# Salsa

A versatile salsa recipe with customizable spice levels, perfect as a dip or an accompaniment to meals.

- Total time: 12 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 16 tomatoes
- 4 tomatillos
- 0.5 white onion
- 4 garlic
- 3 jalapeños
- 3 Serrano peppers
- chile de árbol
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 3 limes
- green onions
- 1 red onion
- 1.5 tbsp chicken bouillon
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt
- avocado diced

## Instructions

1. Drizzle a little bit of olive oil into your cast iron skillet.
2. Add the chiles (jalapeños and Serranos for medium salsa), half of an onion, and four pieces of garlic to the skillet.
3. Add about eight tomatoes and four tomatillos (peeled and washed) to the skillet.
4. Roast the vegetables on medium heat, flipping them every two minutes until they have a nice char. This should take about 12 minutes.
5. While the vegetables are roasting, cut up another onion, about eight tomatoes, some green onions, and chop a bunch of cilantro (or parsley if preferred).
6. Once roasted, add the hot vegetables to a blender.
7. Pulse the mixture for about 30 seconds.
8. Midway through blending, add about two tablespoons of olive oil and about a tablespoon and a half of chicken bouillon.
9. Do not blend for more than a minute to ensure the consistency remains thick.
10. Add the chopped raw vegetables (onion, tomatoes, green onions, cilantro) to the blended mixture.
11. Add the juice of three limes.
12. Mix everything together.
13. Add salt to taste at the end and mix again.
14. Taste the salsa and adjust seasoning as needed.

## Equipment

- cast iron skillet
- blender

## Tips

- For mild sauce, use jalapeños.
- For medium sauce, use Serranos and jalapeños.
- For hot sauce, use chile de árbol.
- Do not blend for more than a minute to maintain a thick consistency.
- Adding diced avocado will enhance the salsa.
- If you don't like cilantro, you can use parsley.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-05-28

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