Tag: homemade salsa
Grilled Ancho Chili Tomato Salsa
The best salsa you will ever have…
- 4 cups cherry tomatoes
- Drizzle of olive oil
- Sprinkle of salt
Mix the tomatoes with the oil and salt in a bowl. Grill the tomatoes in a grilling pan on medium heat for about 30 minutes till tomatoes are soft. Process the tomatoes in a food processor till smooth. Pour into a serving bowl and cool off.
- ½ cup cilantro, chopped
- Juice of 1 to 2 lemons
- 2 teaspoons salt or to taste
- 2 teaspoons ancho chili powder
Add the cilantro, lemon juice, salt and ancho chili powder to the tomato sauce. Mix well and check for seasonings. Serve with tortilla chips or as a sauce for steak, chicken or fish.
Fresh Smoked Paprika Tomato Salsa
This recipe is a continuation of yesterdays dinner idea. I talked about the amazing meal I had in Mexico- I would love to go back and eat the same exact meal but here I am, in my kitchen- all I can do is replicate the flavors…
Anyway, one of the key things in Mexican food are all the salsas. Most of us buy bottled ones from our supermarkets and no matter how much you pay for them- they don’t taste as good as the ones you can make at home.
Salsas are very easy to make and don’t really require any special ingredients. That being said, you can definitely improve upon a plain old salsa. In this case, I used the usual ingredients for a tomato salsa including, onion, garlic, cilantro but I added an extra component to this recipe which elevated it to a completely different level- in my humble opinion. I added my favorite ingredient- smoked paprika. I think if I ever was stranded on a deserted island, I would have to take smoked paprika with me. It makes everything delicious.
Try this salsa with the pulled chicken tacos or just with tortilla chips and a cold beer- well, some wine in my case but either way it is really good…
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