Morita Salsa

Name: Morita Salsa
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 1¼ cups (300 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 1/2 oz dried morita/chipotle colorado (~4) (14 g) Chile; 2 dried guajillo (~1/2 oz) (14 g) Chile; 6 cloves roasted Garlic; 1 cup soaking liquid (240 ml) Water; 1 Tbsp (15 ml) Cider Vinegar; pinch optional (1 g) Sugar; generous 1/2 tsp (3 g) Salt

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

TABLE SALSA · TACOS

A table salsa for tacos.

Bayless' morita salsa for tacos, sweet-smoky heat.

On the jar

MORITA SALSA

Method: stove
Yield: about 1¼ cups
Ingredients: 7

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Water 240 mlCider Vinegar 15 ml

Ingredients

Chile1/2 oz dried morita/chipotle colorado (~4) (14 g)
Chile2 dried guajillo (~1/2 oz) (14 g)
Garlic6 cloves roasted
Water1 cup soaking liquid (240 ml)
Cider Vinegar1 Tbsp (15 ml)
Sugarpinch optional (1 g)
Saltgenerous 1/2 tsp (3 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.

Originally published as Morita (Chipotle Colorado) Salsa.

Adapted from a recipe published by Rick Bayless in Rick Bayless Bold Red Chile page variation.

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 Bold Red Chile page variation (published as “Morita (Chipotle Colorado) Salsa”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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