Lyonnais Salsa Macha

Name: Lyonnais 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.

Salsa Macha from a national-award-winning chef.

Ratio

Vegetable Oil 240 mlCider Vinegar 15 mlOlive Oil 60 ml

Ingredients

Vegetable Oil — 1 cup (240 ml)
Peanuts — 1 cup roasted (4.8 oz/135g)
Garlic — 6 cloves, peeled and smashed
Guajillo — 3 chiles guajillos (0.8 oz/24g), stemmed and seeded
Dried Chile — 10 dried chiles de arbol (0.4 oz/10g), stemmed
Chipotle — 1 chile morita (0.1 oz/2g), stemmed
Sesame Seed — 1/2 cup raw (1.8 oz/80g)
Cider Vinegar — 1 tbsp (15 ml)
Salt — 1 1/2 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher (6g)
Brown Sugar — 1 tsp grated piloncillo (4g) or dark brown sugar
Olive Oil — 1/4 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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Lyonnais Salsa Macha wants a whisk and a stove — make it from this page.

The jar carries pour-and-shake sauces. These are its closest cousins from kitchens like this one:

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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 Macha.

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?

Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.

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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