Recipe of the day: Homemade Salsa De Arbol and Baked Tortilla Chips

Total time: 1hr55mins              Yield: 4 cups           Level: Easy

            prep: 1hr 

            cook: 55mins

Instead of going to the store to get a jar of salsa and tortilla chips, you could make it yourself from scratch and adjust. It's easy and straight forward.  
      

    Ingredients

• 8 roma tomatoes
• 1 medium onion
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• Pinch of sugar
• Cilantro
• Ketchup (optional)
• salt to taste
• 4 dried arbol chiles
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 12" corn tortillas

   Tools/Equipment

• Food processor
• Plastic bowl(s)
• Pan
• Cooker
• Oven  

   Directions

      (Salsa)

• Toast the arbol chiles and grill the tomatoes
• After toasting the chiles, add water and bring to boil
• In a food processor, add the chiles together with the water, onion, garlic, oregano, lime juice, sugar, salt and pulse until chunky.
• Refrigerate for 1 hour
• Garnish with cilantro

       (Tortilla chips)

• Preheat oven to 350 F 
  
• Brush both of the sides of the tortilla with oil
• Spread on a baking sheet and add salt
• Bake until golden brown

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