Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Chili's Copycat Salsa for a Crowd

Soooo.....after seeing a million recipes for mock Chili's salsa, I finally decided to put my itty-bitty-4-cup food processor to good use and figure out how to make awesome sauce. Due to my utter failure to find "14.5 oz cans" of tomato products, I had to double the recipe. I bought 28 oz cans of tomato products and called it a day. In my opinion the recipe needed more salt. We added salt at the table. I think in the future I would add 1/2-1 tsp of salt to the recipe. This recipe will make salsa for a crowd. It's quite a large batch. Enjoy, lovelies! 

1 28-oz can of Rotel tomatoes and green chilies, drained
1 28-oz can whole, peeled tomatoes, drained
6 tbsp diced jalapenos (canned & diced, but NOT pickled!!!) 
1/2 cup diced yellow onion
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp sugar

Place jalapenos and onion in a food processor and pulse about 3 times. Add the rest of the ingredients and process until you achieve the desired consistency (aka the ultimate nirvana of Chili's salsa!!). Take care not to puree!! Place in a covered container and chill for about 2 hours before serving. If you're feeling wise and fancy toss your tortilla chips in the oven at about 200 degrees until warm. Yum-O. 

Disclaimer: I did NOT fit all of these ingredients into a 4-cup food processor all at once, so don't try it. I'm good, but I'm not THAT good. :) 

The ugly truth...Yes I put my salsa in an ugly tupperware and stirred it up, 4 cups at a time...hehehe!!! 



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