Salsa Picante
Ingredients:
2 c Tomatoes, canned, with juice
1 sm Onion
2 Chile serrano
1 pn Sugar
Salt, to taste
Instructions:
Now are we talking about the mild, Old El Paso-type green chiles (which are a mild sort of chile poblano), or are we talking about jalapenos and serranos? It makes a buncha difference. Salsa picante (which is what we mean when we talk about "salsa" down here) is made with one or both of the last two. Acting on the presumption that it's salsa picante that you mean, here's a recipe. One serrano equals two jalapenos. If you use jalapenos, removing the veins from the inside will make it less hot.
2 c Tomatoes, canned, with juice
1 sm Onion
2 Chile serrano
1 pn Sugar
Salt, to taste
Instructions:
Now are we talking about the mild, Old El Paso-type green chiles (which are a mild sort of chile poblano), or are we talking about jalapenos and serranos? It makes a buncha difference. Salsa picante (which is what we mean when we talk about "salsa" down here) is made with one or both of the last two. Acting on the presumption that it's salsa picante that you mean, here's a recipe. One serrano equals two jalapenos. If you use jalapenos, removing the veins from the inside will make it less hot.
posted by Strollingtroll at 10:12 PM
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Wow, That is really good. I've never thought of putting sugar in it before.
this is really nice one
jasmine
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Wow! thanks for sharing.
Thanks, will share this one with my other half.
Sweet ingredients like sugar will balance spicier ingredients by confusing the pleasure and pain centers of the brain. This allows you to up the overall spice level of the dish beyond what you might normally tolerate. Using sugar with hot spices in this way is very common in Thai cooking.
Earlier today I made a clam chowder from a Better Homes & Gardens cookbook. I found it a bit bland, so I added a poblano pepper on a whim. It turned out really good. Clams and poblanos aren't in a lot of recipes together, but I found the poblano brightened up the chowder's clam flavor a lot. They seemed like a natural pair.
very nice thank you!
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