Raw Papaya-Tomatillo Salsa

Name: Raw Papaya-Tomatillo Salsa
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 2 cups (450 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 150 g Tomatillo; about ½ papaya (150 g) Papaya; about ½ onion (40 g) Onion; about 5 serranoes (30 g) Serrano; about 3 cloves (15 g) Garlic; 6 tbsp lime juice (90 ml) Lime Juice; 3 tbsp mint (45 ml) Mint; about ¼ tsp (2 g) Salt

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

TABLE SALSA · TACOS & GRILLED MEATS

In the published recipe, this is the table salsa for Mi Cocina.

Martínez's raw papaya-tomatillo salsa.

On the jar

SALSA

Method: shake
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 8
Jar batch: 2.45× recipe

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Ratio

LIME JUICE 90 ml

Ingredients

Tomatillo150 g
Papayaabout ½ papaya (150 g)
Onionabout ½ onion (40 g)
Serranoabout 5 serranoes (30 g)
Garlicabout 3 cloves (15 g)
Lime Juice6 tbsp lime juice (90 ml)
Mint3 tbsp mint (45 ml)
Saltabout ¼ tsp (2 g)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): LIME JUICE.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add GARLIC. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Add by count: 7½ TOMATILLOS, ½ PAPAYA, ½ ONION, 7½ SERRANOS, 1 BUNCH MINT.
Season to finish: SALT (to taste).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Recipe developer and former Bon Appétit senior food editor based in Mazatlán; his cookbook Mi Cocina won a 2023 James Beard award.

Originally published as Salsa de Papaya y Tomatillo Cruda.

Adapted from a Rick Martínez recipe (Rick Martínez / Food52 (Mi Cocina)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 2.45× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so 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 Martínez / Food52 (Mi Cocina) (published as “Salsa de Papaya y Tomatillo Cruda”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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