Salvadorian Salsa Roja is made in just minutes with tomatoes, onion, jalapeño, and garlic. This easy salsa recipe goes perfect with tacos, enchiladas, pupusas and more.
I LOVE to serve salsa roja with carnitas, chimichangas, and especially homemade pupusas. I fill my pupusas with rice and beans and top them with this easy curtido recipe and salsa roja!
How to make Salsa Roja:
- Blend. tomato, onion, jalapeño, salt, garlic and water.
- Boil. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add salsa to the pan and stir in chicken bouillon. Bring mixture to a low boil and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes, or until a lot of the liquid has been reduced.
- Cool. Refrigerate before serving.
Traditional salsa roja is not spicy at all. I add the jalapeño pepper for flavor, not for spice and since I remove the seeds and veins and only add half of one, it makes a nice mild salsa. However, you can leave the jalapeño out if you’d like.
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Recipe
Salsa Roja
Ingredients
- 4 tomatoes
- 1/2 onion
- 1/2 fresh jalapeño pepper , seeds removed if you want a mild salsa*
- 1/2 teaspoon salt , more if needed
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon paste (or cube)
Instructions
- Add tomato, onion, jalapeño, salt, garlic and water to a blender or food processor and puree.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add salsa to the pan and stir in chicken bouillon.
- Bring mixture to a low boil and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes, or until a lot of the liquid has been reduced.
- Allow to cool. Store in the fridge for up to 5 days.
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An easy and traditional method. I think I’ll add cilantro!
Great recipe! I’ve made it a few times and even my friends from south of the border raved about the flavor.
I made this (also with your pupusas and Curtido) last night and it was all such a huge hit. Every recipes was so easy and your images with step-by-step instructions really helped. My family thinks I’m a true international chef :).