Looking for a salsa recipe
Looking for a salsa recipe
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Looking for a salsa recipe
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Post #1 - October 17th, 2012, 10:26 pmAbout 12 years ago I use to get a watery brownish/red salsa that had a smokey taste and was very spicy at a Mexican restaurant in Winston Plaza in Melrose Park. It had many seeds. It was similar to a salsa I had in the early 1990s at el Charco Verde on Taylor St. I believe it contains guarillo or ancho peppers or both. I remember it being served in a volcanic mortar & pestle. I am looking for a recipe to make it at home.
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Post #2 - October 18th, 2012, 4:36 pmSmoky taste probably from chipotles.
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Post #3 - October 18th, 2012, 5:37 pmBill/SFNM wrote:Smoky taste probably from chipotles.
Could also have ancho - both chipotles and anchos are smoky, although chipotles far spicier. Chipotles will also lend more red color. And there could still be guajillos in the mix, but not for smokiness.
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Post #4 - October 18th, 2012, 9:18 pmDidn't really taste like chiptole which I have cooked with often. I would have thought that maybe they would have roasted the peppers first.
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Post #5 - October 19th, 2012, 5:52 amDon't rule out roasted chile de arbol either.We cannot be friends if you do not know the difference between Mayo and Miracle Whip.
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Post #6 - October 19th, 2012, 4:19 pmSounds to me like a Pasilla pepper salsa. El Barco on Ashland used to have a decent version of the salsa. Probably still do. Haven't been there in a few years since I move out of the "hood" but I still sometimes crave that salsa and their super flavorful refried beans.
As far as I recollect this salsa is made by toasting the dried chiles on the stovetop in a pan in oil, with lots of garlic cloves until it starts to puff and char a little. Then let cool and then blender with a little of the oil. and I don't know what else. Sorry.
