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Let me start by saying that I hate tomatoes in their fresh state, even the smell of them gets to me; however, I love ketchup, tomato soup, tomato sauce and salsa…weird I know! So when making homemade salsa, I cannot utilize fresh tomatoes, because I will not eat it nor will I chop the maters because they gross me out! Let me also tell you that we like things spicy, so this recipe it not for someone that likes things on the mild side. However, the recipe can be adapted by decreasing the amount of spicy ingredients you add. In my opinion this is one of the best salsas I have tasted and reminds of the salsa you get at really great Mexican restaurants…not to mention it is definitely far better than the bottled versions at the grocery store! You can also kick this up a notch by adding sweet corn kernels and black beans. I love this recipe because it is so easy to adapt to your own personal taste buds…it is also super fast, easy and delicious! Oh and don’t forget to enter my giveaway!!! Click here for details![/donotprint]
Spicy Salsa
Ingredients
2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
1/2 onion, finely diced
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 lime, juiced
1 teaspoon salt
fresh cracked pepper to taste
3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
3/4 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3/4 teaspoon chili powder
1 tablespoon Sriracha (or other hot chili sauce)
2 fresh jalapeños; chopped and seeded
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Method
Place all ingredients into the food processor and pulse until you reach the desired consistency. (I am sure this works just as well in a blender!)
I thought I was the only person I knew that hated fresh tomato but loved tomatoy things. This salsa looks DELISH.
I LOVE homemade salsa, this looks fantastic! Great blog!
oh my god that looks awesome..
I love hot spicy stuff..
it looks very,very yummy!
Pita chips and some of this salsa, por favor. Craving so bad at 2 am now…
it is gross how much spicy salsa I consume in a week. and I am bad for never making my own. yours looks fabulous!
I make my salsa with canned tomatoes as well. My ten year old daughter is addicted to the stuff! It is so easy and tastes so much better than the jarred stuff. Yours looks wonderful.
Holy mother! A full tablespoon of Sriracha? My throat closes up just thinking about it! LOL
My girl and I made this salsa last night because we love salsa, especially the restaurant-style one at Don Antonio’s (http://www.yelp.com/biz/don-antonios-los-angeles). After scouring the interweb for a recipe similar to our favorite, we came across this one.
We followed the recipe pretty closely, with the following exceptions: We used mexican-style seasoned stewed tomatoes. We also used a full habanero pepper (seeds taken out) instead of the Sriracha sauce (we still used 2 jalepenos with the seeds IN). We also used an extra clove of garlic (’cause we like it awesome), and a bit extra cilantro (’cause we like it delicious). We also chopped up the onion into fine pieces and added to the processed mixture afterward.
All said and done, this stuff rocked us…hard.
9 times out of 10 we make our salsa with canned tomatoes as well. I prefer the “soupy” kind of salsa (like your picture!), rather than chunky kinds. (I hate onions!). This DOES look like the kinds I like at really good Mexican restaurants. My husband would LOVE the hot!
Salsa is great with canned tomatoes! Yummo
I’m make salsa with canned tomatoes too. This recipe looks and sounds great. I love spicy salsa! Can’t wait to try it.