Roasted Tomato and Tomatillo Salsa
Roasted salsa with tomatoes and tomatilloes is an amazing topping or dip that will make any dish taste better. This roasted salsa is made with simple ingredients for a delicious and easy-to-make snack for any occasion.
Servings: 16 ounces
Ingredients
- 4 vine ripe tomatoes or 2-3 larger ones
- 2 tomatillos
- 1 serrano pepper
- ½ cup cilantro
- ½ spanish onion Outside skin removed and cut in half. reserve the other half of the onion for another dish.
- 1 fresh lime or 3 tablespoon of lime juice
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ½ tablespoon kosher salt plus more to taste
Instructions
Roasting on the grill or griddle
- Pre-heat a large griddle or cast iron pan on your stove top or grill to high heat.
- While your griddle is pre-heating, clean your vegetables and remove the husks from the tomatillos (these are not edible). Clean off any sticky residue from your tomatillos as well.
- Once your griddle or pan is nice and hot, brush a little vegetable oil evenly across it, just to coat the metal.1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- Now add your tomatoes, tomatillos, onion and serrano pepper to your hot pan and let them cook for about 5 minutes.4 vine ripe tomatoes, 2 tomatillos, ½ spanish onion, 1 serrano pepper
- After 5 minutes, turn them to cook on the other side for another 5 minutes.
- Keep turning the vegetables every couple of minutes until you see charring on all sides and they begin to soften. This can take up to 30 minutes. You will hear popping and sizzling during the cooking.
- Remove from the heat and let cool for about 15 minutes.
Making the salsa
- Cut any stems off of the tops of the vegetables.
- In a blender, add your charred vegetables lime, cilantro and salt.½ cup cilantro, 1 fresh lime, ½ tablespoon kosher salt
- Pulse for 3 seconds at a time on medium speed until it is a a medium consistency (a little chunky but no large bits). You can also adjust the consistency at this point to your liking. If you like a thicker salsa, pulse for less time.
- Taste for salt. Tomatoes absorb salt so you may need to add more to taste.
- Once done, pour into a container and refrigerate for 2 hours if you like a chilled salsa. Alternately, you can eat it at room temperature right away!
- Serve with chips or along side your favorite savory dish.
Nutrition
Calories: 15kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 438mg | Potassium: 88mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 298IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutrition Values are estimates only.
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