Salsa Roja Cruda

Name: Salsa Roja Cruda
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 cups (480 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 4 medium Roma or tomatillos (1 lb/453g), cored and chopped Tomato; 1/4 medium white (3.1 oz/89g), chopped Onion; 2 chiles serranos (1.3 oz/38g), stemmed and chopped Serrano; 1 (1 oz/31g), stemmed and chopped Jalapeno; 2 cloves, chopped Garlic; 1 tbsp chopped fresh (15 ml) Cilantro; 1 tbsp fresh, plus more to taste Lime Juice; 1 1/2 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher, plus more to taste Salt

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

TABLE SALSA · BREAKFAST TACOS & FRIED EGGS

In the published recipe, this is the table salsa for Salsa School.

Martínez's salsa roja cruda.

On the jar

SALSA ROJA

Method: blend
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 8

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Cilantro 15 mlLime Juice 15 ml

Ingredients

Tomato4 medium Roma or tomatillos (1 lb/453g), cored and chopped
Onion1/4 medium white (3.1 oz/89g), chopped
Serrano2 chiles serranos (1.3 oz/38g), stemmed and chopped
Jalapeno1 (1 oz/31g), stemmed and chopped
Garlic2 cloves, chopped
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (15 ml)
Lime Juice1 tbsp fresh, plus more to taste
Salt1 1/2 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher, plus more to taste

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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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 Roja Cruda (La Cruda).

Adapted from a recipe published by Rick Martínez in Salsa Daddy via Rick Martinez's Sazon Substack (Salsa School).

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 via Rick Martinez's Sazon Substack (Salsa School) (published as “Salsa Roja Cruda (La Cruda)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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