Killer Salsa ((Secret recipe alert))
3 large tomatoes, or 5 or 6 roma tomatoes.
1 or 2 habanero's
10 pequin's
6 cayenne peppers dried
Optional serrano??
4 to 5 cloves of garlic or less if you don't like garlic much 3 in the least (a good measure 1 clove per tomato.)
1/2 to 1 tsp of pink Himalayan salt, or sea salt (beware of micro plastics)
You can use less hot peppers or more depending on how hot you want your salsa. If you want it mild just use 1/2 of a jalapeno and like 2 dried cayennes.
Wash your tomatoes, remove core, put in bowl cover and put in the microwave until they are well cooked and there is lots of juice in the bowl. It could take 10 minutes or more. You can also bbq the tomatoes for a richer darker flavor, you can also put the peppers on the bbq as well it will give a unique flavor.
In the blender put all peppers and salt and garlic
Once tomatoes are done cooking add them in juice and all.
Blend for a good amount of time, 1 or 2 minutes
Voila salsa is made. It will make any meal into something special. If you make it super hot you will only need to add a small amount. Pour in a jar or bowl covered, and once cooled can be stored in the refrigerator.
Lets take it to the next level do you want to make tostadas???
This is not a secret recipe but I will add for fun.
Ingredients: White onion, red onion, green onion, cilantro, lettuce, tomato, salsa, beans, shredded cheese, sliced jalapeno, tostada shells, sour cream.
Fine dice green onion
Fine dice a red onion
Fine dice a white onion
Fine dice cilantro
Put these in a container for putting on different meals, will go good with salsa or anything for that matter
Shred some lettuce
Fine slice some tomato
Take tostada shell the best kind are in a yellow package called Guerrero
spread some beans then layer on all of the other toppings sprinkle some of each vegetable on there, advice put salsa on one of the bottom layers as it will burn your lips if you put it on top. You can also squeeze a little lime on the top when you are done it gives it a good flavor, even crack a bit of Himalayan salt on top to enhance the flavor since there is no meat. That is it really. Oh and you can add meat if you want to. :)
So lets take it to another Level
You can use refried beans from a can, Orrrr you can make your own. ((Secret recipe alert))
Ingredients:
Pinto beans, garlic powder, Himalayan salt, water
Clean pinto beans, fill your crock pot about 1/4 full of beans. I have a small 3 qt crock pot, and I put about 4 cups of dried pinto beans in it. To wash I just put the beans in the crockpot and agitate the beans in some water. I scrub them with my hands. Then I drain the water I use my hand to prevent the beans from falling out. I do this 2 or 3 times.
Oh important while putting the beans in the crockpot make sure you look for rocks. I just pour them in slowly and pay attention.
Once beans are clean for my 3 qt crock pot I put in 1 tablespoon, and 1 tsp of Himalayan pink salt. You can use slightly less if you want. I put in lots of garlic powder. 4 tablespoons of garlic powder. Then fill the crock pot with water, all the way to the top, and let cook on high for 6 hours or more. I put them on before I go to sleep. You will have to top off the water once or twice. Make sure to keep it filled with water. When they are done you can put them on warm and leave them on all day if you want to. It wont hurt a thing.
These beans will be perfect every time. Now you can eat these as a bowl of beans, put some beans in your bowl and some juice, the juice is really good. You can add a spoon of salsa to the bowl of beans, and add some of those fresh diced veggies. Add the different onions white, red, green, and some cilantro. Also add some diced tomato. This alone is a wonderful meal. You should always at least have one bowl of beans.
But if you want to use the rest of the beans left over to make refried beans then lets do it! ((Secret recipe alert!!!))
Ingreedients:
3 garlic cloves
1/4 white onion
1/2 jalapeno or whole
1 or 2 cayenne
beans how ever much you want
Himalayan salt to taste
oil (any kind, I use olive oil)
butter ( I use kerrygold )
so dice up your onion in small dices and then super fine dice the jalapeno the cayenne and garlic. I put mine in a food processor. Then put these in the pan and add lots of oil, anywhere from 1/4 cup maybe even more. Fry these till they are kind of melting. Then add your beans and smash the beans really good with a bean smasher. You can add some of the juice from the beans as well. Wait to add it though because you don't want them to be too watery. but you don't want them dry either. Add the liquid as you go. Cook these beans for a little while. You will notice the consistency change in them while you are cooking them. Just keep turning them with a wooden spoon. When they are close to being done you can add a few table spoons of butter this will greatly enhance the flavor. Add salt as you go tasting often you don't want to over salt or under salt.
Voila you are done. You can store these in a container in the fridge and eat for over a week. You can make all manner of tacos or tostadas or whatever. You can make white rice as well, or basmati, or jasmine. Once you have your hot steaming bowl of rice you can put some of the salsa and vegetables in it, and some of the beans. That is a good bowl of food as well.
I always have a fresh salsa and a container of diced vegetables waiting to enhance any meal.
Enjoy :)
If you are brave enough perhaps you will share some of your secret recipes....
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