Spicy Grape Tomato and Red Onion Salsa with Fresh Cilantro
Authentic style tomato salsa is ideal for serving as a dip or accompaniment to your favorite Mexican entrée, grilled fish or seafood, or as a breakfast side dish. Grape tomatoes are pureed and
combined with chopped red onion, minced garlic, fresh lime juice, chopped fresh cilantro, sea salt, and hot pepper sauce.
Ingredients -
1 pint Grape or Cherry Tomatoes, cut in half
1/2 Medium Red Onion, chopped
1 Garlic Clove, minced
2 tablespoons Fresh Lime Juice
2 tablespoons Chopped Fresh Cilantro
1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt
2 dashes Hot Pepper Sauce or to taste
Preparation:
1. In a food processor, add the tomatoes and pulse until it reaches the desired texture.
2. Pour the mixture into a bowl with the garlic, onion, cilantro, lime juice, salt and hot pepper sauce.
3. Cover with plastic wrap and chill until ready to serve.
Salsa Making Tips -
Grape Tomatoes
Grape tomatoes can be found in most supermarkets, farmers markets, and specialty produce stores. They are the size of green or red grapes, and are juicy and delicious like their fruit counterparts. Grape tomatoes are packaged in small
plastic pint containers containing several dozen tomatoes. The tomatoes are generally red in color, but they can be yellow or orange in coloring or multi-colored. This is a great tomato to quarter and use for making chunky style salsas.
Salsa Making Tips -
Hot Pepper Sauce
Hot pepper sauce is also known as hot sauce, chili sauce or pepper sauce. The spicy sauce is generally produced from chile peppers, vinegar and salt. Hot sauces are produced in countries all over the world and imported for sale. The heat
level can vary greatly depending mainly on the ingredients used in production. Look closely at labels for the types of chile peppers that are part of the recipe and taste a tiny bit of hot sauce before using or serving. Hot pepper
sauces range from very mild to scorching hot.
