Monday, July 23, 2012

MY FAVE Salsa Recipe

Kick Some Booty Salsa!
Ingredients:
1 can whole tomatoes, drained (cut through tomatoes a bit to drain juice)
1 can diced tomatoes (rotelle with green chiles will also work) - drained
2 cans stewed tomatoes (drained)
5 jalapeno peppers, cored and seeds removed
1 bunch cilantro - stems and all (just cut the bunch into quarters when feeding into food processor)
4 hot peppers (you pick whatever hot peppers you like) cored and seeds removed
1/2 of a yellow onion
2 cloves of crushed garlic
juice of 1 lime (some zest is nice too)
3 or 4 Tablespoons ground Cumin (I always go heavy on the Cumin).
Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions:
Wear plastic gloves (or  baggies on your hands) while coring and de-seeding the jalapenos and peppers. This will save you grief later. Be careful not to miss any, when you get rid of the seeds, they are the hottest part of the pepper. Do not touch eyes if you have touched the seeds or pepper juices with your bare hands. ouch.
Using food processor, finely chop the vegetable ingredients (may have to do it in batches depending on the size of your processor.  Mine is a big 12 cup one, and this salsa usually fills it up by the time I'm done).
Then add lime juice, cumin, salt, pepper, to taste.

Other Notes:
You can use fresh garden tomatoes if you prefer.
This salsa freezes well.
Caution: will get hotter while sitting in fridge so do not over-spice it.
Great on top of Nachos or Tacos
I like to save the drained juices from the Tomato cans, to use later for other meals or sauces.

Fun Gift Ideas:
That empty Tequila Bottle you have?  Clean it first, then fill with the salsa, and give to a friend as a gift.


2 comments:

MrsNick said...

Is this the salsa my mom always talks about? This looks so easy!

VSLane said...

hey girl! I am not sure if its the same salsa. But this is my fave all time recipe for Salsa. it is easy. Enjoy!