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Mexican salsa roja from roasted tomatoes

Mexican salsa roja from roasted tomatoes

Name: Mexican salsa roja from roasted tomatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 portions
Ingredients: 500 g tomatoes; 2 pcs jalapeño peppers; 1 pc white onion; 3 cloves garlic; 1 handful coriander; 1 pc lime; 1 teaspoon salt

Jakub SýkoraSpicyMexican Cuisine x se líbilo

You let the tomatoes, jalapeños, onion and garlic char in the oven, then blend them into a sauce. That is how a real Mexican salsa roja gets its deep red color and smoky depth, which a raw sauce never has. You finish the purée with fresh cilantro and a squeeze of lime. In Mexico you find it on the table with every taco, with nachos and with scrambled eggs. You control the heat with the number of chilies.

Příprava: 10min

Vaření: 15min

CELKOVÝ ČAS: 25min

Step by step process

Roasting the vegetables

1
For the salsa roja, first heat the oven to its highest grill setting. Halve the tomatoes, cut the white onion into quarters and spread them on a lined baking sheet along with the jalapeños and the unpeeled garlic cloves.
2
Slide the sheet under the hot grill for about 12 minutes, until the skins of the tomatoes and chilies blacken and start to split. Turn the pieces halfway through so they char on all sides.

Blending

3
Let the roasted vegetables cool for a few minutes. Peel off the blackened skins from the tomatoes and jalapeños, cut the stems off the chilies and scrape out the hot seeds if you like, then squeeze the garlic cloves out of their skins.
4
Put all the vegetables into a blender, add the cilantro leaves and the lime juice. Blend until smooth, or only briefly if you prefer a sauce with small chunks.
5
Taste the salsa and season with salt. If it is too thick, thin it with a spoonful of lukewarm water so it pours easily from a spoon.

Serving

6
Pour the finished salsa into a bowl and let it rest for at least 15 minutes so the flavors come together. Serve it at room temperature or chilled with tacos, nachos and scrambled eggs.