Los Coates is a New Mexican restaurant in Albuquerque. We used to be able to order it but unfortunately they stopped packaging it for sale. Since we love 1300 miles a way stopping in for a quart is not an option. My wife loves this salsa. Has anyone ever attempted a copy cat of this salsa? Would love to be able to replicate at home.
Thanks
by gtrgeo6
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Post in the New Mexico sub, maybe find someone local that can ship you a few jars
Los Cuates Salsa: Water, tomato paste (tomato paste, water, salt, citic acid), chile pepper, vinegar, sugar, salt, gravy (water, Carmel color, salt, vinegar, apple juice concentrate, sweeteners[fructose, dextrose, sucrose], natural flavors, malic acid and 0.1% sodium benzoate), red color (water, red 40, citric acid and 0.1% sodium benzoate) beef base (cooked beef with beef broth, salt, hydrolyzed corn soy protein, tortula yeast, maltodextrin, Carmel color, sugar, flavorings, lactic acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, * except for that naturally occurring in hydrolyzed corn soy protein), soybean oil, garlic, onion powder, chicken base (salt, sugar, chicken fat, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed cord wheat gluten soy protein, onion powder, turmeric, natural flavorings), nutmeg, black pepper, and seasonings.
It may not be a perfect match but I did test out some New Mexico restaurant style salsa
https://www.reddit.com/r/SalsaSnobs/s/tFRcOgvEif
I’ve been there! Probably ten years ago. It was outstanding.
I would find a barbecue sauce you like and add ground red chile.
I used to get that salsa directly from the restaurant back when we lived in Albuquerque. Delicious! (and much better than the ABQ restaurant salsa you can get at WalMart)
Of note- it’s not vegan at all and has some meat products in it. I think the single hardest issue about copying it for enjoyment outside of NM is that it is damnably hard to find NM-grown chilis that are genuinely hot outside the state. Even the Hatch brand “HOT” cans of roasted peppers is anything but. I can’t distinguish it from the “MILD” labeled cans.