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Roasted Habanero Salsa

A delicious salsa full of flavor!

Course Snack
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword roasted habanero salsa
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 11 kcal
Author Carissa

Ingredients

  • 3 roma tomatoes
  • 1 habanero pepper
  • 1 garlic clove unpeeled
  • 1/4 piece of white onion
  • cilantro 2 tbsp
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  1. preheat oven to 500
  2. place tomatoes, habanero pepper, garlic clove, and chopped onion on a baking sheet

  3. Roast in the oven for about 20 min or until the tomatoes are blackened.(Check after about 10 min. If the onions and garlic are toasted you can go ahead and remove those return the tomatoes and habanero to roast some more until roasted thoroughly. The skins should be blackened.)

  4. In the molcajete grind the onion down until juices start to release, then grind the garlic. Make sure to peel the garlic before grinding. Next grind the habanero and tomatoes.

  5. Add cilantro and salt to taste.
  6. Mix well and serve.
  7. Refrigerate leftovers.