My Mom's Roasted Red Salsa
This is a hot red salsa prepared with roasted tomatoes, dried chilies and other fresh ingredients. Perfect for a wide variety of dishes… breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Equipment
- 1 Blender
Ingredients
- 1 ounce Japanese Chile Pods (chile japones), sorted for freshness, more or less to taste.
- 3-4 large Roma tomatoes, or more as needed
- 1 bunch green onions
- 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro
- 3-4 fresh garlic cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt, or more to taste
- 1/4 cup water, or more as needed
Instructions
- Wash your cilantro, tomatoes and green onions. Trim the tops off the onions and only as much as you need to of the bottoms. Also trim the just enough of the stems off of the cilantro as needed. Only remove any parts that don't look fresh. Set aside with the garlic cloves and the rest of the ingredients.
- Turn on the vent to your stove and heat a cast iron skillet to medium-high heat. Take your sorted dried chilies and lightly toast them stirring and turning for a minute or two. You will see some black parts and that is perfect, just not so much that they are burned. Burned chilies will make a bitter salsa.
- Next I char my tomatoes and green onions on the grill or on a foil lined baking sheet under the broiler in the oven. The time varies by grill or oven. Anywhere from 5-15 minutes. The onions cook faster.
- When the chilies are toasted, the tomatoes and onions are roasted, place all the ingredients in your blender. Pulse a few times to get it going then blend on high for about 5 - 10 seconds. Taste and make adjustments as needed. Add an extra roasted tomato if it is too spicy. Add more toasted chilies if you want more heat. Add another garlic clove, cumin, or salt if you need more "flavor"
- When it has the right heat, salt, and consistency. Pour into a glass jar and let cool before serving or refrigerating. After it as cooled, you can divide and freeze in ziplock bags. Garnish with fresh cilantro, serve, and enjoy.
Notes
Nutritional values and servings are estimates only.
Nutrition
Calories: 12kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 0.5gFat: 0.2gSaturated Fat: 0.03gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.02gSodium: 198mgPotassium: 92mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 798IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 0.2mg
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