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Ro*Tel Copy Cat Recipe??

jeffinsgf
jeffinsgf Posts: 1,259
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
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.
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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
    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.
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  • Susan Egglaine
    Susan Egglaine Posts: 2,437
    I am ready for some football ;) Got any new apps with rotel?
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  • jeffinsgf
    jeffinsgf Posts: 1,259
    That looks great, Richard. Thanks.
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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
    Check your mail for the rotel man.
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  • jeffinsgf
    jeffinsgf Posts: 1,259
    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.
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