Copycat Baja Fresh Salsa
Fire up the grill to make this wonderful Copycat Baja Fresh Salsa. Grilling the vegetables until charred produces a smoky salsa like no other. It's so easy to make and so delicious, it'll become your new go-to!!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 10 large tomatoes
- 2 small jalapeños (or one large one)
- 1 lime, juiced
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 to 1½ cups (240 to 360 ml) chicken stock (as needed to thin salsa)
- ¼ cup (60 ml) olive oil
- ½ cup (one small bunch) fresh cilantro
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- 1
Slice tomatoes in half and place each half skin side down on a grill over medium high heat and grill for a half an hour. Add jalapeños to grill and continue to grill tomatoes and jalapeños for another half an hour, or until very charred and blackened.
- 2
Remove from grill and put tomatoes, jalapeños, garlic, lime juice, olive oil, fresh cilantro, and half the chicken stock in a blender and puree. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Add more chicken stock as needed for a thin, pourable salsa.