Salsa w/ Tomatoes, Red Onion, & Garlic
This homemade Salsa recipe consists of a few simple ingredients: tomatoes, red onion, garlic, lime juice, and a dash of cumin, coriander, salt, and pepper. Feel free to mix and match your own favorite ingredients in this recipe. I'd ordinarily add in a few garden fresh peppers. Although I added so many peppers to the Pinto Beans, Mexican Rice, & Roasted Potatoes that I used in the Enchiladas for this recipe that I didn't bother to make a whole enchilada sauce. Which is one of the fun things about cooking food at home. You can adjust the spice level and amount of effort that you want to put into something!
Equipment
- Food Processor (optional)
- Saucepan
- Stovetop
Ingredients
- 4 tomatoes quartered
- 1/2 red onion quartered
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 lime juiced
- dash cumin
- dash coriander
- dash salt
- dash pepper
Instructions
- Place tomatoes, carrots, and garlic in a food processor. 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.Alternatively, you can just dice the tomatoes and carrots and mince the garlic. I'm really just being lazy here! But it is a quick and easy trick to dicing produce.
- Add tomato mixture and the rest of the ingredients to a saucepan. 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
- You can make this salsa without cooking it down. Just drain the liquid from the tomatoes, stir the ingredients together, and voila! Fresh salsa.