Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Cha Cha Salsa

This is the BEST salsa I've ever had.


Ingredients:
4 ripe tomatoes- diced/mashed in food processor (or pulse in blender)
1 15oz can diced tomatoes
1 bell pepper- diced
1 large onion- diced
4 cloves garlic- diced
1 bunch of cilantro- leaves diced fine
1 jalepeno or serrano or any green chilie really. Jalepenos will make it the spiciest. Here's the deal with peppers (and maybe you already know this)- # of seeds= heat. If you want it HOT keep all the seeds. Mild? No seeds. Medium- well go from there. :)
2T lime or lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

Roughly chop everything (except for diced tomatoes) in the food processor until it's really diced and add them to a big bowl. Season with salt and pepper after I test taste it with chips (they're salty already, so it's good to measure your seasonings to the chip). If you want, you can add a can of diced green chilies. Let it chill for a few hours to let the flavors blend. This is really good stuff to make guacamole too- just mash up 3 or 4 avocados and stir in some of the salsa! 

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