Centex’s Salsa Vault (post yours here too if ya want)

caliking

Credit goes to a friend for turning me on to this... dosa (South Indian rice crepe) , cooked with fire roasted salsa or @SciAggie ‘s salsa negra, is pretty damn delicious. 

SciAggie

@caliking That’s a 10/10 just for looks. If it tasted half as good it was a home run. 

Botch

fishlessman said:

caliking said:
I imagine that the diffe are about he windchill if the outside temp is -15F??  

 

add a 50 mph wind and the beer in your hand freezes way quicker at -15. ask an ice fisherman

And ask a Minuteman III ICBM repair team member, stationed in Grand Forks ND, how "tinkling" got its name (when your piss freezes, and shatters, before it hits the ground).  
 
Coldest I ever saw up there was -28º.  We had to detach a topside cable with 15, 1/8" brass screws, so no gloves.  Each of us could get about three done, before we lost feeling in our fingers, jumped into the truck, and the next guy (out of four) ventured out.  Fortunately it was dead calm.
Coldest windchill I saw was -85 F.  I had to drive from Grand Forks to GFAFB (15 miles) but once I got to work, all travel was cancelled.  The alert crews, cops, and cooks out in the missile field had to pull a 48-hour shift, instead of the usual 24-hour.  
Glad I got to do that for a tour, and have the utmost admiration for the troops that did that for a career; but I don't EVER want to go back!    
 
EDIT:  Good grief, how did I post that in a salsa thread?  Buffalo please delete.  

The Cen-Tex Smoker

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

NDG said:

love this thread, can NOT WAIT to try some that you all posted. 
Here is my go to . . BGE roasted veg = very good.

• 4 large or 6 small tomatillos, husked (about 8 ounces)
• 4 plum tomatoes (about 12 ounces)
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 jalapeno
• 1/2 white onion, halved
• Vegetable oil, for brushing
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
• 1 teaspoon sugar 
• Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
• 2 canned chipotle chiles en adobo

Prepare a grill to medium-high heat. Brush the tomatillos, tomatoes, garlic, jalapeno and onions with some oil and grill over direct heat until char marks appear. Remove from the grill and let cool. To control the spice in your salsa, stem and remove the seeds and ribs from the jalapeno for a milder flavor. Combine the tomatillos, tomatoes, garlic, jalapeno and onions in a food processor and pulse until mostly pureed, but slightly chunky. Add the cilantro and sugar and sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Continue to pulse until pureed. Taste and add more salt and black pepper if desired. Set half of the salsa aside in a serving dish. Add the chipotles to the food processor and pulse with the remaining salsa until combined

I just made this (but used Frontera fire roasted canned tomatoes with chipotle cuz that’s what I had ). It’s awesome! Thanks for sharing. I did add 4 jalapeños instead of 1 😂. This is texas after all. I also doubled the garlic. Great salsa. Thanks for sharing. The lighting is making it look weird. The color is exactly like your (fiery reddish orange). 

This is so good. Even better next day. If I were going to make any change (and this is just tweaking) I would leave out the Chipotle and add more jalapeno or Habanero. I like the brightness of all the fresh veg and the Chipotle seems a little heavy in the background. Of course that could be because I didn't follow your recipe and used the Chipotle Tomatoes instead of fresh tomato and canned Chipotle.

I'm going to make it exactly like you do next time and see if I would make any changes from there. This is in the permanent rotation either way. We all love it.

FarmingPhD

Lot of great recipes and thanks all for sharing.  Not salsa, but anyone got a good proper queso recipe?  My family is at a stage of life that will eat queso Before salsa.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

FarmingPhD said:

Lot of great recipes and thanks all for sharing.  Not salsa, but anyone got a good proper queso recipe?  My family is at a stage of life that will eat queso Before salsa.

I do for sure. I’ll post it shortly. 

xfire_ATX

Made this yesterday- got the base recipe off here some years ago tweaked it until I got what we like.

12 on vine tomatoes
3 Anaheim green chiles
3 Serrano Peppers
2-5 jalapenos based on desired heat
1 White Onion
1 bulb Garlic
1 red bell pepper
1/4 c white vinegar
3 tbsp salt
2 tbsp black pepper
1 Lime – Juice 
1 bunch fresh cilantro chopped if desired recently learned some people HATE Cilantro

Roast all Vegetables on egg Raised Direct @400 until vegetables begin to blister

Peel, Core and Cut Tomatoes

Remove Stems and Seeds (if desired) from Peppers and Cut into chunks

Cut onion into 1/8s

Cut Garlic into minced size

Stir all ingredients in bowl to mix

Blend on medium for ~30 seconds until there are no chunks

Add Cilantro and burst blend 2x 3x

Sometimes I add 1-2 Habeneros to a batch or just 1 to the 1 of the bowls above and make half hotter than the other

I vac seal all those lids on just to push it to the ~2weeks or so in the fridge.

caliking

Had a go at the first recipe that @The Cen-Tex Smoker posted to kick off this thread. Took some liberties, but it’s awesome after resting for a couple of days. 

Great flavor. Ended up adding an extra lime. Will try adding more tomatoes next time, since I dig the extra japs, but wished it had more tomatoey flavor (operator error). 

turdferguson

fishlessman said:

i make 8 to 10 quarts a year and usually run out, it really is used just on hotdogs with mustard and chopped onion. 

How many hot dogs do you eat?

fishlessman

turdferguson said:

fishlessman said:

i make 8 to 10 quarts a year and usually run out, it really is used just on hotdogs with mustard and chopped onion. 

