Salsa Macha

Name: Salsa Macha
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (360 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 1 cup (240 ml) Vegetable Oil; 1 cup roasted (4.8 oz/135g) Peanuts; 6 cloves, peeled and smashed Garlic; 3 chiles guajillos (0.8 oz/24g), stemmed and seeded Guajillo; 10 dried chiles de arbol (0.4 oz/10g), stemmed Dried Chile; 1 chile morita (0.1 oz/2g), stemmed Chipotle; 1/2 cup raw (1.8 oz/80g) Sesame Seed; 1 tbsp (15 ml) Cider Vinegar; 1 1/2 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher (6g) Salt; 1 tsp grated piloncillo (4g) or dark brown sugar Brown Sugar; 1/4 cup extra-virgin (60 ml) Olive Oil

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

TABLE SALSA · PIZZA & DUMPLINGS & CHIPS

A table salsa for pizza & dumplings & chips.

Martínez's salsa macha.

On the jar

SALSA MACHA

Method: stove
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 11

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Vegetable Oil 240 mlCider Vinegar 15 mlOlive Oil 60 ml

Ingredients

Vegetable Oil1 cup (240 ml)
Peanuts1 cup roasted (4.8 oz/135g)
Garlic6 cloves, peeled and smashed
Guajillo3 chiles guajillos (0.8 oz/24g), stemmed and seeded
Dried Chile10 dried chiles de arbol (0.4 oz/10g), stemmed
Chipotle1 chile morita (0.1 oz/2g), stemmed
Sesame Seed1/2 cup raw (1.8 oz/80g)
Cider Vinegar1 tbsp (15 ml)
Salt1 1/2 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher (6g)
Brown Sugar1 tsp grated piloncillo (4g) or dark brown sugar
Olive Oil1/4 cup extra-virgin (60 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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Provenance

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

Adapted from a recipe published by Rick Martínez in Salsa Daddy (Clarkson Potter 2025) via Katie Couric Media authorized reprint.

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 Salsa Daddy (Clarkson Potter 2025) via Katie Couric Media authorized reprint (published as “Salsa Macha”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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