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Relishes & Salsas

Cucumber salsa, jalapeño relish, and roasted salsa ranchera offer different ways to combine chopped or cooked ingredients. These accompaniments bring freshness, acidity, or heat to another dish.

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  • Cowboy Candy Relish

    Cowboy Candy Relish

    Sweet, tangy, spicy, and just a little addictive, this refrigerated Cowboy Candy Relish turns fresh jalapeños and onion into a glossy, spoonable condiment with the classic flavor of…

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  • Roasted Salsa Ranchera

    Roasted Salsa Ranchera

    Roasted Salsa Ranchera is one of the great foundation sauces of traditional Mexican cuisine. Ripe Roma tomatoes, Jalapeño, onion, and garlic are roasted until lightly charred, then blended…

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  • Smoky Chile Crunch Salsa Macha

    This smoky, nutty, deeply savory Salsa Macha is the kind of Mexican pantry staple that quietly becomes an obsession. Built from toasted dried chiles, sesame seeds, pepitas, garlic,…

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  • Texas Heat Sous-Vide Salsa Verde

    This Texas heat version brings bold chile flavor without sacrificing balance. Serrano, Jalapeño, and roasted poblano combine with sous-vide precision to create a deep, fiery salsa verde that…

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  • Black-Eyed Pea Salsa with Cheese Quesadillas

    Black-Eyed Pea Salsa with Cheese Quesadillas

    This dish brings together a vibrant black-eyed pea salsa — studded with roasted green chiles, red bell peppers, crisp green onions, and fresh cilantro — with simple yet…

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  • Sauerkraut Relish

    Ingredients 4 cups chopped celery 1 cup chopped green pepper 1 cup chopped onion 1 (16-ounce) can sauerkraut, drained 1 (4-ounce) jar pimientos, drained and chopped 1 cup…

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  • Fresh Tomato Salsa

    Fresh Tomato Salsa

    Serve this salsa with Fried Okra Tacos. Ingredients 3 cups seeded and diced tomatoes (about 1 1/2 lb.) 1 large avocado, diced 1 small green bell pepper, diced…

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  • Tomato Salsa

    Tomato Salsa

    Zingy, refreshing salsas are easy to improvise—simply balance the proportions of ingredients according to taste. Top burritos, tacos, enchiladas, nachos, chili, or bean soups; add to omelets and…

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  • Cranberry-Jalapeño Salsa

    Show off the festive flavor of cranberries with this sweet-hot salsa. You can make it ahead and freeze up to one month before your holiday gathering. Ingredients 1…

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  • Pico de Gallo

    Pico de Gallo

    Ingredients 6 Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced 1 medium white or red onion, diced 2 Jalapeño or 2 serrano peppers, seeded and minced Handful of chopped cilantro Juice…

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