| Homemade Roasted Salsas: Football Foodie Quick Hit |
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Total time: 35 mins
Ingredients
- About a pound or so of Roma tomatoes, seeds removed
- 3 tomatillos, paper leaf outside removed
- 3-4 jalapenos, seeds removed
- 1 onion
- 3-4 scallions
- 2-3 cloves of garlic
- juice from 3 limes
- 1 bunch of cilantro, divided
- 1-2 teaspoons salt, depending on taste
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (optional)
- 1-2 teaspoons ground ancho chili (optional)
- 1-2 teaspoons ground chipotle pepper (optional)
Instructions
- After you’ve removed the seeds from the tomatoes and the jalapenos, slice the tomatillos in half and roughly chop the onion.
- Lay on a foil lined pan and either grill or heat under a hot broiler.
- Grill until the tomatoes have wilted and you have a good char on all of the vegetables. Set aside to cool for a couple of minutes.
- Toss in a blender or food processor (or chop by hand) the roasted vegetables, the scallions, half a bunch of cilantro and 1-2 teaspoons of salt.
- Chop to desired consistency.
- OPTIONAL
- In a large skillet, heat one tablespoon of vegetable oil. Spoon in a small amount of salsa. Watch it crackle and pop, and once it’s simmering all over add a small amount more. Repeat the process until all of the salsa is simmering in the pan,
- Cook until thickened, stirring frequently. After a few minutes, you’ll have a simply amazing thick salsa.
- Once the salsa has thickened, set it aside to cool.
- Chop the remaining cilantro and add to the salsa.
- Decide how much heat you want in your chip adornment and try to get a feeling for how many people are going to want spicy salsa and how many are going to want mild. A smart bet is to just divide the batch in half and then add ground ancho chili to the mild and ground chipotle for the spicy to taste.
- If you know you want super hot salsa, use a chipotle pepper packed in adobe sauce. I just prefer ground chipotle for salsa because it’s easier to control the heat.
- Serve
Notes
Salsa is great just from the blender without the extra steps if you don't want them.
Recipe by sarah sprague at http://sarahsprague.com/2011/09/21/homemade-roasted-salsas-football-foodie-quick-hit/