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Oh wow. Now I know how our local favorite Mexican restaurant makes such great salsa. This easy delicious salsa is the same recipe, or darned close to it. This is the best way I’ve found to make a big ole batch of salsa with just a few ingredients in no time. The key to this salsa is the El Pato hot tomato sauce. That stuff is fantastic. Great heat, great tomato flavor. It’s perfect in a salsa.
It’s Ok To Play With Your Salsa
I made this easy delicious salsa just like the recipe is written below. And I loved it. Now, I do like a good bit of cilantro so I ended up adding almost an entire bunch. If you’re not quite the cilantro fan, add less. ‘A bunch’ is rather subjective but it’s your standard-sized bundle from the produce section at your grocery store. They are typically 2-3 ounces in size. I found the biggest one I could (I didn’t weigh it though) and used it. I think this recipe likes more cilantro in it.
Add white onion and jalapeno too, if you want. Just chop them up a bit and add them to the blender. The salsa already includes green onion, which adds a great flavor. I could see wanting a bit of crunch that white onion would add. The salsa is already a tad spicy, but not overwhelmingly so. A little jalapeno would add a bit more kick of course.
This salsa will keep for a few days easily in your fridge. The liquids like to rise to the stop as it sits. So, just before serving, give it a good stir. If it’s been sitting out for a bit as you enjoy the big game on TV, give it another stir every once in a while. I use my tortilla chips for stirring!
- El Pato Tomato Sauce
Guess what? Salsa is fantastic on hot dogs.
Easy Delicious Salsa
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 bunch cilantro see note. leafy parts only
- 1 bunch green onions sliced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 8 ounces El Pato hot tomato sauce
- 28 ounces tomatoes canned, whole or diced. divided
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 lime juiced
Instructions
- Place the cilantro, green onions, garlic, hot tomato sauce and 1/2 of the tomatoes into a blender or food processor.
- Pulse until the cilantro and green onions are the desired size. You don't want to liquefy the mixture.
- Add the remaining tomatoes and pulse just a few times. You want them to still be somewhat chunky.
- Transfer mixture to a bowl.
- Add the garlic salt and lime and stir.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve. Give it a good stir before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
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Love that El Pato (the duck) tomato sauce!!! I just bought a can to try and OMG!!! Forget about Hunts and Contadina tomato sauce!!! This is the best.
While I was looking for the El Pato tomato sauce at Walmart, I happened to see Great Value fire-roasted Tomato Salsa on the shelf… I bought a can ($1.18 for 14.5 oz can)… It’s the best commercial salsa I’ve tried!!! Much better than Herdez and La Victoria (my past favorites). You should try it. I’ll use it in recipes instead of Rotel diced tomatoes and chiles. It’s really, really, really good salsa!!!
I love El Pato sauce! I will have to try the GV tomato salsa too. Thanks!