I can’t say it enough on how easy these spicy taqueria-style salsa recipes are! All in one skillet, short cooking time and a quick blend you will be scrambling, running, for the chips to taste these delicious salsa’s coming out of your blender.
Choose Your Cooking Method & Go!
There are a few ways you can approach these recipes. You can simply boil your salsa ingredients. You can also grill, roast or broil them. The one step you don’t want to skip is adding the oil when you blend. The oil helps emulsify the salsa and gives it that creamy texture. It also gives the red salsa a bright orange finish.
How Did You Get Orange Salsa? Looks Like Avocado!
People often cannot figure what peppers are used to give it that orange color. Most people think it’s prepared with habanero. It’s the oil, once blended with the red tomatoes, that gives it it’s distinct color. If you follow me, you know how much I love salsa recipes. There are quite a few variations of this style of salsa on the blog. I decided to add these together so you could see how easy it is to prepare both salsa’s in no time using the exact same cooking method. Many times the green salsa is referred to as salsa de aguacate because of it’s color. Yet there are no avocados in the salsa, lol! The flavors of the quick saute of the onions are garlic really stand out. It has deep flavors like a long cooking salsa would. Sooo good! You must try it. Every taco needs that finishing salsa on top. That, to me, makes it complete!
Red or Green? Both! Have Both! It’s That Easy!
Why settle for one or the other. Have both! Once you learn these formulas, you will be in your kitchen creating all kinds of salsa combinations!
Ingredients
- 2 large tomatillos washed and sliced in half
- 6 serranos stems removed and roughly chopped
- 1/4 white onion sliced
- 2 cloves garlic sliced
- 6 tbsps avocado oil
- Juice of 1 lime
- Salt, to taste
Red/Orange Taqueria Salsa
- 2 large Roma tomatoes, sliced in quarters
- 1/4 large white onion, sliced
- 12 chile de arbol, remove stems if any
- 6 tbsps avocado oil
- Juice of 1 lime
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Green Salsa
- Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a skillet at medium heat. Add all of the ingredients and saute just until the ingredients soften and the tomatillos and serranos turn from bright green to an olive green.
- Once cool, transfer all the ingredients to the blender, including the juices and oil. Add lime juice, 2 more tablespoons of oil and salt to taste. Blend on high until smooth and creamy looking. Taste for salt.
Red/Orange Salsa
- Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a skillet at medium heat. Add all of the ingredients to the skillet, making sure you keep the chile de arbol to one side of pan. They will be removed first. As soon as the chile de arbol begin to puff out a little and become aromatic, remove them and transfer them to the blender
- Saute the rest of the ingredients until they are soft and tomatoes just begin to break down. Let ingredients cool. Transfer all to the blender, including juices and oil in skillet. Add 2 more tablespoons of oil, lime juice and salt to taste. Blend on high for 45 seconds. Scrape down the sides and blend again for another 45 seconds. Taste for salt.
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I just made this salsa and it was a hit! I loved the flavor it has, but I also loved how easy it was to make. I’m eager to try your other salsas!
Yes! I love to hear this! Thank you so much for letting me know. I appreciate your feedback!
I made this salsa today and it’s so good and so easy to make! Your instructions are easy! I’m going to share your page with others! Thanks for posting!
Thank you Karen! So happy ro here you liked the recipe. Thanks for sharing!!
Hi your sauces look amazing! I am searching for a carrot and habanero based salsa that I had at a local taco joint. I asked them and they only said it was carrot and habanero based, but I could tell it had onion and lime juice or vinegar. I would love any feedback you have.
Hi BJ,
Well, I don’t know what recipe they use for their hot sauce, but this is one I developed a few years back. https://pinaenlacocina.com/2014/01/26/habanero-hot-sauce/