Chevy's Salsa - Original Recipe

Submitted by SkylerFox

"My buen amigo Pablo works at Chevy's and was nice enough to share this with me. He said you can adjust the number of peppers to you "heat" liking. There is no liquid smoke added like other knock offs claim. The key to the smokey flavor is the char-grilling that takes place first."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 2 lbs fresh tomatoes
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 2 jalapeno peppers
• 1⁄4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced

directions

1. Grill on open flame tomatoes, onion and jalapeno pepper.
2. Remove when slightly chared and tomatoes soften and split.
3. Remove from grill and let cool.
4. Drain accumulated liquid.
5. Remove stems from jalapenos and end core ends of tomatoes.
6. Place tomatoes, onions, jalapeno pepper, and all remaining ingredients into blender.
7. Blend until desired consistancy (approx 10 seconds).
8. Pour into container and chill.
9. Serve and enjoy with your favorite chips.

Reviews

[jaclo]

The real deal!!!! I used to much garlic, and made it to spicy but, it was so close. The black pepper is the missing link!!! It smelled just like the real deal!!! I've been trying for years to copy this,, thanks so much! You're right, the popular recipe on the web w/the liquid smoke is a joke, not even close. You rule! Note I only used 1 teaspoon of salt.

 

[bavarian41]

This turned out very good. I used canned roasted tomatoes and canned roasted jalapeños. Not as much onion. Be sure to drain out as much liquid as possible. I added juice of lime. Yumm

 

[sutherlandfamily]

This turned out excellent, but a bit too spicy. The next time I made it, I reduced to 1 jalapeno, 1 tsp. pepper, and 1 1/2 tsp of salt. It tastes very much like Chevy's. I've made this numerous times now, and I find that the more I blacken the veggies on the grill, the more authentic it tastes. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!

 

[joshofstl]

Good recipe. Comes pretty close overall. Agree with other commenter that dialing down the salt to 1 tsp is a good idea. Also agree with recipe contributor that the liquid smoke is a problem -- I tried that take and it was so bad I had to throw out the whole batch.

 

[punkrock_mama]

Ok. So we followed the recipe exactly( only 1 jalapeno) and it was quite lacking. We added 1 tsp of lime juice and it was just ok. We tossed it in the fridge over night the next day we were planning on adding liquid smoke and it turns out letting it sit brought out the smokiness and melded the flavors together. Husband made 2nd batch today with 2 jalapeno it was quite spicy. We are going to mix the 2 together to balance them out. This is by far the perfect Chevy's Salsa copy. We love it. It will be our go to from now on.