Who has Mexican Restaurant salsa recipe?

[Shinmen Takezo]

I used the salsa recipe from the Border Grill cookbook, and frankly it is the best of all.

I will dig out my copy and post this for everyone.

ST

[Donnie]

I make a simple salsa that everyone around here loves. I was trying to copy our Mexican Rest.

2 large cans of whole tomatoes
2 onions
1/2 cup cillantro
1 tbl spoon of lime juice

add sea salt and jal peppers to taste


Chop up the tomatoes, onions and cillantro

mix it all in a bowl and start dipping

[Shinmen Takezo]

Okay, the ultimate salsa recipe....

1) 4 Roma tomatoes, cut in half, cored, seeded... leave only the outer meat. Chop this into small pieces. As small as possible.

2) 1 large red onion. Chopped very fine--as in a food processor fine/minced.

3) 1 or 2 Jalapeno chlies, steamed until soft, then minced up.

4) 1 bunch of cilantro. Use only the leaves. Chop up fine.

5) 2 Tbl sp's of lime juice.

6) 1/2 tbl spn of course salt.

7) Big pinch of ground pepper.

Mix this in a bowl and then let it sit for a few hours. The juices come out of the onions and tomatoes and blend up with the spicing. It is delicious.

I also add a couple of cap-fulls of Mr. Stubb's liquid smoke flavor.

http://stubbsbbq.elsstore.com/view/p...29783&cid=6961

http://stubbsbbq.elsstore.com/view/p...29782&cid=6961

This stuff is hard to find in the stores BTW.

[Nicho1]

Thanks, everyone, for the additional ideas and recipes. I've never tried green salsa but I've seen it in the grocery store. I'm going to try these recipes as soon as I can. Sure wish I could pinpoint the ingredient that gives the taste I'm searching to reproduce. As someone mentioned, asking the restaurant for the recipe or at least to get some info would be worth a try. Of course, I don't speak Spanish but maybe they'll indulge me.

[applecider]

Sure wish I could pinpoint the ingredient that gives the taste I'm searching to reproduce.

Cilantro?

Tomatillo?

Mexican oregano, aka desert oregano? This is not a real oregano (and not the same as Cuban oregano either). You might try to find a packet of leaves (better whole than ground) in a Mexican market or the Mexican aisle of a good supermarket; apparently it's "oregano" in Spanish. As near as I can tell, there aren't any U.S. seed vendors who sell it.

[Molon Labe]

From your garden:

5 large sunray tomatoes(these are yellow-orange) Peel and chop or run through a grinder.

1 medium onion, finely chopped

I bunch cilantro, minced

5-10 Habanero peppers, minced

1 garlic clove, minced

1 tablespoon of sea salt

[Nicho1]

The habeneros would do me in! Thanks for the suggestion, though.

[Mambojambo]

Thanks, everyone, for the additional ideas and recipes. I've never tried green salsa but I've seen it in the grocery store. I'm going to try these recipes as soon as I can. Sure wish I could pinpoint the ingredient that gives the taste I'm searching to reproduce. As someone mentioned, asking the restaurant for the recipe or at least to get some info would be worth a try. Of course, I don't speak Spanish but maybe they'll indulge me.

I think a smokey flavor is that "secret" taste. Roasting adds a smokey flavor or can add a tsp of liquid smoke.

[cyberiot]

I think a smokey flavor is that "secret" taste. Roasting adds a smokey flavor or can add a tsp of liquid smoke.

Chipotle peppers--basically roasted jalapenos in adobo--are also good for that.

[Animal Lover]

I think you need the cumin, cilantro and fresh lime juice. I like Rotel too. If you can find it in your stores. It isn't prevelant here. I had a super recipe that I used to make for the staff where I worked (75 people +). They loved it and it took me hours of chopping by hand. I still do not have a food processor. I remember it being in my first heart health cookbook and now I can't find it. If I do recover it, I will be sure to post it for you. It was an awesome one. Litluver's looks pretty close to my memory of it.

ST we would like to see yours too please. Thanks in advance.