Salsa

10 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 5 tomatoes
  • 5 tomatillos, husks removed
  • 2 or 3 jalapenos
  • 1/2 small onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
  • 2 scallions, finely chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 teaspoons lime juice, or to taste
  • Salt to taste

Directions

  1. 1
    Fill a kettle half full of water and bring to a boil.
  2. 2
    Add the tomatoes, tomatillos and jalapenos and boil 10 minutes.
  3. 3
    Drain the vegetables, reserving 1 cup of the cooking water.
  4. 4
    Peel the skin off the tomatoes and trim jalapeno stems.
  5. 5
    Transfer the tomatoes, tomatillos and jalapenos to a blender or food processor and add the onion and garlic.
  6. 6
    Pulse until the vegetables are coarsely chopped.
  7. 7
    Pulse in 1/4 cup cilantro.
  8. 8
    Add some of the reserved water if the mixture is too thick.
  9. 9
    Transfer the salsa to a bowl and stir in the remaining cilantro, scallions, sugar and lime juice and season to taste with salt.

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