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Simple Salsa Recipe


Simple Salsa Recipe
Your basic 'pico de gallo.' This recipe can be modified to your liking. All of the ingredients are guidelines, feel free to change the amounts, or the preparation (e.g. roast the garlic, or the peppers etc.) This recipe calls for 5 peppers which ma... More

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Ingredients
  • 5 Fresh Chile Peppers (Jalapenos, Serranos, or Habaneros work well), diced
  • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 medium sized onion, chopped
  • 2 medium sized tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 limes, halved
  • 1 tbsp vinegar (optional)
  • salt to taste

Directions
  1. In a metal mixing bowl combine the vinegar, peppers, garlic and cilantro
  2. Add the juice of one lime, and stir with a fork
  3. Add the onion and the tomato
  4. Add 1/2 of the remaining lime, stir
  5. If needed, add remaining lime
  6. Add salt to taste
  7. Stir, cover and put in the refrigerator for 1 hour to allow the flavors to blend.
  8. Serve with chips, or as a garnish for any food that could use some spice

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Comments


We live on this stuff... although you use WAY more hot peppers than I do... I eat it on everthing.. I think I have one posted not sure.


My husband LOVES this salsa-and its hard to impress him when it comes to cooking...thanks-now its my "little secret" ha ha! It also tastes awesome with yellow and orange tomatoes


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Try adding some dried Mexican oregano to this... gives it a quiet undertone of flavors...
Linda


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