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Hunter Family Salsa

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And here we are at Monday again.  Le sigh. Is it too early to think about margaritas?

Saturday night we had the awesome privilege of hanging out with our good friends Robbie and Stefanie and indulging in homemade Mexican food.  The menu featured chicken tacos (made with homemade taco seasoning), cilantro-lime rice, and homemade salsa.  Only this time we used Stefanie’s recipe!  (P.S. this is Robbie & Stef.  Probably 2 of the prettiest people I know):

HUNTER SALSA

  • 1 full bunch cilantro
  • 1 full bunch green onions
  • 1 small white onion
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 3 key limes
  • 1 serano chile
  • 2 tomatillos
  • 1 16-oz can diced fire-roasted tomatoes
  • salt to taste

Alrighty guys.  Salsa is one of those things that you can make massive quantities of for parties and get-togethers where people will rave about it and you can OH SO COYLY tell them, “Oh, yeah, I made that.  It’s super easy.”

Not that I go for recipe like that or anything.

Or do I?

Anyway, first things first you must do the unpictured part of the process:  boil the tomatillos and serrano pepper (seeds and all) until tender, around 15-20 minutes.  I would recommend taking them out and cooling before proceeding with the blender part of it.

Then it’s time to chop everything!  Make sure you peel all of the cilantro leaves off of the stems before doing a rough chop.  No need to mince, but you definitely don’t want whole huge cilantro leaves all up in everyone’s teeth.  That is NOT how you make friends!

Make sure you dice the green onions:

And, once it’s boiled, do a rough chop on the serrano chile:

I love salsa with onions and garlic and cilantro.  And tomatoes.  You know, basically everything in this salsa!

Once all of the ingredients are chopped (onion, cilantro, garlic, green onion) and boiled (serrano chile, tomatillos), you want to blend together the serrano chile, the tomatillos, and the fire-roasted tomatoes.  Then stir in all of the other ingredients.  Squeeze the juice from the 3 limes in, and salt to taste.

I really can’t imagine a more perfect batch of homemade salsa, and the great thing is it’s so easy!  Really, truly easy…not the kind of easy that’s hard so that you can tell people it’s easy when it’s really not.

Again, not that I actually do that.

I swear 😉

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  1. Ingrid says

    August 24, 2010 at 11:04 am

    Great pictures! Love salsa!!

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  2. Krista (kristastes) says

    August 24, 2010 at 6:19 am

    I heart salsa mucho! I just made some last night with peaches…turned out amazing. I will try this one soon 🙂

    Reply
  3. Salah says

    August 23, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    I would like some homemade salsa right now 🙂

    Reply
  4. kbwood says

    August 23, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    GIRL you da baking/recipe queen these days! LOVE ME SOME SALSA!! yum!

    Reply
  5. Maren says

    August 23, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    I am all about salsa, this recipe looks super tasty. Do you like to put vinegar in yours? It’s a little of a hit-or-miss ingredient for me.

    Reply
  6. Erin @ A Girl and Her Mutt says

    August 23, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    Lovely photo. I love salsa. There is something fantastic about the mixture of red onions with anything.

    Reply
  7. Heather C says

    August 23, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    Ah, so fresh and delicious! Cilantro was something that had to “grow” on me – I love my green chile spice, that is a whole different jive. 😉

    Looks tasty, as usual!

    Reply
  8. Teri [a foodie stays fit] says

    August 23, 2010 at 2:00 pm

    I love homemade salsa. I need to get Rob to make that for me since he is the salsa guru in our house.

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  9. Anna says

    August 23, 2010 at 12:47 pm

    Homemade fresh salsa is SO much better than jarred. There’s just no comparison!

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  10. Dorry says

    August 23, 2010 at 12:38 pm

    there’s nothing better than fresh salsa! and I bet your cilantro lime rice was amazing, too. 🙂

    Reply
  11. Kara @ MyWellnest says

    August 23, 2010 at 12:34 pm

    I am so passing that salsa recipe on to my husband. He LOVES making salsa and we have an abundance of tomatoes right now!

    P.S. I don’t think it’s ever too early to think about margaritas 🙂

    Reply
  12. Mama Pea says

    August 23, 2010 at 12:13 pm

    I have a very similar salsa recipe in the book (that uses the secret ingredient of fire roasted tomatoes). I LOVE it. I’m just telling you so you don’t think I ripped it off (though mine doesn’t have tomatillos). 😉

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  13. Katie @ Health for the Whole Self says

    August 23, 2010 at 12:10 pm

    I love making recipes that appear way more difficult than they are! 😉

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  14. Matt says

    August 23, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    Mmm I love homemade salsa! I had some last night on my breakfast tacos, but it was store-bought. Too lazy to make my own 😉

    Reply
  15. R @ Learning As I Chop says

    August 23, 2010 at 11:51 am

    Umm, your friend looks like Angelina Jolie!

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  16. Tina says

    August 23, 2010 at 11:32 am

    I don’t think there is anything better than fresh, homemada salsa!

    Reply
  17. LiveForTheRun says

    August 23, 2010 at 11:26 am

    All of your recipes are easy and this is no exception. I leave out cilantro in my salsa bc I’m normally too lazy. Well no more!

    Reply
  18. Nic says

    August 23, 2010 at 9:51 am

    This looks great! I have so many fresh tomatoes, I think I will subsitute the can of tomatoes for fresh. I can’t wait to try, thanks for sharing the recipe!

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  19. Jessica @ How Sweet says

    August 23, 2010 at 9:30 am

    I never make good ole’ regular salsa from scratch! I need to try. I’m usually too busy trying to stuff fruit in there to mask all the veggies.

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  20. Sarah for Real says

    August 23, 2010 at 9:16 am

    What perfect timing, I have a bazillion fresh tomatoes from my garden! Do you suppose this would work with regular tomatoes instead of tomatillos? We tried growing those too, but they got eaten by bugs 🙁

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    • Heather says

      August 23, 2010 at 9:21 am

      You could definitely use fresh tomatoes! Just use the same method as you would with the tomatillos, only boil them for a shorter amount of time!

      Reply
  21. Summah says

    August 23, 2010 at 8:44 am

    It’s so beautiful, all the colors! I’ll def be making this soon.

    Reply
  22. Angela says

    August 23, 2010 at 8:02 am

    I’m new to this, and really enjoying it. Love reading your site and all the great recipes.

    Reply
  23. Brittany (A Healthy Slice of Life) says

    August 23, 2010 at 7:57 am

    Oh that looks amazing!!!

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  24. TheHealthyApron says

    August 23, 2010 at 7:47 am

    What a darling picture!

    mmm salsa is my favorite!

    Reply
  25. Lindsay @ Pinch of Yum says

    August 23, 2010 at 6:48 am

    Yummmm. It has been way too long since I made salsa. Maybe this week…? And of course, “it’s easy” so I have no excuse not to!

    Reply
  26. Kristy says

    August 23, 2010 at 6:16 am

    That looks so delicious!! Love the pics!! 🙂

    Reply
  27. Jennifer @ EvolvingWell says

    August 23, 2010 at 5:52 am

    You and I must have our brains wired into the salsa connection. Made an awesome easy batch last night, but this looks tasty… gotta give it a try. And I LOVE those fire roasted tomatoes from Muir Glenn….just a bit pricey, but definitely worth it!

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