I’ve spent years perfecting this recipe. I used to travel to Los Cucos, my favorite Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston, once every two weeks simply to get a pint of red salsa to go to take home with me. The greatest salsa in the world, I became dependent on it. I’ve finally perfected my own recipe, and it tastes almost exactly like the red salsa from Los Cucos.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 20 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 pint |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 5 large Roma tomatoes, halved lengthwise
- ¼ large white onion
- 1 jalapeno pepper, stem removed
- ⅓ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 ½ teaspoons garlic salt, or to taste
Instructions
- Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler to high.
- Spray a 9×13-inch glass casserole dish with cooking spray. Arrange tomatoes in the prepared dish with cut sides down. Add onion and jalapeno.
- Broil until tomato skins are blackened and blistered, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove onion and jalapeno halfway through cooking time, once skins are slightly softened.
- Combine broiled vegetables in a blender; add cilantro, lime juice, and 1 teaspoon garlic salt. Pulse until smooth. Taste and season with remaining garlic salt as desired.
- Use 8 small Roma tomatoes if you can’t find 5 large ones.
- For a spicier salsa, feel free to add more jalapenos.
Reviews
This is my all-time favorite salsa and like you, I can drink it. Actually, crave it. However, the quality of the batch from Los Cucos restaurants varies, and making it at home is the best. I go to Walmart and buy 20 tomatoes, 1 big onion, 4 jalapenos and limes, cilantro and make one big batch. It freezes very well! Oh, and I add a little liquid smoke or sometimes grill all veggies on the grill. Thank you!
Wow!! Just like in the restaurant! Don’t know if I’ll ever make salsa a different way.
Fantastic and simple recipe and is just like the warm salsa served at many great Tex-mex restaurants. I recommend it warm but it’s great cold too. I use half an onion, 6 Roma tomatoes and about 4 jalepenos de-seeded and rinsed to make the mild to medium heat. 8 or more Jalepenos with seeds and all for the fiery stuff. Truly takes about 20 minutes to make.
Excellent. Very similar to Los Cucos which I agree is the best salsa there is.
This recipe was fantastic! I love Los Cucos salsa and this is definitely similar in taste. I have tried many salsa recipes out there and this is now my go to!