Salsa w/ Roasted Tomatoes & Bell Peppers
This roasted tomato salsa combines tomatoes, green bell peppers, onion and garlic in an air fryer, pulsed in a food processor, and slowly simmered on the stove. This creates a milder salsa that is full of flavor. I'm quite known for putting hot sauce on my hot sauce! But fresh garden produce is alas out of season and I'm looking for something a little bit more of a full bodied flavor, rather than the I'll just toss in some ghost peppers that I've been doing all summer. Although feel free to add in peppers if you do have them! The same basic principle applies.
Equipment
- Air Fryer
- Food Processor
- Saucepan
- Stovetop
Ingredients
- 6 cloves roasted garlic (or 3 cloves unroasted)
- 6 tomatoes roasted
- 1 green bell pepper roasted
- 1/4 red onion roasted
- 2 limes juiced
- dash salt
- dash pepper
- dash cumin
Instructions
Roast Ingredients
- For this recipe, I already had roasted garlic in the fridge. I tend to roast a couple of heads of garlic every couple of weeks just so that I already have it when I need but. To recreate this, you follow my Roasted Garlic Recipe. It takes about an hour and requires a head of garlic, olive oil, and a garlic roaster or aluminum foil.Otherwise, use 3 cloves unroasted garlic or pop a couple of cloves in the air fryer for 3-5 minutes.
- Place whole tomatoes in an air fryer and fry at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes, or until the tomatoes are lightly charred. Flip about halfway through to get an even char on both sides.
- Cut bell pepper in half, remove the veins and seeds, and place in an air fryer with about 1/4 of a red onion.Fry at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes, or until the skin is lightly charred. Flip about halfway through to get an even char on both sides.
Food Process
- Cut the tomatoes in half and place all of the ingredients into a food processor (garlic, tomatoes, green peppers, lime juice, salt, pepper, and cumin).
- Quickly pulse about 10-15 times, or until the ingredients are loosely chopped.If you want a chunkier salsa, pulse less. If you want a thinner salsa, more like an enchilada sauce, purée until smooth.
Cook Salsa
- Add salsa to a saucepan and simmer over medium heat for about 20 minutes, or until thickened to the desired consistency.
- Cool and either serve immediately or chilled.
Tips, Tricks, & Notes
- If you don't have an air fryer or prefer to do this in the oven, preheat to 450 degrees Fahrenheit and roast tomatoes and bell pepper on a baking sheet or dish for 25-45 minutes. The bell pepper should roast more around the 25 minute mark, but the tomatoes will take considerably longer. You can cut them in half for a quicker roast, but then you'll lose a lot of the juice inside and won't have the same consistency.
- That's why I've almost exclusively switched to the air fryer. It's just so much faster!