# Salsa de Chile Cascabel

A spicy salsa made with cascabel and chile de arbol, perfect for summer or a guisado.

- Total time: 46 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1300 g tomatillos, whole
- 115 g white onion, large chunks
- 50 g garlic, still in its paper
- 38 g cascabel chile, seeded and stemmed
- 5 g chile de arbol, stemmed
- 200 g hot water
- 7 g Diamond Crystal kosher salt

## Instructions

1. Clean the chiles.
2. Toast the chiles on a comal heated over medium-high heat until toasted and fragrant (about 1 minute). Reserve.
3. Add the tomatillos, onion, and garlic to the comal and cook while flipping occasionally.
4. Cook the tomatillos for about 30 minutes or until blackened and tender.
5. Cook the onion and garlic for around 15 minutes.
6. Remove the ends of the onion.
7. Peel the garlic. Reserve.
8. Place the chiles in a blender with enough of the water to make a thick paste while blending on high.
9. Once desired consistency is reached, add the garlic and onion to the blender and blend at a low speed until broken up, adding water to adjust as needed.
10. Add the tomatillos to the blender along with the salt and blend on medium until your desired consistency is reached.
11. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.

## Equipment

- blender
- comal

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8shYMC3/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1547101d-c3bb-4a13-8d83-f067b76dafd8
- Extracted: 2026-06-06

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