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Serrano Pepper Salsa

July 18, 2016 By Jennifer @ PB and P Design 6 Comments

Hi Everyone,

If you follow me on Instagram, you know I have tomatoes and peppers coming out of the butt.  Not literally.  🙂  I asked you what should I do with all of these peppers and tomatoes?  I had a lot of great suggestions from you.  One of your suggestions, was already in the pipe line, which is today’s recipe.  One of the best things you can make using fresh tomatoes and peppers is homemade salsa.  It beats any kind sold in a grocery store.  I love salsa!  Today I have for you a simple Serrano Pepper Salsa.

Serrano Pepper Salsa

This recipe exceeded my expectations.  I’ll be honest, I never used Serrano Peppers, and I wasn’t sure of the flavor, but they added a nice heat without making the salsa too spicy.  I like hot, but not when it is so unbearable that you can’t taste the flavors of your food, it’s not worth it.  The salsa is a basic traditional salsa flavor with a hint of garlic, a little heat and just a pinch of cilantro.  I didn’t use much cilantro because I am not big on the flavor.

Serrano Pepper Salsa


For the tomatoes, I used Roma Tomatoes that I picked fresh in the morning.  If you can use homegrown tomatoes, it blows the flavor away.  I like Roma Tomatoes because they do not hold a lot of water and they do not have a lot of seeds.  Perfect for Italian dishes and Mexican ones too.

Serrano Pepper Salsa

The star to any kind of salsa besides the tomatoes is cumin.  I fell in love with cumin when I started making my own humus.  It adds such a great flavor and is a key ingredient in salsa.  Trader Joe’s sells it and so does McCormick.

Serrano Pepper Salsa

To make the salsa, I blended half of the tomatoes with the garlic, peppers, cilantro and onion in my food blender. This gives it a runnier texture, which is what I wanted. Plus it blended all of the ingredients nicely.  I poured the salsa into a bowl, and mixed in the remaining tomatoes, cumin, salt & pepper.  I placed it back in the blender and basically pulsed it for a few seconds.  I wanted to keep the chunky texture of the tomatoes, but I didn’t want to have huge chunks. I think it turned out great and I like that I made it in the blender so I didn’t have to use my food processor.  The food processor is such a pain to clean.

Serrano Pepper Salsa

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Serrano Pepper Salsa
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Total time
10 mins
 
A Mexican condiment made with fresh tomatoes, serrano peppers, garlic and onions and has been seasoned with cumin, salt & pepper. The perfect light, healthy snack. Serve with tortilla chips, place on tacos or add to chicken.
Author: Jennifer Drummond
Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: Mexican
Serves: 2½ cups
Ingredients
  • 3 cups tomatoes, diced, seeded, divided
  • 2 clove garlic, chopped small
  • ½ cup red onion, diced small
  • 3 serrano peppers, seeded, chopped small
  • 1 tbsp cilantro (Use more if you'd like)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp, ground pepper
  • 1 tsp. cumin
Instructions
  1. In a blender add 1 cup tomatoes, garlic, serrano peppers and cilantro; blend until everything is incorporated.
  2. Pour salsa into a bowl, and stir in remaining 2 cups tomato, salt, pepper, and cumin; mix until well combined. Add mixture back into a blender and process until tomatoes broke down, but still chunky. I did this for about 10 seconds on low speed.
  3. Pour into a serving bowl, refrigerated until ready to serve.
  4. Will keep for about 5 days.
Notes
To leave chunky, do not blend for a second time in blender.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2 tbsp Calories: 8.5 Fat: .01 Carbohydrates: 1.8 Sugar: 0 Sodium: 61 Fiber: .04 Protein: .03 Cholesterol: 0
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Serrano Pepper Salsa

I served my salsa with tortilla chips, but it is also great on tacos, or placing over some grilled chicken to add a boost of flavor.  There are so many things you can do with salsa, the possibilities are endless.

My Husband had some salsa for his Sunday snack.  He was surprised on how red the salsa is.  It is fresh tomatoes baby!  He wasn’t sure because he never seen such red salsa.

I am really happy with my Serrano Peppers and I can’t wait to experience them in other recipes.  I am glad I am growing them in my garden.  So stay tune for other Serrano Pepper recipes.

Have a great day and a wonderful week!

Toodles,

Jennifer

Serrano Pepper Salsa

Filed Under: Appetizers / Snacks, Dips and Spreads, Vegetarian and Side Dishes Tagged With: condiment, Mexican, salsa, serrano peppers, vegan

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Comments

  1. Marlene says

    July 18, 2016 at 9:24 AM

    That is the best looking salsa ever!

    Reply
  2. Arty says

    July 24, 2017 at 12:41 PM

    What KIND of blender do you have that leaves tomatoes that chunky? 2 second and it’s puree in mie

    Reply
    • Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers says

      July 24, 2017 at 6:35 PM

      Hi Arty! I used my mini food processor, and it doesn’t chop great. Just hit pulse a couple of times on your blender or you can chop some of the tomatoes by hand and place them in your salsa.

      Reply
  3. Jeff Rauscher says

    October 11, 2019 at 6:36 PM

    I have a lot of Serrano peppers and tomatoes. I need a recipe for canning salsa.

    Reply
  4. Ron says

    November 14, 2019 at 2:07 PM

    Not the best thing do I know can you use canned tomatoes ?

    Reply
  5. Carl says

    September 18, 2020 at 11:28 AM

    if i ever asked anyone what to do with all my tomatoes and chiles they’d probably tell me to stick them UP my butt!
    since the pandemic it became virtually impossible to obtain organic jalapeños anymore so i finally bought a serrano plant and am about to try to use one of those to make a small amount of salsa.
    i always roast the chiles first but may try the serrano raw to see what happens.
    i make a very simple salsa based on what my late mother-in-law used to do although she used yellow peppers, and we just add the onion and cilantro (which i have never been able to grow despite numerous attempts) directly to the tacos.
    i love cumin, put it in my hummus and enchilada sauce and maybe i’ll follow your suggestion to include it in my salsa. i used to use a molcajete but now just depend on our tiny food processor. your pictures are great but for me the Romas aren’t red enough and we wait all year for dry-farmed tomatoes with their intense flavor.

    Reply

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