Up your homemade salsa game this football season, or whip up smoked salsa for a taco night or BBQ party. Smoke salsa with ingredients like fresh tomatoes, smoked limes, onions and cilantro, jalapeno, red onions, and garlic. Make it spicy or mild. Let’s get smoking!! | sipbitego.com
1lbsteak tomatoeshalved, stems removed, then cut in wedges
1jalapenohalved, pith and seeds removed
½red onioncut in two wedges
5clovesgarlic
1limezest, and then halve the lime and use the lime
1tspsalt
½tsppepper
½tspbbq rubany of your favorite bbq seasonings
2tbspolive oil
For blending smoked salsa once cooked
1cupfresh cilantro leaves
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Preheat Traeger Grills or Pitt Boss or whatever pellet grill you’re using to 250 degrees F.
Prep salsa for smoking. In a large bowl, Mix all main smoked salsa ingredients together to coat them with olive oil and seasonings.
Optional - Transfer to a wire rack, if desired (I think this makes them easier to take the veggies on/off the grill without them falling through), but you can also stick salsa ingredients directly on the smoker grill grates. And if you have any very small veggies, like the garlic cloves, you can pierce through them with a toothpick to keep them together, so they don’t fall through.
Smoke salsa for 60-90 minutes, flipping halfway (optional), until vegetables are soft and broken down to your desired level.
Remove smoked salsa ingredients from the Traeger.
Squeeze just a little smoked lime juice into a food processor and discard limes. (I recommend going light, because the smoked limes come out very juicy and if used too liberally, can make the salsa bitter because of the pulp. So if you add lime juice, taste it along the way and make sure to use a sieve before squeezing it in, to get out the pulp from the limes so the smoked salsa doesn’t turn out bitter.
Blend smoked salsa. Add the rest of the ingredients into the food processor or blender, including cilantro (make sure to remove any toothpicks you may have used). Pulse smoked salsa until your desired texture is reached (chunky or smooth). Taste and add salt and pepper and any extra lime juice as needed.
Serve at room temperature or chilled with chips or smoked tacos and enjoy.
Bonus points - If you let it sit in the fridge a few hours or overnight, it will take on even more flavor as the ingredients marinate together.