Let me start by saying that I hate tomatoes in their fresh state, even the smell of them gets to me; however, I love ketchup, tomato soup, tomato sauce and salsa…weird I know! So when making homemade salsa, I cannot utilize fresh tomatoes, because I will not eat it nor will I chop the maters because they gross me out! Let me also tell you that we like things spicy, so this recipe it not for someone that likes things on the mild side. However, the recipe can be adapted by decreasing the amount of spicy ingredients you add. In my opinion this is one of the best salsas I have tasted and reminds of the salsa you get at really great Mexican restaurants…not to mention it is definitely far better than the bottled versions at the grocery store! You can also kick this up a notch by adding sweet corn kernels and black beans. I love this recipe because it is so easy to adapt to your own personal taste buds…it is also super fast, easy and delicious! Oh and don’t forget to enter my giveaway!!! Click here for details!
Spicy Salsa
Ingredients
2 (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
1/2 onion, finely diced
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 lime, juiced
1 teaspoon salt
fresh cracked pepper to taste
3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
3/4 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3/4 teaspoon chili powder
1 tablespoon Sriracha (or other hot chili sauce)
2 fresh jalapeños; chopped and seeded
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Method
Place all ingredients into the food processor and pulse until you reach the desired consistency. (I am sure this works just as well in a blender!)
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I’m make salsa with canned tomatoes too. This recipe looks and sounds great. I love spicy salsa! Can’t wait to try it.
Salsa is great with canned tomatoes! Yummo
9 times out of 10 we make our salsa with canned tomatoes as well. I prefer the “soupy” kind of salsa (like your picture!), rather than chunky kinds. (I hate onions!). This DOES look like the kinds I like at really good Mexican restaurants. My husband would LOVE the hot!
Holy mother! A full tablespoon of Sriracha? My throat closes up just thinking about it! LOL
I make my salsa with canned tomatoes as well. My ten year old daughter is addicted to the stuff! It is so easy and tastes so much better than the jarred stuff. Yours looks wonderful.
it is gross how much spicy salsa I consume in a week. and I am bad for never making my own. yours looks fabulous!
Pita chips and some of this salsa, por favor. Craving so bad at 2 am now…
oh my god that looks awesome..
I love hot spicy stuff..
it looks very,very yummy!
I LOVE homemade salsa, this looks fantastic! Great blog!
I thought I was the only person I knew that hated fresh tomato but loved tomatoy things. This salsa looks DELISH.
YES! I thought I was the only blogger in the world that didn’t like tomatoes. I’ll put the canned stuff in foods but still eat around it and try to avoid ketchup BUT I do like the non chunky salsa.
Btw, spicy is good!
~ingrid
OMG! I hate fresh tomatoes too! I also love the same tomato items as you. However, I DO put fresh tomatoes in my salsa. I think the "pickling process" makes the tomatoes palatable for me. That being said, I will save this recipe and try it when I don't have fresh tomatoes from the garden.
This is AMAZING, I made it tonight. Thanks so much for posting this recipe, I found it through google btw. It tastes JUST like the salsa me and my husband had from an authentic mexican restaurant in Seattle.
oh…and how long can this be left in the fridge for??
Thanks again!!
I was just talking about making salsa with my dad. He'll be so happy when I make this for him, but I really want it now!
I like a medium salsa that allows the flavors of multiple peppers to come out. If it's too spicy, all you get is the burn, and too mild leaves too much of a v-8 vibe. When I make salsa I tend to use 3 or more different peppers, so I like to be able to taste/feel them all!
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Can you can this recipe?
How much does this recipe make? And can it be canned? Sounds delicious!! Thanks!
I made this today and it turned out great! I halved the recipe because I have a small food processor and I wanted to expirament with it a bit before making a larger batch. I didn't have cumin, and I used chili paste??? I'm not sure that's what is intended (chili sauce) but it adds some heat and tastes great to me. My next batch I want to be a bit more spicy hot…
Can this recipe be canned? Can I use fresh tomatoes?
Can I can this salsa? or freeze it?
This is one of the best salsa recipes I’ve found – only one problem… severe dragon breath!!!!
do you remove the seeds from the tomatoes if they are fresh?