Restaurant-Style Salsa
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Author: The Perfect Portion
Recipe type: Entertaining
Makes: 2 Appetizer or 8 Topping portions
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds plum tomatoes, halved
- ½ red onion, finely diced
- ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- ¼ cup finely diced green bell pepper
- 1 large jalapeño pepper, finely diced, with seeds
- Juice of 1 lime
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt, or more to taste
Directions
- Core, seed, and dice the plum tomatoes, and place in a large mixing bowl.
- Add all the remaining ingredients, and toss to combine, adding any additional salt to taste.
- Transfer ⅓ of the salsa to a food processor, and process until very finely minced and almost smooth.
- Fold the puréed salsa back into the diced salsa, cover, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to let the flavors combine before serving.
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HELPFUL TIP: For a milder salsa, discard the seeds of the jalapeño, as that is where most of the heat comes from. Or simply omit the jalapeño and increase the diced green bell pepper from ¼ cup to ⅓ cup.
HELPFUL TIP: For a milder salsa, discard the seeds of the jalapeño, as that is where most of the heat comes from. Or simply omit the jalapeño and increase the diced green bell pepper from ¼ cup to ⅓ cup.
Serving size: 1⅓ cups Calories: 100
Recipe by The Perfect Portion at https://theperfectportion.com/2015/12/restaurant-style-salsa/