Salsa Roja

Name: Salsa Roja
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 cups (450 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: about 3 tomatoes (480 g) Tomato; about 3½ chiles (25 g) Chile; 2 cloves Garlic; about ½ onion (40 g) Onion; 1 Tbsp (15 ml) Lime Juice; 1 tsp (6 g) Salt

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

TABLE SALSA · TACOS, EGGS & RICE

A table salsa for tacos, eggs & rice.

Salvador Alamilla's classic salsa roja.

On the jar

SALSA ROJA

Method: blend
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 6

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Lime Juice 15 ml

Ingredients

Tomatoabout 3 tomatoes (480 g)
Chileabout 3½ chiles (25 g)
Garlic2 cloves
Onionabout ½ onion (40 g)
Lime Juice1 Tbsp (15 ml)
Salt1 tsp (6 g)

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

Mexican chef awarded James Beard Best Chef: Mountain 2025. Work centers on regional Mexican technique in Colorado kitchens.

Originally published as Alamilla Salsa Roja.

Adapted from a recipe published by Salvador Alamilla in Salvador Alamilla Mexican table.

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 Salvador Alamilla Mexican table (published as “Alamilla Salsa Roja”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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