How many hot dogs do you eat?

minimum twice a week, makes for an inexpensive lunch at work off the grill. they are on the shopping list for this weekend.

lousubcap

What follows is a great salsa I modified from the @NDG recipe back on page one.  (Second go round with the same mods).  Major players the same except;
 I exchanged the 3 cloves of garlic for 2 bulbs.
Traded the jalapeno for four habaneros.
Skipped the sugar.
No cilantro.
1 seven oz can of the chipotle peppers in adobo.  
A definite winner. Yes some weak pics. (the 10" CI was max'd out.)

And the finish:

definitely a true keeper.  
Stay healthy and stay safe-

The Cen-Tex Smoker

lousubcap said:

What follows is a great salsa I modified from the @NDG recipe back on page one.  (Second go round with the same mods).  Major players the same except;
 I exchanged the 3 cloves of garlic for 2 bulbs.
Traded the jalapeno for four habaneros.
Skipped the sugar.
No cilantro.
1 seven oz can of the chipotle peppers in adobo.  
A definite winner. Yes some weak pics. (the 10" CI was max'd out.)

And the finish:

definitely a true keeper.  
Stay healthy and stay safe-

Not sure how I missed this but that looks awesome. I really enjoy this salsa as well. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

The Green Menace

1 lb Tomatillo
2-4 jalapeno or 1-2 habanero
4-5 cloves of garlic
big pinch of salt
tsp cumin
tsp+ Oakridge Habanero Death Dust

char up the veg, add to blender with other ingredients and give it a spin. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Summer is coming.  Post your recipies.

fishlessman

i think this would technically be a shrimp avacado salsa, was good on lime tortilla chips. 

shrimp

avacado

roma tomatos

celery

cucumber

jalepinos

red onion

clamato

ketchup

hot sauce

cilantro

lime tortillas

dirty bowl

spoon to put it on the chips

Elijah

Any one have a good canned recipe? 

Scott805

My go to Salsa:

1 Large (28 oz.) Whole Tomatoes (1/2 drained)

½ bunch of green onions

1 to 3 fresh jalapeno peppers

1 clove of garlic

1 ½ tablespoon of apple cider vinegar

1/4th teaspoon sugar

1/4th teaspoon of ground cumin

½ teaspoon salt

1/2 bunch of cilantro

 

Directions:

 

Chop onions, garlic & jalapeno peppers.  Put in blender or food processor and chop again. Add all other ingredients and blend again quickly.

EggObsessed

Hey, @The Cen-Tex Smoker, I've been anxiously awaiting your queso recipe! Did I miss it? I'm no longer satisfied with Velveeta and Rotel. I'd love to know how you and Janell make yours. Afterall, nothings better than an outstanding bowl of salsa....with an amazing bowl of queso next to it!

dmourati

Two from today.

FarmingPhD

EggObsessed said:

Hey, @The Cen-Tex Smoker, I've been anxiously awaiting your queso recipe! Did I miss it? I'm no longer satisfied with Velveeta and Rotel. I'd love to know how you and Janell make yours. Afterall, nothings better than an outstanding bowl of salsa....with an amazing bowl of queso next to it!

This is said with a lot of sarcasm at centex knowing life is busy for folks, but I just gotta drop it here for him for fun since I didn’t realize how long ago I asked for the queso recipe.

buzd504

EggObsessed said:

Hey, @The Cen-Tex Smoker, I've been anxiously awaiting your queso recipe! Did I miss it? I'm no longer satisfied with Velveeta and Rotel. I'd love to know how you and Janell make yours. Afterall, nothings better than an outstanding bowl of salsa....with an amazing bowl of queso next to it!

You didn't ask me, but sodium citrate will totally change your queso game.

Roughly based on this (https://modernistcuisine.com/recipes/melty-queso-dip/)

About half a cup of white wine, about a teaspoon of sodium citrate, dice your peppers of choice (I like habeneros and/or serranos) and while gently heating, whisk in about 1/2 lb of your cheese of choice (I like aged white cheddar).  Add rotel if you want (the habenero rotel is really good).

Easy and delicious.

stv8r

Public service bump.  So many great ideas in here

FanOfFanboys

Botch

I can't vouch for this one (I avoid the "nuclear" sauces) but the name deserves some kind of award.
And this thread, in early August, deserves a bump.  
 

 

CodyA88

fire-roasted some tomatillos, jalapenos, onion, and garlic on the egg. blended with cilantro, lime, and salt.  simple, easy, and delicious.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

CodyA88 said:

fire-roasted some tomatillos, jalapenos, onion, and garlic on the egg. blended with cilantro, lime, and salt.  simple, easy, and delicious.

Thanks for this.  Growing some tomatillos right now that are almost ready to be picked.  Will for sure be making this.

Eoin

Had a couple of very large sweet tomatoes left over that were roasted on the Egg, so I roasted some chilli, garlic, onion and pepper and blended it up.

dmourati

I made two salsas today.

The first was a roasted Tomatillo/Hatch loosely based on this recipe:

https://beyondmeresustenance.com/roasted-tomatillo-hatch-green-chile-salsa/

The second was the roasted Habanero and garlic posted earlier in the thread.



 

Wooderson

My romas have come in full force so i got on the bandwagon.   Jalapeños,  onion,  garlic,  cherry hot pepper, romas, grilling peppers, cilantro,  salt and lime juice.   I'll be finding out in a couple of days how the heat turned out.

Eoin

This one was tasty. Roasting the garlic in its paper allows the cloves to cook soft without too much burning.