Spicy, smoky chilli salsa
Salsa is everything in a Mexican meal – as a dip, to top your taco or to add something special to a soup or mole. This recipe from Honey & Co makes a small bowlful that will go well with tortillas, tacos or a cheese & mushroom burrito.
- Serves6
- CourseSide
- Prepare15 mins
- Cook25 mins
- Total time40 mins
Ingredients
- 3 plum tomatoes, halved
- 3 large cloves garlic (2 unpeeled), whole
- 4 chillies, whole (red, green or a mixture)
- 1 bunch/es salad onions, white parts only, trimmed
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
Method
Preheat the grill to high, or the oven to 240ºC, gas mark 8. Place 2 halved tomatoes on a roasting tray, then add 2 garlic cloves, the chillies and the white parts of the salad onions. Drizzle with 1 tbsp oil and add a sprinkling of sea salt flakes.
Roast for 20-25 minutes until charred (about 15 minutes under a grill setting), then remove from the oven and set aside until cool enough to handle.
Place the remaining halved tomato, peeled garlic clove and burnt vegetables from the tray into a small food processor. Remove the skins of the garlic cloves in the tray, and the stalk and seeds of the chillies if you want it less spicy. Leave them in for a real kick.
Blitz everything together with the vinegar to create a chunky salsa, then add the remaining oil and mix to combine. Taste for seasoning, then serve.
Cook’s tip
Delicious with refried beans, too.
Nutritional
Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe
Energy | 207kJ/ 50kcals |
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Fat | 3.8g |
Saturated Fat | 0.3g |
Carbohydrates | 2.8g |
Sugars | 2.5g |
Fibre | 0.9g |
Protein | 0.7g |
Salt | 0.2g |