Fresh tomatoes are peeled, crushed, and then boiled with chopped tomatoes, onion, spices, jalapeños, and cilantro for a great-tasting salsa. Adjust the number of jalapeños depending on how spicy you like your salsa. The amount and types of onion can be varied, too.
Spicy Fresh Tomato Salsa
Fresh tomatoes are peeled, crushed, and then boiled with chopped tomatoes, onion, spices, jalapeños, and cilantro for a great-tasting salsa. Adjust the number of jalapeños depending on how spicy you like your salsa. The amount and types of onion can be varied, too.
Ingredients
- 6 pounds roma plum tomatoes
- ¼ pound roma plum tomatoes, chopped
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 ½ tablespoons salt
- 1 tablespoon ground cayenne pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 red onion chopped
- 1 white onion chopped
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- 1 pound jalapeno peppers chopped
- ⅓ bunch fresh cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Bring a large saucepan of water to boil. Briefly place 6 pounds tomatoes into water to loosen skins and set color. Drain, peel and crush.
- Mix chopped tomatoes, garlic powder, lemon juice, salt, cayenne pepper and cumin into the saucepan with crushed tomatoes; bring to a boil. Mix in red onion, white onion, yellow onion, jalapeños, and cilantro. Continue boiling until vegetables are soft and mixture has reached desired consistency. Remove from heat. Cool and refrigerate until serving.
