Creamy Jalapeño Salsa

This creamy jalapeño salsa is really easy to make, it lasts for several days in your fridge, and can be used for tacos, grilled meats, and even on top of fried eggs!. It's ready to enjoy in only a few minutes!

Course Salsas

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword creamy jalapeno salsa, creamy jalapeno sauce, jalapeno cream sauce recipe, jalapeno sauce recipe

Prep Time 8

Cook Time 12

Total Time 20

Servings

Calories 41kcal

Author Mely Martínez

Ingredients

8 Jalapeño peppers
1 medium-size garlic clove
1½ cups of water
1 /3 cup vegetable oil*
salt to taste

Instructions

Cut the jalapeños lengthwise and remove the stems, veins, and seeds (if you want a rather mild salsa). If you want your salsa very spicy, leave the veins and just remove the seeds.
Place peppers and peeled garlic clove into a saucepan and cover with 1½ cups of water.
Turn the heat up to bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to a low simmer. Place a lid on without completely covering the saucepan, allowing some space to release the steam. Cook like this for about 12-15 minutes until the peppers are cooked. If needed, add more water while cooking, just enough to cover the peppers.
Once the peppers and garlic are cooked and cooled, place them in your blender with about ⅓ cup of the cooking water and the vegetable oil. Process until you have a very fine and creamy sauce. Sometimes, I process the salsa just with the water and then pour the oil slowly through the hole in the small cap on the lid.

Season with salt and enjoy!

Notes

If you don’t have Jalapeños, use Serranos (about 12 regular size Serranos).
Vegetable oil has a neutral flavor, so if you plan on using another type of oil, like olive oil, keep in mind that it will affect the final flavor of the salsa.

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