Mama's Salsa
Discover how quick and easy making homemade salsa really is with this family recipe. Grab your food processor along with a few simple ingredients and in under five minutes you’ll be ready to start fiesta-ing! Once you’ve made salsa yourself you just might never by it jarred again. Olé!
Servings: 15
Equipment
- Food processor
Ingredients
- 1 large clove of garlic
- 1 jalapeño (deseed for less spice and/or use only half)
- 1 medium onion, peeled and halved
- a good handful cilantro (I use about half a bunch), coarse stems removed
- 1 28 oz can peeled whole tomatoes drained (I like to use a fork and transfer them directly to the food processor)
- juice of one lemon
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Fit the food processor with the metal blade. With the machine running, drop in the garlic through the feeding tube (this will help it mince evenly). Stop the machine and add the jalapeño, onion and cilantro. Pulse in 1 second burts a few times (7-8 should do the trick) until roughly chopped. Scrape down the sides and add the rest of the ingredients and pulse a few more times until desired consistency is reached (do not let machine run). Taste, adjust and enjoy.
Notes
- If tomatoes are in season, you can use 4-5 large fresh quartered tomatoes instead of the canned variety or two pints of cherry tomatoes.
- This makes a big bowl of salsa, so feel free to cut the recipe in half if needed.
- This salsa is best the day it is made.
- Make sure to wash your hands well after handling the jalapeños.