Molcajete Salsa
Easy and delicious authentic Mexican Molcajete Salsa recipe.
Servings: 6
Calories: 5kcal
Equipment
- 1 Molcajete
- 1 Baking sheet If you want to roast ingerdients in the broil.
- 1 Air Fryer If you want to roast ingedients in Air Fryer
- 1 Griddle If you want to roast ingredients the traditional Mexican way
- 1 Foil Paper To cover the baking sheet or griddle
Ingredients
- 6 pieces jalapeno
- 2 pieces Roma Tomatoes
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup water
Variations
- ¼ piece white onion Add onion if you are looking for a mild taste.
- 10 pieces jalapeño pepper Use 10 jalapeños if you want the sals to be spicy, d not add onion.
Instructions
- Authentic Mexican griddle technique: Place a griddle on medium heat. Add the vegetables on top and allow to cook turning them over once the skin has burned on one of the sides. Keep flipping them over until they are cooked.
- Broiler: Even when I am a traditional Mexican mom this has become my favorite way to roast my veggies for salsas. Cover a baking sheet with foil paper and add the vegetables on top. Place in the broiler for around 6 to 8 minutes, remember to flip them over in half the time. I will recommend taking out the garlic after 3 minutes so they do not overcook. Roasted tomatoes always take longer than garlic and peppers to cook so take the pepper after 5 minutes or when you see they are cooked and the skin is coming out.
- Air Fryer: Place the veggies in the Air Fryer basket and roast ingredients at 360f for around 8 minutes. remember to shake the basket halfway the way.
- Once your ingredients are roasted take off as much sin as you can. The skin will help to bring some special and delicious smoky flavor so make sure to leave a little bit of it.
- Place the molcajete on a table and add the ingredients in the following order:
- Start by adding the salt
- Get rid of the garlic skin and smash along the salt. The grains of sea salt will help you to make the process easier.
- I will only recommend adding the roasted onion if you are looking for a mild flavor. Usually, molcajete salsas won't have onion as it brings a kind of sweetness to the taste. I mean it tastes great but definitely will move to a mild flavor.
- Add the jalapenos two by two. Sometimes they are hard to smash so kind of hit them with the molcajete stick and then smash them until it becomes a paste.
- Place tomatoes in the molcajete and keep smashing all the ingredients together.
- Add the water, you can add more water until you get the desired consistency, and add salt to taste.
- There are some people that really like a chunky salsa de molcajete. I prefer it a little smoother. So keep smashing!
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Nutrition
Calories: 5kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.02g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 389mg | Potassium: 20mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 32IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.05mg
