Easy Roasted Salsa
An easy roasted salsa recipe with deep tomato, pepper, onion, and cilantro flavors with a hint of honey sweetness.
Equipment
- 2 Cookie Sheets
- 1 Blender or food processor
- 1 Bowl
Ingredients
- 6 pounds Tomatoes. Halved, quartered, cored
- 8 Jalapeno Peppers. Halved
- 1 Onion. Quartered
- 1 cup Cilantro. Chopped, about half a bunch
- 3 tsp Garlic. Minced
- 1/4 cup Lemon juice. Fresh from 1 lemon
- 1/4 cup Honey
- 1 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Prep the veggies for roasting. After washing the veggies, half or quarter the tomatoes. Be sure to remove the tomato core. Cut the onion in quarters. Cut the stem off the jalapenos and cut them in half - remove the seeds if you don't want as much heat.
- Roast the veggies. Put the tomatoes, peppers, and onion on two greased cookie sheets, cut side up. Bake in a 425 degree oven for about 40 minutes to roast them. You can prep the other ingredients (garlic, salt, lemon juice, honey, and chop cilantro) while the veggies are roasting. Remove the veggies from the oven and let them cool enough for you to be able to easily handle them.
- Use a blender or food processor to chop and mix the salsa. Add the peppers, onion, and tomatoes in batches. I put the peppers and onion in the bottom of my blender first before adding tomatoes so they will chop up better.The tomato skins are easy to remove as you pick the tomato up to put it in the blender. Just have a bowl next to your blender that you can drop the discarded skin in before putting the tomato in the blender. Pulse a few times to mix it all up. Don't over blend if you are using a blender or it will get frothy.
- Pour your salsa mixture into a large bowl and continue blending any remaining tomatoes, peppers, and onion.
- Once your have blended your tomatoes, peppers, and onions, add the minced garlic, honey, lemon juice, and salt to the salsa mix. Stir well. Now add the chopped cilantro and stir.
- I usually run my salsa through the blender again at this point. We like a saucier salsa rather than a chunky salsa, and this is a good way to incorporate all the ingredients.
Notes
This recipes makes about 3 - 4 pints of salsa.