| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 15 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 5 min |
| Yield: | 1 cup (about 4 servings) |
Ingredients
- 8 dried pasilla chiles* or dried ancho chiles
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/2 cup golden tequila
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup crumbled anejo cheese** or feta cheese
Instructions
- Cook the chiles in a dry saute pan over high heat turning constantly until slightly toasted, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and when cool enough to handle, cut them in half and remove the seeds. Tear them into small pieces and add them to a blender.
- Add the orange juice, tequila, garlic and olive oil to the blender. Puree the salsa and add it to the same saute pan used to toast the chiles. Cook until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Season the salsa with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cool completely. Transfer to a serving bowl and top with crumbled anejo cheese.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 334 |
| Total Fat | 18 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 25 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Sugar | 6 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 8 mg |
| Sodium | 344 mg |
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 334 |
| Total Fat | 18 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 25 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Sugar | 6 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 8 mg |
| Sodium | 344 mg |
Reviews
This recipe was so good and complimented the Baja style fish tacos nicely. I will definitely be making this salsa again.
I just made this recipe and it’s one of the tastiest and best things I’ve ever made. It’s sweet and complex and not spicy hot. Thanks so much for your show Chef Marcella, I’ve learned so much from watching you cook. I love your simple authentic Mexican recipes. I will make this all the time now. It has the sweet, complexity of a mole, and only takes 15 minutes to make.
I’m thinking the folks who made this and said it came out bitter 1) possibly used boxed orange juice, which always tastes metallic to me. I used 4 navel oranges, juiced them fresh and it came out so sweet and flavorful! 2) or perhaps you toasted the Anchos to the point of burning? which would make the whole thing bitter 3) or maybe you stewed it in the pan too long or on too high a heat, scorching the sauce and making it bitter. Please try it again! With fresh juice and very gentle toasting. Yum yum yum!!
I don’t know were is this recipe come from, but in my travels I discover that the original drunk salsa is made in one of the northern Mexican states and is made with dark ale beer jalapeno peppers. And its a lot more simple to make, because the toasting chiles makes a lot of smoke and its very irritant to your eyes and nose, specially if you live in an apartment. NOT RECOMMENDED TO DO IT INSIDE.
I followed the recipe to a T and it was great. Super flavor, but it isn’t intended to eat with chips as a dip, but as a topping or spread. Very good, super easy, and unique! I want to put it on everything.
looks good and it so yummy
looks good! can’t wait to make it!
If the thought of taking a shot of tequila appeals to your gag reflex and not to your palate, then this recipe is NOT for you! The “bitterness” that I believe most people are talking about is from the taste of the tequila. It’s called salsa borracha (spanish for drunk) for a reason. When I made mine, it was initially very thin. One night in the fridge did the trick for the texture just like Marcela’s. Lastly, keep the pan you toast your chile’s in nice and hot. You will need that temperature to carmelize the sugar in the OJ to get the nice rick brick red that Marcela’s salsa has in the video.
So I tried this one 3 times. The first time it sucked. It is ALL about the chiles you buy. The first set was way too hot (much have purchased the wrong ones). If you get the right chiles, it is really tasty!
ok so I wasn’t sure about making this because of the OJ and I should of listened to myself because it was nasty the OJ overpowered all of the flavors and when i tried to eat it with food or chips it was like eating a sweat and spicy sauce. not even spicy…
TOTTALY MISED THE MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TOTTALY MISED THE MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You hit the mark with this salsa…GRACIAS….Entire family loved and it was very delicious!!!