Salsa Macha

Salsa macha is a unique and delicious Mexican salsa. It has an addictive smoky flavor and it goes great with many of your favorite foods. This salsa is easy to make and lasts a long time in the fridge.

Salsa macha has become my favorite salsa during the winter months. Since tomatoes are not in season I can’t make the usual fresh salsas. So this is my go to. But salsa macha is amazing anytime of the year.

This salsa is originally from Veracruz which is also where my husband is from. We are both obsessed with this salsa. We enjoy it almost daily!

Salsa macha is amazing on a lot of things. I like it as a snack on arepas, toasted corn tortillas, eggs, vegetables, rice and beans. But my husband is something else…. he put this on his stuffing during Christmas dinner. I wanted to gag.

I love stuffing and I love salsa macha but I do not think they belong together. He actually does this with a lot of food and I just try to resist the urge to tell him to stop. After all it’s his food he can eat how he likes. Right?

I do however enjoy adding a bit of this salsa to my soups when serving. It’s really good in some caldo de pollo or chicken tortilla soup. It adds a wonderful smoky spicy flavor that I can’t get enough of.

I make this salsa with mostly morita chilies and a few arbol chilies. The morita chilies have a smoky and slightly sweet taste to them and the arbol chilies add extra heat.

You can completely omit the arbol chilies if you like. The morita chilies will still provide plenty of heat.

This is salsa is very easy to make. However it is very important that you don’t burn the chilies. If you do the salsa will end up with a bitter taste.

You can use the flavored oil as a dip for crusty bread. I prefer to eat the bits at the bottom. Whichever way you choose to eat it, it is amazing!

Salsa Macha

I hope you will be brave enough to try this spicy salsa. You won’t regret it! If you make it please come back and tell me what you thought. If you liked this recipe please give it a rating below thanks!

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Salsa Macha

This unique spicy salsa goes great with all of your favorite Mexican dishes! A little will go a long way!

Course Snack

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword mexican recipes, pork, tamales

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 10 servings

Calories 65 kcal

Author Carissa

Ingredients

• 1/2 tbsp of sesame seeds
• 1 1/3 cup of olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves
• 15 morita chilies seeds removed
• 5 arbol chilies seeds removed
• 2 tbsp vinegar
• salt to taste

Instructions

1. Heat a pot over medium heat and toast the sesame seeds.
2. Transfer the seeds to a blender.
3. Add the oil to the pot.
4. When oil is hot add the morita chilies and fry until the chilies start to puff up. This should take less than 30 seconds.
5. Transfer chilies to blender. Then fry the arbol chilies for a few seconds until slightly darkened in color. Then transfer to blender.
6. Fry the garlic cloves until they turn a golden color and transfer to blender.
7. Let the chilies and the oil in the pot cool for about 10-15 min.
8. Blend the ingredients in the blender for about 10 seconds or until ground into a pulp, add a little bit of the oil if needed.
9. Add the rest of the oil and blend for 20 seconds more.
10. Transfer salsa to a bowl and add vinegar and salt to taste.
11. Serve and refrigerate any leftovers.

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Nutrition Facts

Salsa Macha

Amount Per Serving

Calories 65 Calories from Fat 27

% Daily Value*

Fat 3g5%

Sodium 9mg0%

Potassium 8mg0%

Carbohydrates 7g2%

Fiber 3g13%

Sugar 4g4%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 65IU1%

Vitamin C 0.2mg0%

Calcium 6mg1%

Iron 0.1mg1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.