Ninfa's Red Salsa

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 1 -2 chiles de arbol
• 1 -2 dried red pepper, if you can't get chiles de arbol
• 4 medium tomatoes, halved
• 3 garlic cloves
• 4 sprigs cilantro
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 -2 jalapeno (optional)
• 1 -2 tablespoon oil (recipe doesn't specify the type.)
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce (optional)

Recipe

• 1 place the dried chiles on a cookie sheet and toast in a 325-degree oven for 3 to 4 minutes. stem and seed them, and then set aside.
• 2 in a medium skillet, simmer the tomatoes and garlic, in just enough water to prevent scorching until softened-about 20 minutes. transfer to a blender and puree along with the cilantro, salt, toasted chiles, and if desired, jalapenos, for 1 to 2 minutes.
• 3 sauté the pureed salsa in a skillet with hot oil for 1 to 2 minutes.
• 4 if the salsa is pale, you may wish to add some tomato sauce to deepen the color.
• 5 this salsa may be made in advance and either refridgerated or frozen.