Brooklyn Salsa Roja La

Name: Brooklyn Salsa Roja La
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 2 cups (480 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 2 Roma (9.2 oz/261g), cored Tomato; 3 (7.4 oz/211g), husked and rinsed Tomatillo; 1/4 medium white (3.1 oz/89g) Onion; 6 fresh or dried chiles de arbol (0.2 oz/6g), stemmed and chopped Dried Chile; 1 clove, peeled Garlic; 3/4 cup (for simmering) (180 ml) Water; 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.

Salsa Roja La from a national-award-winning chef.

Ratio

Water 180 ml

Ingredients

Tomato — 2 Roma (9.2 oz/261g), cored
Tomatillo — 3 (7.4 oz/211g), husked and rinsed
Onion — 1/4 medium white (3.1 oz/89g)
Dried Chile — 6 fresh or dried chiles de arbol (0.2 oz/6g), stemmed and chopped
Garlic — 1 clove, peeled
Water — 3/4 cup (for simmering) (180 ml)
Salt — 1 1/2 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher, plus more to taste

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.

Originally published as Salsa Roja La Mañanera.

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?

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

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