Salsa Mexicana

Name: Salsa Mexicana
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (360 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 1/2 medium white chopped 1/4-inch (100 g) Onion; about 2½ serranoes (15 g) Serrano; 12 oz chopped 1/4-inch (340 g) Tomato; 2 to 3 Tbsp chopped (mid 2.5) (8 g) Cilantro; about 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Lime Juice; about 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 · GUACAMOLE BAR & TACOS

A table salsa for guacamole bar & tacos.

Bayless' salsa Mexicana for a guacamole bar.

On the jar

MEXICANA

Method: shake
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 6

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Lime Juice 30 ml

Ingredients

Onion1/2 medium white chopped 1/4-inch (100 g)
Serranoabout 2½ serranoes (15 g)
Tomato12 oz chopped 1/4-inch (340 g)
Cilantro2 to 3 Tbsp chopped (mid 2.5) (8 g)
Lime Juiceabout 2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Saltabout 1/2 tsp (3 g)

Method

Pour liquids to the printed fill-lines, bottom to top.
Add by count: 7½ ONIONS.
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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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 Salsa Mexicana (Guacamole Bar).

Adapted from a recipe published by Rick Bayless in Rick Bayless Season 7.

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 Season 7 (published as “Salsa Mexicana (Guacamole Bar)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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