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prepared texas restaurant style salsa with tortilla chips
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Texas Restaurant Style Salsa

Homemade Texas Restaurant Style Salsa is full of tomatoes, jalapeno, white onion and cilantro.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: salsa
Servings: 9 cups

Ingredients

  • 4-5 Roma Tomatoes
  • 1 large White Onion cut in half
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 4-5 Jalapeno Peppers
  • Canola Oil
  • 1 – 28 oz. can Whole Peeled Tomatoes
  • 1 tsp. Salt
  • ½ bunch Cilantro
  • Optional Lime Juice

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat tomatoes, one half of onion, garlic and whole jalapeno peppers with canola oil. Spread onto a large sheet pan and roast for 30 to 40 minutes or until tomatoes and jalapenos have some charred spots. Turn occasionally to prevent burning.
  • Remove from oven. Let peppers cool to room temperature. Remove stems, seeds and membrane from jalapenos. Remove Roma tomato skins if desired.
  • In a large blender or food processor, combine canned tomatoes, cooked roma tomatoes, garlic, jalapenos and cooked onion. Pulse until blended.
  • Add to blender salt, cilantro and the reserved half of white onion. Pulse until desired consistency in reached. Refrigerate salsa and enjoy.

Notes

Tomatoes, onion, jalapeños and garlic can also be roasted on the stove-top or in an air fryer. See post for more information. 
Cilantro - Use the top half of stems and leaves.