Mexican Restaurant Style Salsa

• Quint

  

  I am tired of settling for the jarred stuff at the store. Does anyone have a good recipe for making Mexican Restaurant Style Salsa? I googled some recipes, but I figured I'd take it to the cooks on the huddle before I tried anything.
• superman

  I buy it at the restaurant. It was like 5 dollars for a 1 quart container at the local one. You should ask at your favorite restaurant.
• tigerballonline

  I buy mine from Cazadores in Sidney, it is the best I have found out of the local reatuarants in the darke, miami, and Shelby county areas.
• tuskytuffguy

  There's no jarred stuff that's anything like what you get in an authentic mexican joint. Personally, I prefer thick Tostitos with tons of big veggie chunks over the minced-veggie, runny stuff in restaurants.
• Quint

  

  I've been buying mine at a local place, but they have jacked the price up on me! I love the "minced-veggie runny stuff" better than the type that Tostitos makes.
• raiderbuck

  You talking about Pico De Gallo? Pico is the fresh tomato salsa, the non runny stuff. It's similar to Chipotle's tomato salsa.
• Bio-Hazzzzard

  

  My wife has a recipe from our Mexican cleaning lady that is just what your looking for. I will ask her in the morning what the ingredients are and then send a post.
• I Wear Pants

  I really like Pace for the major jar brands. As for franchise restaurants I think Chipotle takes the cake. Otherwise just chop some stuff up and put it on a chip. Tweak it til it's awesome.
• Quint

  

  Pace is good. Old El Paso is ok too. . . I am just not a fan of the chunky stuff. Nothing beats a good salsa from a hole in the wall mexican restaurant.
• justincredible

  

  The Private Selection salsa at Kroger is pretty damn good. It's refrigerated, though, not in a jar.
• BRF

  

  I Wear Pants wrote: Otherwise just chop some stuff up and put it on a chip. Tweak it til it's awesome.

  And on that note, of which I agree................dice some romano tomatoes, onions, and jalapeno peppers. Look at what you have done and decide for yourself how much of what you want in your salsa. The key ingredient is the celantro. This gives it the "fresh" taste.
  
  Experiment.
  
  Enjoy.
• Nate

  Quint wrote: Pace is good. Old El Paso is ok too. . . I am just not a fan of the chunky stuff. Nothing beats a good salsa from a hole in the wall mexican restaurant.

  Casa del Taco?!!?!?!
  
  I have yet to find a better salsa than there.
• Quint

  

  Keebler wrote:

  Quint wrote: Pace is good. Old El Paso is ok too. . . I am just not a fan of the chunky stuff. Nothing beats a good salsa from a hole in the wall mexican restaurant.

  Casa del Taco?!!?!?!
  
  I have yet to find a better salsa than there.

  HAHAHA!!!! Spoken like a true Chillicothe Man! When I'm home, that's the only place I go for mexican unless I have a Chipotle craving. Alas. . . there are no Casa del Tacos in Ada, Ohio.
• Nate

  I thought about that after I posted. I figured your hole in the wall was in Ada. I'd pick Casa over Chipotle any day.
• UA5straightin2008

  

  Bio-Hazzzzard wrote: My wife has a recipe from our Mexican cleaning lady that is just what your looking for. I will ask her in the morning what the ingredients are and then send a post.

  LOL!
• tigerballonline

  I cannot stand store bought chips, taste like pure salt.
• power i

  

  
  
  This stuff is great if you like the 'runny' stuff at most mexican restaurants. I get the medium and it's got a nice little bite to it. Haven't tied the hot. Picked it up at Krogers. Our Krogers also has tortilla chips (forget the name, they're in a yellow bag) that are sea salt and delish.
• dancinbear

  i do but I'll have to wait until I get home. Where are you located? There is a local brand around here that is sold fresh and is restaurant style. There is also a jarred brand that I get that is pretty similar.
• tigerballonline

  Sams club has south of the border chips and salsa, the chips do not have as much salt, and the salsa is as close to restaurant style that I have found in a jar.
• Def Leopard

  Try this if you like a "meaty" salsa.
  Mince 4-5 tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 green pepper, 1 habanero pepper and 1 bunch of celantro
  add 2 cans green chiles
  Mix 1 pouch of Good Seasons Italian Dressing and add about 2/3 of battle.
  Mix well, get a bag of Scoops and enjoy!
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Bio-Hazzzzard wrote: My wife has a recipe from our Mexican cleaning lady that is just what your looking for. I will ask her in the morning what the ingredients are and then send a post.

  
  I have always liked this guy and could never figure out why until now
• CenterBHSFan

  

  BRF wrote:dice some romano tomatoes, onions, and jalapeno peppers. Look at what you have done and decide for yourself how much of what you want in your salsa. The key ingredient is the celantro. This gives it the "fresh" taste.
  
  Experiment.
  
  Enjoy.

  
  This is pretty much the same thing I do.
  Tomatoes, onions, cilantro, peppers. Put it all in the blender and "pulse" it a few times until you get the consistancy that you like.
  *I do recommend to go easy on the cilantro the first time you make it until you get the right amount for you. I find that too much overpowers the blend and takes away from it.
• Bio-Hazzzzard

  

  My Mexican cleaning lady's picante recipe.
  
  12 tomatoes dropped in boiling water for 1 minute and then remove from water an peel the skins off. Chop the tomato and remove the seeds.
  
  1 onion chopped
  
  1 cup of cilantro leaves pulled off of the stem
  
  Hot peppers chopped, it depends on the kind of pepper to determine the quantity. You probably don't want to throw a bunch of ghost chili's in your picante, a few jalapenos will do
  
  salt to taste
  
  The key ingredient is freshly squeezed lemon juice about 1/2 to a whole lemon depending on your taste buds.
  
  Put all ingedients into a blender and process until it is consistent to what you like.
  
  I love this picante and it is better than the restaurants IMO
• RedRider1

  

  tigerballonline wrote: I cannot stand store bought chips, taste like pure salt.

  Exactly....to replicate the taste in a restaurant, you need chips that arent 40% sodium.
• AceKeiven

  You talking about Pico De Gallo? Pico is the fresh tomato salsa, the non runny stuff. It's similar to Chipotle's tomato salsa.

  I also tried to eat Pico Salsa in some Mexican Restaurants, raiderbuck. If I have no work, I go to the different restaurant. Salsa is often my order, actually, this is my favorite food. seo services