Sunday, May 30, 2010

Salsa

It never turns out the same because I don't use any standard measurements, but here's the basic outline for my salsa.

4 Whole, fresh tomatoes
1-2 cloves garlic
Half an onion
4-8 Peppers (Jalapeno, Serrano, Habanero, whatever sounds good)
Salt

Usually I use one or two peppers for every tomato, but you can change it depending on how hot you want it and what kind of pepper you're using. I like to use 3 or 4 Jalapenos and 2 or 3 Serranos.
  • Rip the stems off the peppers and cut the stem base out of the tomatoes
  • Put the peppers and tomatoes in a pot of water, and place on the stove on High
  • Remove from heat after the water starts to boil and the skin starts to fall off the tomatoes
  • Peel the skin off the tomatoes (I usually run then under cold water while doing this to keep from burning myself) and put the tomatoes and peppers in the blender
  • Add the onion and garlic to the blender along with about half to one cup of water from the pot (amount of water changes the thickness of the salsa)
  • Blend everything together, at least until there are no big chunks of anything
  • Add salt to taste (usually 1/4 to 1/2 tsp.)
  • Serve with chips or over anything you want!

1 comment:

Maria Bone said...

Wear gloves when handling peppers!