Salsa Macha

Name: Salsa Macha
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 2 cups (480 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (360 ml) Olive Oil; 2 oz peeled cloves (~1 head) (57 g) Garlic; 2 oz raw peanuts (57 g) Peanuts; about 8 chiles (57 g) Chile; 2 to 3 Tbsp untoasted (mid 2.5) (20 g) Sesame Seed; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Balsamic; 1/4 cup (60 ml) Water; scant 1 tsp (5 g) Salt

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

CONDIMENT · TACOS, EGGS & GRILLED VEGETABLES

In the published recipe, this is the condiment for Frontera.

Rick Bayless' salsa macha for tacos, eggs, vegetables.

On the jar

SALSA MACHA

Method: stove
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 8

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Olive Oil 360 mlBalsamic 30 mlWater 60 ml

Ingredients

Olive Oil1 1/2 cups (360 ml)
Garlic2 oz peeled cloves (~1 head) (57 g)
Peanuts2 oz raw peanuts (57 g)
Chileabout 8 chiles (57 g)
Sesame Seed2 to 3 Tbsp untoasted (mid 2.5) (20 g)
Balsamic2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Water1/4 cup (60 ml)
Saltscant 1 tsp (5 g)

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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Provenance

Mexican–Mexican-American chef of Frontera Grill and Michelin-starred Topolobampo in Chicago; James Beard Outstanding Chef and Best Chef: Midwest. Regional Mexican research over four decades.

Adapted from a recipe published by Rick Bayless in Rick Bayless (Frontera).

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 Rick Bayless (Frontera) (published as “Salsa Macha”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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