Salsa Roja

Name: Salsa Roja
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 1¾ cups (400 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 3 Tomato; 0.25 Onion; 1 Garlic; 1 Chile; 1 Tbsp salt (15 ml) Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Enrique Olvera recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Enrique Olvera.

TABLE SALSA · TACOS, EGGS & GRILLED MEATS

In the published recipe, this is the table salsa for México de dentro hacia fuera. The same recipe pairs it with Xnipec, the habanero salsa.

Olvera's smoky morita-tomato salsa roja.

On the jar

SALSA

Method: stove
Yield: about 1¾ cups
Ingredients: 5

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Salt 15 ml

Ingredients

Tomato3
Onion0.25
Garlic1
Chile1
Salt1 Tbsp salt (15 ml)

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Companion jar

Salsa Roja wants a whisk and a stove. Make it from this page.

The jar carries pour-and-shake sauces. These are its closest cousins from kitchens like this one:

4 kitchens · 4 stars · 3 national awards

Xnipec★ STARRED KITCHENOn the jar: XNIPEC
Salsa CriollaNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: SALSA
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Provenance

Mexican chef of Pujol in Mexico City (Michelin / World's 50 Best) and Cosme in New York. Mole Madre and contemporary Mexican tasting menus define his kitchens.

Originally published as Salsa Roja (jitomate–morita).

Adapted from a Enrique Olvera recipe (Enrique Olvera / Escaramuza (México de dentro hacia fuera)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Enrique Olvera / Escaramuza (México de dentro hacia fuera) (published as “Salsa Roja (jitomate–morita)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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