Bolivian Salsa Cruda (Fresh Tomato and Onion Salsa)

Submitted by Zurie

"A simple, finely chopped salsa to eat with baked or grilled chicken, or on hamburgers. A generic recipe which varies from kitchen to kitchen, in the northern countries of South and Central America."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 2 cups

ingredients

• 1 cup onion, finely chopped (preferably sweet onion)
• 1 cup tomatoes, ripe, peeled, finely chopped
• 1 hot pepper, seeds removed, finely chopped ("locoto", and in Bolivia the whole pepper will be chopped up, but this is to taste)
• 1 tablespoon parsley, very finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1 teaspoon black pepper, coarse-ground
• 1⁄2 tablespoon oil (virgin olive oil preferred)

directions

1. Mix all the ingredients, drizzling over the oil last.
2. If you like, add a squeeze of lemon juice and some finely chopped garlic.
3. The sauce improves in flavour if covered and left to stand for a while.

Reviews

[Leggy Peggy]

Fabulous salsa and so quick and easy to make. I didn't have any red pepper on hand so subbed with some finely chopped pickled jalapeno, which gave the right amount of heat. Also added almost a teaspoon of crushed garlic and three good squeezes of lime juice. By the way, two medium tomatoes yielded a cup of diced and one large red onion gave a cup. Delicious served with potato wedges and sour cream. Thanks so much for posting. Will make this often.

 

[Artandkitchen]

This salsa is easy and delicious!<br/>I did not have sweet onions and for this reason I soaked the chopped onions in cold water for about 15 minutes before adding this to the salsa. This steps makes the onion really much sweeter and less pungent. I did not have locoto pepper and I replaced it with some red pepper (long shape peppers) and added some hot pepper flakes, <br/>Thanks a lot for the great salsa, we enjoyed it with fresh bread. Thanks for this delicious and refreshing topping!

 

[PanNan]

So delicious! I used my homegrown, ripe tomatoes and jalapenos, and it couldn't have tasted any fresher. I served it mixed into a green salad, and also along side some baked fish. I'll definitely make this again.

 

[Rita1652]

I kicked up the heat by added some adobo sauce and hot pepper flakes. Refreshing. Thanks made for ZWT 2011

 

[CJAY8248]

Very good salsa! I made it as written except I subbed cilantro for the parsley. I served it with taco chips and cold beer. Thanks for sharing. Made for ZWT7.