Ro*Tel Copy Cat Recipe??

jeffinsgf

I Googled up a couple recipes, but I thought I would check here with the true authorities. We use Ro*Tel almost every weekend during football season. I had a head slap moment this morning staring at a surplus of tomatoes and jalapenos.

Richard Fl

You can play with this one and get VEERY close to rotel.

Salsa, Pico de Gallo, Richard Fl.


INGREDIENTS:
6-8 Whole Tomatoes
1 Medium Red Onion
1 Bunch Cilantro, fresh
1 Can Green Chiles, diced, Ortegas/El Paso or similar
1-2 Whole Jalapenos, fresh
Juice from 1 fresh Lime
1/4 cup Wine Vinegar
1 dash Cayenne Pepper
Fresh ground Pepper, to taste
1/2 oz Cuervo Gold Tequila, to taste (optional)
2-3 Tbs Hot Italian Cherry Peppers, diced (optional) or La Bomba




Procedure:
1 Take tomatoes and cut in half against the stem, remove the seeds and any juices and
2 discard. Dice tomatoes in 1/4 inch pieces.
3 Sprinkle with a little salt and let set for 30 minutes to remove more juices (prior to
4 doing this, if you desire, lightly roast the whole tomato to remove the skin-gas
5 burner or grill is best, but keep some of the burnt skin for flavor and texture).
6 Finely dice red onion, jalapenos, and cilantro (leaves only).
7 Mix all ingredients (best the next day-will keep refrigerated for about a week)


Recipe Type
Appetizer, Salsa

Recipe Source
Author: Richard Howe (Richard Fl)

Source: BGE Florida Eggfest '09, Richard Fl

This is the way we like it, but play around for your taste buds, there are choices for

each palate.

Susan Egglaine

I am ready for some football Got any new apps with rotel?

jeffinsgf

That looks great, Richard. Thanks.

Richard Fl

Check your mail for the rotel man.

jeffinsgf

Well, I took what I liked from a bunch of different recipes, threw in some of my own ideas and ended up with something that I'm very pleased with. Made a gallon and a half yesterday, put half in half-pints and half in pints. Here's what I used:

6 quarts of tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced
6 fresh jalapenos - fine dice
2 fresh serranos - fine dice
2 fresh cayenne - fine dice
5 fire roasted Big Jim Numex - peeled and diced
2 fire roasted jalapenos - peeled and diced
2 fire roasted serranos - peeled and diced
1/2 head of hardneck garlic - grated
3/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1-1/2 tablespoons kosher salt

Tossed everything in a stock pot, brought to a boil and let it roll pretty hard for 10 minutes. Put in jars and processed for 15 minutes.

Now I'm off to the supermarket to get a hunk of Velveeta to try this out.

You know those commercials where someone takes a bite of Ro-Tel dip and gets knocked back into a wall? They need to get a bite of this stuff. It doesn't hurt, but it won't be ignored.