Authentic Mexican Salsa!

[Anonymous]

I love Mexican food, but I can never find fresh, authentic Mexican salsa. My local grocery store only carries in-the-jar “green” or “red” salsa. They’re okay, but just don’t feel authentic. Are others making their own at home? Settling for these at the store? Or are there ones I’m not aware of?

[Anonymous]

Do you mean true fresh salsa or pico de gallo? I make both because I can't find anything locally that compares to what I could get when we lived in Texas (retired military). If you aren't able to make your own, try to find a Hispanic grocery store - you should be able to find the good stuff there as well as the fluffy tortillas to go with it.

[Anonymous]

What do you mean by fresh Mexican salsa? Maybe you can post a link or a picture?

[Anonymous]

Uncle Julios has really good salsa, and I think you can buy from them.

[Anonymous]

Exactly what do you mean by fresh Mexican salsa: pico de gallo or a blended salsa?

[Anonymous]

Ye, OP, please explain exactly what you are thinking about. I think whole foods fresh pico de Gallo is good on chips (it's not a true salsa imo, but it is saucy enough for chip).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean true fresh salsa or pico de gallo? I make both because I can't find anything locally that compares to what I could get when we lived in Texas (retired military). If you aren't able to make your own, try to find a Hispanic grocery store - you should be able to find the good stuff there as well as the fluffy tortillas to go with it.

There aren't that many Mexicans in the DC area. Most folks are Honduran or El Salvadoran. The grocery stores cater to them and don't seem to carry a lot of fresh salsas or scratch tortillas--or at least some masa preparada,ffs--like you can find in TX or CA (and other places I'm sure!).

[Anonymous]

I use this general recipe and my kids ask me to make it all the time. I usually double it because it goes fast. I don't bother with the corn/black beans and try and ignore all the ads.

https://www.averiecooks.com/easy-restaurant-style-blender-salsa/

[Anonymous]

OP, are you using the term properly? Salsa in mexico is a sauce. What type of salsa are you talking about? There are many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you using the term properly? Salsa in mexico is a sauce. What type of salsa are you talking about? There are many.

+1 I wondered about this too and asked them to post a link or picture of what "salsa" meant to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use this general recipe and my kids ask me to make it all the time. I usually double it because it goes fast. I don't bother with the corn/black beans and try and ignore all the ads.

https://www.averiecooks.com/easy-restaurant-style-blender-salsa/

Yes this is a good one!

[Anonymous]

I’m also confused above what OP is looking for because there are dozens of authentic Mexican salsa styles. For pick de gallo, Costco has a good one but it’s enormous and goes bad quickly. For salsa verde, I like the Trader Joe’s brand. For a smoky red chile type thin salsa like you often get in the north of Mexico, the uncle Julio’s one is really good.

Ps for tortillas, some of the costcos carry the flat flour tortilla disks that you cook on your own skillet. They are really good—I wish they had them at more of the costcos, or there was a way to know which have them.