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Serrano Salsa

Recipe information

  • Yield

    1 quart

Ingredients

1 cup cider vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
4 whole allspice berries
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup minced white onions
16 serrano chiles, roasted, peeled, seeded, and diced
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1 cup chopped cilantro

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    1. In small saucepan, combine the vinegar, sugar, and allspice and simmer until the sugar dissolves. Set aside.

    Step 2

    2. Heat the oil in a medium-size skillet over medium heat; stir in the onion and cook until translucent, about 4 minutes. Add the serranos, allspice-vinegar syrup, and salt and gently simmer until the mixture binds together, 8 to 10 minutes.

    Step 3

    3. Cool, fold in the lime juice and cilantro, scrape into a food processor, and process until blended but still slightly chunky. Taste to adjust the salt, if needed.

Reprinted with permission from Dos Caminos: Mexican Street Food by Ivy Stark with Joanna Pruess, Ā© 2011 Skyhorse Publishing
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