Now here is something I enjoy everytime I eat tacos especially on a beer night out with friends and love ones.  Making it is so easy even a kid can do it. Many thinks that this is very difficult to make because it involve a lot a chopping but you can still use a food processor to do the chopping for you. Making the salsa has many varieties and it could adapt everyone’s taste; that is the beauty of salsla. Basically, salsa contains chopped or pureed tomatoes, chiles, onions, and cilantro, flavored with salt and a squeeze of lime juice. You can play around with the ingredients and even add more like chiles, herbs and veregtables or lessen the ingredients listed above. The techniques and the combinations you could do are endless. To start making a salsa, check the directions and ingredients below.

Fresh Salsa Ingredients:

2 1/2 pounds tomatoes
3 large jalapenos (use more if small, fewer if large)
1/4 med Spanish onion (or yellow)
3 cloves garlic
1/4 c chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 c white vinegar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp liquid mesquite smoke

Directions:

Preheat BBQ (or stovetop grill pan) on high. Remove stems from tomatoes, then rub some oil over each. Leave stems on jalapenos and rub oil on them, too.

Place tomatoes on grill when it’s hot. After about 10 minutes, add all jalapenos. In about 10 minutes, turn the tomatoes and peppers. When almost all of the surface of the peppers are black, remove them from the grill. The tomatoes will turn partially black, but when the skin begins to come off they are done. Remove from grill and allow veggies to cool.

Remove skin from tomatoes and place in a food processor. Pinch the stem end from each pepper, remove any skin that has burned, and place into food processor with tomatoes.

Add remaining ingredients and puree on high for 5-10 seconds. Chill for several hours or overnight before serving. Makes about 2 cups.

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