My Favorite Salsa’s
| | My Favorite Salsa’s |
Ingredients
Salsa Fresca
- 4 large vine-ripened tomatoes, or 7-8 Roma tomatoes, diced
- 1-2 fresh jalapeno peppers, seeded and very coarsly chopped
- 4cloves fresh garlic, minced or chopped fine
- 1/4cup chopped red onion, diced fine
- 1/2cup green onion, chopped fine
- 1/4cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1-2tablespoons red wine vinegar
- juice of one lime
- 1tablespoon olive oil
- 2teaspoons Mexican oregano
- 1teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 – 1teaspoon sea salt
- 1teaspoon pepper
Grilled Eggplant Salsa
- 6large cloves garlic, unpeeled
- 4 large, whole shallots, unpeeled
- 3 large Asian eggplants or 1 large eggplant
- 1 poblano chile
- 1-2 fresh Thai chiles (bird chiles) or large jalapeno, minced
- 1 poblano chile
- 1tablespoon fish sauce
- 2level tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves, chopped fine
- salt and pepper to taste
- olive oil for greasing baking sheet
- pita chips, crackers or crustini toast
Instructions
Salsa Fresca
- In a bowl, combine above ingredients. (Or use a food processor, pulsing a few times until desired consistency.) Don’t over pulse. Serve with tortilla chips. Note: Salsa is best when refrigerated for 1-2 hours to allow the flavors to blend. Store in an airtight container.
Grilled Eggplant Salsa
- Preheat oven broiler to 400 degrees. Grease a baking sheet with olive oil. Place unpeeled garlic, whole shallots, eggplants and poblano chile on baking sheet and place under broiler about 4-5 inches from broiler. Turn vegetables often to brown and soften on all sides. Remove vegetables as they soften. (Garlic and shallots will soften first, then poblano chile and finally eggplant.) Eggplant will take about 8 minutes. When cool enough to handle, peel garlic, shallots and poblano chile and place in a food processor. Pulse several times but leave chunky. Scrape the eggplant flesh from the skin into the food processor. Pulse once or twice to combine. Transfer the mixture to a bowl. Stir in minced chile, fish sauce and cilantro. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm or at room temperature with pita chips, crackers or crustini.
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