The Best Homemade Salsa Recipe

Submitted by AmyZoe

"Oh wow. I will definitely be making this again. This was a great way to use garden tomatoes and jalapenos, and it was so simple. I did mine in the blender. It wasn't the endless round of chopping you might expect. I left the sugar out of mine, and I used a little less cumin and a lot more cilantro. I doubled the recipe because I had a lot of tomatoes to use and just did a batch at a time (two batches wouldn't fit in the blender). Recipe courtesy of www.aspicyperspective.com."

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• 4 ripe tomatoes, cored and quartered
• 1 red onion, peeled and quartered
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• 3 jalapenos, stemmed and seeded (you can substitute 1-2 habanero or serrano peppers)
• 1⁄3 cup fresh cilantro
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 2 -3 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 -3 teaspoons sugar
• 15 ounces crushed tomatoes
• 4 1⁄2 ounces diced green chilies

directions

1. Place the fresh tomatoes, onion, garlic, peppers, cilantro, lime juice, 2 teaspoons cumin, 2 teaspoons sugar (if using--I omitted), and salt in a food processor. Pulse until the contents are fine and well blended.
2. Pour in the crushed tomatoes and green chiles. Puree until mostly smooth.
3. Taste, then add more cumin and sugar if desired. Refrigerate until ready to serve.