Fresh Hot Piquin Salsa
This Hot Piquin Salsa made with fresh piquin peppers is an easy to prepare spicy sauce; a few drops render a lot of heat. Yes, these little peppers are hot, very hot! Fresh Piquin salsa is usually made right before serving. This is a home-style salsa, so it is hard to find it on restaurants tables.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 7 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1/3 Teaspoon of coarse salt
- 1 small garlic clove
- 1 Tablespoon of Piquin Peppers
- 1/3 Teaspoon Mexican Oregano
- 1 Tablespoon of lime juice
- 4 Tablespoons of water
Instructions
- 1
Place coarse salt and garlic clove in your mortar and crush until very fine.
- 2
Add the fresh piquin peppers and Mexican oregano to the mortar and grind to a rough texture. When you use your mortar (molcajete) to grind the peppers, the seeds of the peppers release their natural oils, which give the salsa an added flavor.
- 3
Add the lime juice and water. Stir well and enjoy all those wonderful flavors and aromas!