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Spicy Salsa For Chicharron
Equipment
- Skillet or comal(griddle)
Ingredients
- 2 Jalapeño peppers remove stems and slice open
- 3-4 Serrano peppers remove stems
- 1/4 section onion
- 3 cloves of garlic with skins on
- Drizzle of oil
- Handful of fresh cilantro
- 3/4 cup Water
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Add the jalapeños, serranos, onion and garlic to a preheated skillet. Drizzle with oil. Cook for 15-20 minutes, removing the garlic after 10 minutes.
- At the same time, add peeled and washed tomatillos to a pot of simmering water. Cook them just until they turn from bright green to olive green. Do not let them boil and tear open.
- Peel the garlic and transfer. Drain out all but 3/4 cup of the water from the tomatillos. Transfer to the blender jar. Also add the garlic, chile peppers, onion and cilantro. Season, to taste, with salt. Blend on high until smooth, Taste for salt.
- If you are going to cook with the salsa right away, set aside. Or you can refrigerate it for a few days once it has cooled. To extend the life of the salsa for up to 10 days and yield a smoother salsa, you can cook the salsa at a steady simmer for 10 minutes after you blend it. Store cooled salsa in an airtight container refrigerated. I like to use glass mason jars.
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