Four Alarm Firehouse Salsa Recipes

TRADITIONAL SALSA

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Serve with tortilla chips.

FALSE ALARM VEGETABLE CHILI

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion, green and red peppers, carrot, jalapeno pepper, and garlic. Cook until the vegetables soften, about 5 minutes. Stir in 7 cups water, lentils, tomato paste, kidney beans, and pinto beans. Stir to blend, adding stewed tomatoes, chili powder, cumin, and crushed red-pepper flakes.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until lentils are tender, about 45 minutes. If the chili starts to dry out, add hot water as needed. Season with salt and pepper, and serve immediately.

FAV FIREHOUSE SALSA

Steps:

• 1. Place all ingredients into a food processor, blend on low speed til desired consistency.

FIREHOUSE CHILI

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat canola oil over medium heat. Brown beef in batches, crumbling meat, until no longer pink; drain and set aside. Add onions and green pepper; cook until tender. Return meat to Dutch oven. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until flavors are blended, about 1-1/2 hours.

FIREHOUSE SALSA

Steps:

• Put the first 9 ingredients into a food processor along with just the juice from the canned tomatoes. Process on low for about 10 seconds, until mixture is evenly chopped and mixed well.
• Add the tomatoes and process them into the salsa. This should take about 5 seconds at low speed.
• Pour salsa into a bowl and serve with tortilla chips.

FIRE HOUSE SALSA

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl.

FOUR ALARM FIREHOUSE SALSA

Steps:

• Add onion, garlic, cilantro (stems removed) to food processor, spin until finely chopped. (adding a little of the tomatoe at this time may help).
• Prepare peppers, by coring and quartering to make them more uniform (remove seeds and veins if desired). Add to food processor and spin until finely chopped.
• Add the drained Whole tomatoes, and puree.
• Combine all with diced tomatoes in a large mixing bowl and chill.

TAY'S HOT AND SPICY SALSA

Steps:

• Put everything but the tomatoes in a food processor. Chop until diced. Add the tomatoes. Serve with chips.
• Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

FARM STAND SALSA

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl, tossing to coat. Put the salsa in a sealable plastic container and take to a picnic, if desired.

DILL WEED CRACKERS

Steps:

• Warm oil to dissolve dressing mix.
• Stir well.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and mix.
• Pour over crackers and toss gently.

MICAH'S 4 1/2-ALARM CHILI

Steps:

• Combine ground beef and onion in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir until browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Pour off excess grease.
• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain and cut into pieces.
• Combine beef mixture, bacon, kidney beans, baked beans, tomatoes, brown sugar, barbeque rub, chili powder, hot sauce, and garlic powder in a large pot. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring every 30 minutes, until bubbling, 2 to 3 hours. Remove chili from heat and let cool, about 30 minutes.
• Refrigerate chili, 8 hours to overnight.
• Reheat chili over low heat, stirring every 30 minutes, for at least 4 hours before serving.

SIMPLE SALSA

Steps:

• Stem the jalapenos, and add to a couple of quarts of boiling water. Bring back to a boil and cook for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, coarsely chop the yellow and green onions and the cilantro and toss together in a bowl to mix.
• In a food processor (I have a 10 or 12 cup model), empty 1 can of tomatoes with their juice, 1/4 of the onion and cilantro mixture, 2-3 jalapenos, 1 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper, and 1 tsp garlic powder. Take it for a spin until it's chopped fairly fine, about 15-20 seconds. Pour it all in a big bowl. Note: If you are using regular salt instead of kosher salt, you will want to reduce the salt amount to about 1 teaspoon. This is because regular salt has much smaller granules than kosher salt. In any case, the first time, you may want to go easy on the salt and then add it at the end.
• Repeat step 3 until all of the tomatoes and onions are chopped and in the big bowl.
• Roll the limes to loosen the juice, cut them in half and squeeze the juice into the salsa. Mix.
• If possible, chill the salsa overnight. The flavors will blend nicely, and the texture becomes just a little bit firmer.

BLACK BEAN & SHOEPEG SALSA

Steps:

• mix all ingredients in a large bowl.
• Serve with your favorite tortilla chips.