Best Spicy Roast Tomato Salsa Recipe

Homemade tomato salsa recipe with freshly roasted tomatoes… This spicy Mexican appetizer dipping sauce goes extremely well with crispy nachos! It is fiesta time…

Have you ever made tomato salsa at home?

This is the first time that I try my hand at making salsa myself.

And this one turned out to be a spicy hot flavor bomb!

Homemade Salsa

And it is the perfect Mexican dipping sauce for your next summer appetizer party!

I roasted the tomatoes in a hot oven for a while before assembling the salsa. Because roasted tomatoes will give the salsa a more deeply flavored and more concentrated and rich aroma.

But hey, you can skip this step if you haven’t got the time.

This is also a perfect roasted tomato salsa recipe to can by the way!

Are you into canning?

Do try it out…

Spicy Roasted Tomato Salsa Recipe

If you are not going to oven to roast the fresh tomatoes, then I recommend you add a little drop of tomato paste right in the end.

Also make sure to choose very ripe good quality tomatoes for this tomato salsa recipe. Because if you use bland tomatoes, you will turn your Mexican salsa into something very unappetizing and quite boring.

Or use cherry snack tomatoes!

Cherry Tomatoes

Cherry tomatoes are usually sweeter and they are always packed with flavor. Which makes them just perfect for this spicy tomato salsa.

I like the salsa best when I serve it ice cold, straight out of the fridge. The cold brings out the freshness coming from the crispy shallot, fresh cilantro and the lemon juice even more.

This is also a simple and delicious cinco de mayo recipe! Or an amazing New Years Eve appetizer. And always serve in the good company of a large bowl of crispy salted corn nachos!

Nachos

Oh, one thing you can do here also: you can replace the paprika powder in this recipe by my homemade taco seasoning for instance.

But that is entirely up to you!

Are you looking for a green tomato salsa recipe?

Then you should check out this green tomato salsa recipe from Kim!

Enjoy this little salsa party!

You will love it…

Best Spicy Roasted Tomato Salsa Recipe

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Spicy Roasted Tomato Salsa Recipe

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hr 15 mins

 

Homemade tomato salsa recipe with roasted tomatoes... A spicy Mexican appetizer dipping sauce to serve with crispy nachos then!

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings: 4 (1 cup)

Calories per serving: 96 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 ⅓ lb fresh tomatoes (600 g), very ripe
• 1 medium shallot
• 2 small garlic cloves
• 10 sprigs fresh cilantro
• 1 tbsp lemon juice or lime juice
• 1 tsp paprika powder or pimenton
• olive oil
• salt

Instructions

1. Trim and clean the ripe tomatoes. Chop the tomatoes into smaller bite-size chunks and then transfer them onto a large baking tray. Drizzle them with a little sprinkle of olive oil and season with a good dash of pepper and salt.
   
2. Roast the tomatoes in a preheated oven at 302°F (150°C) for 45 minutes until they look a little dried out.
   
3. Remove the tomatoes from the hot oven and then let them cool down fully at room temperature. Peel and chop the shallot and garlic cloves roughly. Add them to a clean blender.
   
4. Pulse into a fine mixture and add the roasted tomatoes once they are cooled.
   
5. Pulse again. Then add the fresh cilantro, half of the spicy paprika (or pimenton) and lime or lemon juice. Season with a little pinch of salt and add a drizzle of olive oil as well.
   

6. Pulse the ingredients again into a well-mixed but still chunky tomato paste. Check the seasoning. Add extra spicy paprika, salt, cilantro and lime or lemon juice to taste. Chill the tomato salsa in the fridge for 10 more minutes. Serve cold with nachos.