Cilantro Red Salsa Restaurant-Style

This is an excellent red salsa, with great flavor. It's very classic restaurant flavor and tastes incredible, if you are looking for that restaurant flavor.

Prep Time15

Cook Time5

Total Time20

Course: Sauce, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, Mexican

Keyword: Basics, Salsa, Summer

Servings: cups

Calories: 127kcal

Ingredients

4 Roma tomatoes quartered
4 arbol chiles for medium spice; use 1 for mild
1 jalapeño stemmed and quartered
3 cloves garlic peeled and trimmed
1 medium white onion quartered
2 tsp salt
½ cup cilantro loosely packed
1 lime juiced
2 tbsp grapeseed oil or other light oil

Instructions

Toast and char:

In a dry skillet over medium heat, toast the dried arbol chiles for ~30 seconds per side until fragrant but not burnt. Place in the blender.
In the same skillet, dry-roast the tomato quarters, onion, jalapeño and garlic until they have some blackened spots, about 5-7 minutes.

Blend:

Add everything except the oil to the blender, and blend.
Blend until smooth and pourable. Taste and adjust salt or lime. Add more cilantro for herbal freshness or more chile if you want more heat.

Finish:

Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat, then carefully pour in the blended salsa. Let it simmer for 2–3 minutes to deepen the flavor and mellow any harsh edges.

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