I am a Mexican food fiend. It’s my favorite food group. Yep you read that right. Salsa is my test bed for whether or not a Mexican food place will be good or not. More often than not if the place has good salsa it will have great food.
That being said I have a lot of jalapeños and serrano chiles growing in my garden this year. I have had to figure out something to do with them. My usual go to is salsa. Sometimes I add them to salads and other fun things. This recipe makes a lot of salsa so you may want to share with your neighbors. It’s a good welcome to neighborhood or housewarming gift. My kids love this salsa, lately they have been taking it for lunches. I feel it’s much healthier than a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Have fun with it, it’s pretty forgiving if you want to add things too it.
Salsa of Awesomeness
Ingredients
- 1 28oz. Can Diced tomatoes
- 2 Cans Rotel hot chiles and tomatoes
- 1 Small onion chopped
- 5 Cloves garlic
- 1 t. Garlic powder or to taste
- 2 t. Kosher salt or to taste
- 1/4 t. Freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 t. Cumin
- 1 Bunch Cilantro, cut off stems
- 2 Jalapeños Peppers roughly chopped (less or more depending on how spicy you want it. If you want it less spicy remove the ribs and seeds)
- 2 Serrano peppers roughly chopped (less or more depending on how spicy you want it.)
- Juice of 1 Lime
- 4 Green onions
Directions
- Put all ingredients, except for green onions, in a blender.
- Pulse until everything is mixed and chunky, don’t overmix or it will be salsa soup. Adjust flavors and pulse again
- Pour into containers
- Chop green onions thin and stir them into the salsa.
- Eat up or put in the fridge for the flavors to marry for a few days.