40 salsa sauce recipes

Smoky chipotle tomatillo salsa with charred tomatillos, pureed chipotles in adobo, red onion and cilantro. Tart, smoky and vegan, with a deep building heat that's a world above any jar.

Fiery homemade salsa with four jalapenos, hot sauce, cayenne, and red pepper flakes blended with fresh tomatoes, garlic, cilantro, and lime. Keeps in the fridge for a week.

Big-batch homemade salsa with fresh tomatoes, green peppers, jalapenos, green chilis, and cayenne pepper. Makes 7 quarts for canning with a water bath method. Stock your pantry for the year.

A fresh, no-cook salsa made with red and green bell peppers, plum tomatoes, scallions, lime juice, and olive oil. Chunky, bright, and ready in 15 minutes.

Fresh salsa with diced tomatoes, three jalapenos, green bell pepper, red onion, cilantro, and lime juice. No cooking required, just chop and mix for a bright, spicy salsa in 15 minutes.

A sweet-tart canning salsa blending fresh tomatillos with Granny Smith apples, jalapenos, and cilantro. Simmered and water-bath processed for pantry-ready jars. Makes 5 half-pints of bright, fruity heat you'll want to gift.

Fiery chili salsa for canning: fire-roasted hot peppers and red bells blended with tomatoes, onions, garlic, and vinegar. Shelf-stable jars of serious heat for tacos, eggs, or chili bowls.

Hot pepper salsa for canning, made with banana peppers, green peppers, garlic, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar. Sweet-hot ketchup-based relish, makes 12 jars.

Smoky black bean salsa with roasted poblano, chipotle in adobo, pomegranate juice, and toasted cumin. A more refined warm salsa for grilled fish, tacos, or rice bowls.

Pico de gallo, the classic Mexican rooster's beak salsa, made with diced tomato, white onion, cilantro, serrano chiles, lime, and salt. Crisp, fresh, never mushy. The 10-minute taqueria staple.

Tex-Mex beef meatballs with green chilies and cheese, served with homemade zesty tomato salsa and crispy tortilla chips. Mexican party appetizer ready in 75 minutes.

Pinto bean salsa with three dried chiles, dark beer, blackened tomatoes, and caramelized onion, pureed and re-fried in smoking-hot peanut oil. A deeply smoky, complex Mexican condiment.

Fluffy omelets stuffed with crispy bacon, creamy avocado, and melted Monterey Jack, topped with fresh tomato jalapeno salsa. A loaded brunch for two in minutes.

To me, fish tacos are the best during summer. There is no real reason behind this, besides that I just think they taste better, and after a winter full of heavy soups and stews, there is nothing like a light and fresh tasting fish taco.

Fire-roasted peppers, tomatillos, and jalapeños blended into a chunky salsa loaded with diced shrimp and creamy avocado. Grab the chips and go.

Grilled oysters on the half shell drenched in a rich curry cream sauce made with homemade fish fumet, topped with a tropical red banana salsa spiked with serrano chiles, tamarind, and fresh mint. A showstopper.