Description
Salsa Roja is a vibrant blend of roma tomatoes, jalapenos, and fresh cilantro. It’s an easy and flavorful accompaniment for your favorite meals or a quick dip for snacks. Perfect for anyone looking for homemade, fresh flavors!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound roma tomatoes, cored and sliced in half vertically
- 1/4 small onion, unpeeled
- 1 clove garlic, unpeeled and whole
- 1 jalapeno
- 1 dried ancho chile, stem and seeds removed, torn into small pieces
- 3 teaspoons canned chipotle in adobo sauce, minced, divided
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves and stems, chopped coarsely
- Kosher salt, to taste
Instructions
- Tear the ancho chile into small pieces and place in a blender or food processor. Process until finely chopped, around 20-30 seconds.
- Add 3 or 4 halved tomatoes and 1 teaspoon of the chipotle in adobo sauce to the food processor. Pulse several times, scraping the sides until the tomatoes are finely chopped. Let this mixture sit for 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to broil and prepare a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place the remaining tomatoes, skin side down, along with the whole jalapeno and onion quarter on the sheet. Broil in the oven, 4 to 5 inches from the broiler element, for 4-6 minutes until tomatoes blister and jalapeno blackens.
- Turn the onion and jalapeno, adding the whole clove of garlic to the baking sheet. Continue to roast until all vegetables are blackened, roughly another 3-4 minutes.
- Once cool enough to handle, peel the garlic, slice the jalapeno in half, and remove the seeds, white ribs, and stem.
- Combine the whole garlic, jalapeno, onion, roasted tomatoes, salt, and cilantro in the food processor, and blend until smooth. Adjust seasoning with salt and more chipotle to taste.
- Store the Salsa Roja in an airtight container for up to a week.
Notes
For a spicier salsa, leave some seeds in the jalapeno.
Use fresh ingredients for the best flavor.
Great for tacos, burritos, or as a dip for chips.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 25
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 0.5g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 5g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg