Salsa Roja
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Prep20 min
Cook20 min
Total40 min
Toasted dried chillies and roasted tomato blended into a deep red table salsa.
Ingredients
Serves:8
Ingredients
- 600 g tomatoes
- 4 pieces guajillo chillies, dried
- 3 pieces chiles de arbol, dried
- 0.5 pieces white onion
- 3 pieces garlic cloves
- 0.5 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidence68kcal · per serving
2.3g
Protein
10.7g
Carbs
2.4g
Fat
Recipe total: 544 kcal · P 18.7g · C 85.2g · F 19g
Estimated from 9 of 9 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Toast the dried chillies on a dry pan for 20-30 seconds a side, pressing them flat. Stop the moment they smell sweet — a second too long and the whole salsa turns bitter.
- 2Soak the toasted chillies in hot water for 20 minutes, then stem and seed them.
- 3Char the tomatoes, onion and unpeeled garlic on the same dry pan until blackened and soft.
- 4Peel the garlic.
- 5Blend the chillies with the charred vegetables, cumin and salt, adding a little of the chilli soaking water to loosen.
- 6Fry the blended salsa in a spoon of hot oil for 5 minutes, stirring — this step deepens the colour and rounds off the raw edge.
- 7Finish with lime juice and salt to taste. It keeps a week in the fridge.
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Questions and answers
How long does Salsa Roja take to make?
About 40 minutes: 20 min prep and 20 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Salsa Roja?
9 ingredients: tomatoes, guajillo chillies, chiles de arbol, white onion, garlic cloves, ground cumin, lime juice, salt, sunflower oil.
How many servings does this Salsa Roja recipe make?
8 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Salsa Roja?
About 68 kcal, with 2.3 g protein, 10.7 g carbohydrate and 2.4 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Salsa Roja recipe suit?
It is vegan.
What cuisine is Salsa Roja?
Salsa Roja comes from Mexican cuisine.
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