Weekend Cookbook Challenge-Celebrating Cinco de Mayo
This month’s Weekend Cookbook Challenge calls us all to find our inner Mexican…hmm…that sounds very wrong…anyways…it’s time to find creative and fun dishes to help us all celebrate this fun holiday.
So I decided to go with the obvious choice of salsa only because I bought a bunch of cilantro and tomatoes at the farmer’s market this week and I have just the recipe for them. I participated in a recipe swap a few month’s back and this is one of the recipes I received from my partner. I decided it was high time to put this recipe to use, I mean come on isn’t that the purpose of this challenge!
This takes no time to whip up in the food processor. I made another salsa recipe on Friday and I hand chopped everything which was way too labor intensive and resulted in a way too chunky salsa. This recipe looks like it came from a mexican restaurant and tastes wonderful. I used a can of the original Rotel which created a nice and spicy salsa, though I noticed they have a milder version as well if you want to play it safe. Now I just need a good margarita…
You’ll Never Go Back Salsa
from my swap partner Kendall
1 can Rotel, drained
1 onion (I used half of a large white onion)
1 large tomato, seeds and juice squeezed out
1 bunch of cilantro (just add to taste really)
1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper
2 garlic cloves chopped
juice of half a lime
1. In the food processor add garlic, onion, cilantro and fresh tomato. Pulse until there are no longer large chunks of tomato. Add Rotel, salt, pepper, and lime juice. Pulse until desired consistency.
2. Chill for about 30 minutes and then enjoy.
**Jen’s note: I found the salsa to be a bit on the watery side (probably due to the fresh tomato), so I chose to drain a bit of the juice off after I made it.
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May 8th, 2006 15:23
I love salsa and the hotter the better.I’ve been looking for a good recipe.I’ll be trying this one.