and rinse cactus in cold water
Step 3

Mix all ingredients in bowl and refrigerate 2hours. Mix again and serve with chips
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