Roasted Chile Salsa Recipes

ROASTED SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a roasting pan or baking sheet with aluminum foil and coat with cooking spray.
• Arrange tomatoes, cut-side down, in the roasting pan; add Anaheim chile peppers, jalapeno peppers, and poblano peppers, all skin-side up. Add onions and garlic to roasting pan. Spray the vegetable mixture with cooking spray.
• Roast in the preheated oven until tomato and chile pepper skins are blistered and charred, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 10 to 15 minutes, keeping skins on tomatoes and chile peppers.
• Blend tomato-chile pepper mixture, lime juice, cilantro, cider vinegar, oregano, cumin, kosher salt, black pepper, and celery salt in a food processor using quick pulses until desired consistency is reached. Refrigerate salsa in an air-tight container.

ROASTED CHILE SALSA

Steps:

• Heat broiler to high and place rack in top position.
• Squeeze the tomato halves, reserving the juice and seeds.
• Set aside 2 of the tomatoes and 1 of the jalapeños. Toss the remaining jalapeños, tomatoes, garlic, ancho chiles, onion and red bell pepper in a large bowl with the tablespoon of oil, then spread in a shallow roasting pan or sheet pan with a lip. and toss the rest of the produce in a large bowl with the tablespoon of oil then spread in a shallow roasting pan or sheet pan with a lip.
• Broil for 20 minutes, stirring often for even browning.
• Move the roasted vegetables to the work bowl of a food processor and add the reserved tomatoes, jalapeño, lime juice, kosher salt, and chili powder. Pulse several times until mixture reaches salsa consistency. If mixture is too dry, add part or all of the reserved tomato juice.
• Stir in cilantro, parsley, or scallions and refrigerate 2 hours before serving.

ROASTED CHIPOTLE SALSA

Steps:

• Place a comal or a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat; do not oil. Place garlic, onion, and tomato (all with their skins) in pan and roast, turning, as needed, with tongs, until blistered and charred all over. Let vegetables cool slightly, then peel off skins.
• In a blender, combine vegetables with chipotle chile and cilantro leaves. Whirl until coarsely pureed. (If using a mortar and pestle, finely chop cilantro leaves with cooked, peeled onion and garlic. Mash tomatoes and chipotle in mortar, then stir in chopped vegetables and cilantro). Squeeze lime juice into salsa, then stir in oil. Taste, season with salt, and serve. Can be made ahead, covered, and refrigerated up to 3 days.