Restaurant Style Salsa

I have two year old twins.

If you stick with me five or six years I’ll be able to update this blog more often. No? I thought you wouldn’t.

So anyway, salsa. If you live in Egypt then the only reason you go to Chilli’s is to have their big basket of chips and salsa and try to get away with not ordering a meal because their main dishes aren’t the greatest. Otherwise you buy really overpriced supermarket jarred salsa, try to eat it, then throw it away and go to Chilli’s again.

I’ve been trying my hand at homemade salsa for a long time and I think I’ve finally made a version that is kind of tasty if I do say so myself. I’m not a big fan of raw onions so I sautéed them a little first and that also gave the salsa a nice touch of sweetness.

Ingredients:
2 cans of whole tomatoes Or 5 medium sized fresh ones, peeled and chopped
1 large onion, diced
Jalapenos, jarred or fresh (quantity depends on how spicy you want the salsa to be)
Pinch of sugar
Salt, to taste
2 stalks of fresh cilantro OR parsley
Juice of half a lime
1 clove garlic (optional)
Pinch of cumin (optional)

Directions:

Get your ingredients ready. Sorry some are missing in this picture.

Saute the onion in a dry pan for a minute until it starts to turn yellow.

Add tomatoes and pinch of sugar and let it cook for another minute. Remove from heat and add jalapenos (with some of their pickling juice), garlic, and cilantro/parsley. Add salt.

A squeeze of lime juice.

I like my salsa smooth so I gave it a quick whir in the food processor.

Voila.

Really good salsa.

Grab some chips and get at it.

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Restaurant-Style Salsa

Course Snack

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword easy, summer, salsa, healthy, tomatoes

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 3 minutes

Author Nevine Baligh

Ingredients

• 2 cans of whole tomatoes Or 5 medium sized fresh ones peeled and chopped
• 1 large onion diced
• Jalapenos jarred or fresh (quantity depends on how spicy you want the salsa to be)
• Pinch of sugar
• Salt to taste
• 2 stalks of fresh cilantro OR parsley
• Juice of half a lime
• 1 clove garlic optional
• Pinch of cumin optional

Instructions

1. Get your ingredients ready. 

2. Saute the onion in a dry pan for a minute until it starts to turn yellow.
3. Add tomatoes and pinch of sugar and let it cook for another minute. Remove from heat and add jalapenos (with some of their pickling juice), garlic, and cilantro/parsley. Add salt.
4. A squeeze of lime juice.
5. I like my salsa smooth so I gave it a quick whir in the food processor.
6. Voila.
7. Really good salsa.
8. Grab some chips and get at it.