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2 Tomatoes, 6 Tomatillos, 1 Red Onion, 1 Long Hot, 5 Serrano’s, 2 Poblano’s, 3 Jalapeños, 4 Habaneros,
1 Orange/Green Habanero
So basically I bought a bunch of peppers the other day and wanted to make some more salsa. I just wanted to show what I’m looking to slap together but I also wanted to know what you think makes sense as well as what doesn’t if you get my drift. Obviously I don’t wanna do the old
“LETS MIX ALL THE LIQUORS” situation, but instead make some damn good salsa. I think everything here has another day or so on it before it starts to wilt, so give your opinion. I think I’ll probably do 2 tomatoes
by musknasty84
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Personally, I find mixing tomatillos and tomatoes to be unnecessary. It tastes fine, but I prefer keeping a verde a verde, and vice versa. Just my opinion!
So I’d remove the tomatoes. That’s gonna be a spicy verde!
I would go easier on the habanero and serranos, you can always add more later but you can’t take it out.
Honestly you could try it as is. Nothing wrong with experimenting. But I would personally sub the red onion for white. You’re also going to get a lot of that floral habanero flavor as is, so if that’s what you want then keep it but otherwise I would take 2-3 of them out and put more serranos in. But I wouldn’t say no to this is as is! Just make sure you add some salt too!
you can Quarter that onion to get a better roast on it in a shorter time.
For me its about balancing flavors. So a lot of spice needs some sweetness. Could be carrots – which are also great roasted. Could also be fruit.
And for the acid, fresh limes are a must. Also an herb, like cilantro, but could be oregano, rosemary, thyme… whatever is another good layer of flavor.
Then add water slowly until you get that consistency you want.
I’d go easier on the seranos. At least don’t add them all at once.
I would remove the tomatillos and go with a red salsa. Definitely add some acid, I generally do lime juice and/or apple cider vinegar. Someone mentioned something sweet, like fruit, that’s always good. I generally add a bit of honey and I love the flavour it adds to it. Today I actually added smoked honey and it was lovely. Also some sort of herb, I always do cilantro with my salsas but I have friends that opt for oregano instead.
Also depending on how hot you wanted to be, maybe reduce the amount of peppers but you do you!
Cut the stem tops off of the peppers.