Fire-roasted Tomato Chipotle Salsa

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 onion, peeled and chopped
• 2 lbs roma tomatoes, blackened
• 4 teaspoons finely minced roasted garlic
• 1/2 cup minced fresh cilantro leaves
• 4 chipotle chiles in adobo, chopped
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 heat a tablespoon of oil in a saute pan over medium heat until lightly smoking, add the onion and saute until carmelized, about 10 minutes or so.
• 2 transfer the onion, half the blackened tomatoes and garlic to a food processor and pulse until finely chopped but not pureed. add the cilantro and chipotle chiles and pulse again to mix.
• 3 peel, seed and chop the remaining tomatoes tomatoes and fold in along with the remaining oil, vinegar, salt and sugar.
• 4 serve chilled or at room temp with chips, red meat or chicken.