Oh, Summer, the many things that it brings to our lives: fresh vegetables and fruits, trips to the pool or beach, and vacation time for some. It’s the time of the year when many will use their barbecue grills almost every weekend if possible.
For these days when you’re grilling your meat or chicken, warm up some tortillas alongside the meat to enjoy your grilling feast by making some tacos, and top it off with one of the most famous salsas in Central Mexico, one that’s sought after in many “Taquerias” for those who like to have a good, spicy, tasteful salsa. A good taco has to have a really good salsa to go along.
Red Salsa Taquera
This salsa traditionally has Chiles de Arbol, tomatoes, garlic, salt and water, but some cooks like to add tomatillos (the medium size tomatoes with a husk), like I do in this recipe. This is a very spicy salsa, but you can adjust the spiciness to fit your own taste by reducing the amount of Arbol peppers. This salsa goes well with “Tacos al Pastor”, too. Most Taquerias in Mexico City that sell Tacos al Pastor offer this salsa to top your tacos with. Some people know this salsa as Salsa de Chile de Arbol and others as Salsa Taquera.
How to make Red Salsa Taquera
Directions:
- Heat a skillet or heavy griddle
and arrange the tomatoes, onion, tomatillos, and garlic to roast on the skillet. (Please check the ingredients list below)
and arrange the tomatoes, onion, tomatillos, and garlic to roast on the skillet. (Please check the ingredients list below)
- Roast the ingredients. The garlic cooks in a few minutes. The roasting process will take about 8 minutes.
- When your tomatoes and onion look softened, it’s time to remove them and set aside or place in your blender or food processor along with the garlic. Now add the Arbol peppers to the hot griddle and slightly roast them.
- Once all the ingredients, tomatoes, tomatillos, garlic, onion and arbol peppers are in the blender, process them until you have a fine texture.
Season with salt and serve in a bowl.
Enjoy!
Taquería Style Salsa Recipe
This salsa taquera traditionally has Chiles de Arbol, tomatoes, garlic, salt, and water, but some cooks like to add tomatillos like I do in this recipe. This is a very spicy salsa, but you can adjust the spiciness to fit your own taste by reducing the amount of Arbol peppers.
Print Pin Rate Add to CollectionPrep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 7kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Large sized tomato
- 4 medium sized tomatillos or 6 small ones *
- 2 garlic cloves unpeeled
- 1/3 of a medium white onion **
- 15 Dry Arbol Peppers ***
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat a skillet or heavy griddle over medium heat, once it’s hot. Arrange the tomatoes, onion, tomatillos and garlic to roast on the skillet.
- Roast the ingredients until they start showing some blistering and look slightly softened, turning them to make sure they roast evenly. The garlic cooks in a few minutes and you will need to remove it, peel the skin, and set aside. The roasting process will take about 8 minutes. If your tomatoes don’t look to softened, wrap them in aluminum foil for about 10 minutes, this will help them to finish cooking.
- When your tomatoes and onion look softened, it’s time to remove them and set aside or place in your blender or food processor along with the garlic. Now add the Arbol peppers to the hot griddle and slightly roast them, this will be a very fast step since the peppers skins burn easily, which gives them an unpleasant bitter taste, so be sure to turn them and roast the peppers without burning them.
- Once all the ingredients, tomatoes, tomatillos, garlic, onion and arbol peppers are in the blender, process them until you have a fine texture. If your salsa is too thick add a little water. Season with salt and serve in a bowl.
Notes
The method of cooking the ingredients can be either roasted, boiled or fried. All of these ways of cooking gives great results and different flavors to the salsa. I personally like this salsa when the ingredients are roasted. You can also roast them in your oven. • The amount varies depending on the size of the tomatillos you buy. • If you want your salsa in a dark red color use more tomatoes than tomatillos • The onion is optional • Arbol peppers are spicier than other dry peppers. If you prefer less heat in your salsa remove some of the peppers.
Nutrition
Serving: 2Tbsp | Calories: 7kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 53mg | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 2.5mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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Recipe in spanish https://www.mexicoenmicocina.com/receta-salsa-taquera/
Buen Provecho
Mely,
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Receta en Español Salsa Taquera.
can i keep this for a long time or has to be used the same day
Hello Marie,
You can store it in the fridge for up to 3-4 days.
Hi, my salsa turned out really watery. I just used a regular large tomato and it seems like that may have made it have too much liquid. Do you know how I can fix it for next time?
Hello Kaley,
Mexican salsas are usually no thick, but you can add more tomatoes to the make it thicker.
Jesus! This is a great website!