Salsa Texas Style

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 6 large tomatoes, ripe
• 1 medium yellow onion
• 6 large jalapenos or 6 large serrano peppers
• 4 medium garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 3 medium limes, larger is better
• 2 medium lemons
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin, comino
• 3/4 teaspoon chili powder
• 3/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chicken broth

Recipe

• 1 grill all the vegetables whole and unpeeled (i use charcoal and mesquite wood chunks. soak the chunks for 1 hour if possible). you can use raw vegetables also or a gas grill, but you loose some flavor that way. and i call that cheating.
• 2 next, in a food processor chop onions, garlic and jalepenos (i make mine almost like a puree but a little chunkier).
• 3 add a lime and 1/2 the chicken broth to the mix and transfer it to a large sauce pan on med-low heat.
• 4 puree all the tomatoes and add to the other ingredients in the sauce pan.
• 5 add the spices, limes and lemons (taste after each add to find your sweet spot. we like ours very bold here).
• 6 last, add the cilantro (again to your taste), remaining chicken broth and more salt if needed.
• 7 let it simmer 5-10 minutes to incorporate all the flavors and spices.
• 8 its great with corn chips or add to any salsa freindly dish.