Salsa Negra
From littlesponger 11 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This is a recipe I found for the Salsa Negra (or Salsa Baja) from Baja Fresh. The trick behind the flavor (and color) in this recipe is the heavily roasted tomatoes. adopted from http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jeff-mauro/carne-asada-burrito-recipe/index.html
Ingredients
- 12 ounces large tomatillos (about 3), husks removed and cleaned shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic, skin intact shopping list
- 2 plum tomatoes shopping list
- 1 small yellow onion, skin and root intact, quartered shopping list
- 1 dried ancho chile shopping list
- 1 poblano chile shopping list
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves shopping list
- 1 teaspoon agave nectar shopping list
- juice of 1 lime shopping list
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper shopping list
How to make it
- Heat a large grill pan to medium-high heat. Add the tomatillos, garlic, tomatoes, onion, ancho and poblano chiles. Char on all sides until blackened in parts, removing the charred vegetables and chiles to a cutting board once blackened. Depending on their size, each vegetable will char at a different rate.
- Place the charred ancho chile into a small bowl and pour enough hot water to cover it. Allow to sit until the chili is softened, 8 to 10 minutes. When softened, remove the stem and seeds.
- Remove the stem and seeds from the charred poblano as well as the stem and skins from the charred garlic cloves and onion quarters.
- Put the soaked ancho and poblano chiles, tomatillos, garlic, tomatoes, onion, cilantro, agave and lime juice into the bowl of a food processor and blend until mostly smooth.
- Season with salt and pepper to your heart's content.
The Rating
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After all the dry roasting, this salsa had it's own unique flavor, that we loved! Had to add a bit of spice, since we like spicy stuff, but regardless, it was delicious :) Thanks Littlesponger! Added this to the IMI! ------------> more
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Love the sound of this and what a beautiful picture!! Definitely saving this one :)
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