Salsa

Fruity salsa is...well...fruity

 

Salsa fresca is the best salsa to me. I haven't bought a store-bought salsa that's blown my mind yet. They all are either too sweet, too chemically-tasting, etc. The one exception that I've liked is HEB's hot salsa in the plastic container (which, I think, is basically salsa fresca). And I like that their hot is actually kinda hot. But that's something anybody can make at home. It's basically salsa fresca/pico de gallo ground down a bit more.

My favorite salsa is tomatoes, cilantro, onions, serranos, garlic, lime juice, some salt if you want it.

 

That’s pretty much what I use to make my salsa. I’ll throw a jalapeño or two in there from the garden depending on who is eating it.

I grow a lot of jalapeños and habaneros and I make jelly out of them in the fall. It’s so good, but make sure you can air your house out while doing it!

 

Theres this grill guy i subscribe to on YouTube who has a bunch of mexican and salsa videos. I haven tried any yet, but in my mind, the best salsa in the world is made by someone who looks exactly like this guy.

 

we're big on roasted Roma tomato salsa with adobo chiles. The usual garlic, onion, spices etc.

 

I dehydrate all kinds of peppers including scorpion, ghost, reaper, etc. peppers and make chili oil out of flakes of peppers I grew and ground in-house, so I'm used to having "death in the air". It can be painful, but worth it. I probably should be doing it in the garage or outside, though. Either that or invest in a gas mask.

Thanks for posting that. I only learned about salsa macha a couple of years ago. From what I could tell, it's basically Chinese chili oil with different peppers. I need to try some of these recipes. I've about given up on the store stuff. It always ends up being a waste of $5. lol.

 

I made some Ghanaian green pepper sauce once that was pretty decent, but I know I did something wrong because it didn't taste anything like what one of my co-workers made years ago and brought for me. Whatever she made was hot and tasted good. Mine was just "ok". But I just picked a random YouTube video to try and make mine.

In any case, looks like Skip's brother makes salsa macha pretty much the same way as ArnieTex does in the previous vides, with a different pepper (he replaces ancho peppers with cascabels). If I didn't have so much chili oil to go through already, I'd be making some salsa macha this week.

 

Skip was writing for the Dallas Morning News when I was in high school and I'm old.

 

I tried this for the first time with my quesadillas and it was delicious. I also like the spicy green salsa

 

Regarding Skip/Rick, I'm going to spoiler this because it's way off-topic, but if you've never seen this, you should watch it :

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If you like a good green tomatillo salsa, would suggest looking into green Chiliquiles as a breakfast. Its basically fried up old tortillas dunked in a pool of green tomatillo salsa until they become soggy, and covered in salty cohilla cheese.

Usually have it with some beans or eggs. The tortillas are basically a delivery vehicle for the salsa. Think of it as corn flakes with green salsa instead of milk for breakfast. There's a red version as well, but i always do green. Also, it tastes much better than it sounds, and it is basically a big plate of spicy acidic green salsa.

 

I like my salsa hot enough to make me sorry I ate it.