Roasted Garlic And Chipotle Salsa
- 1 head garlic
- 4 tomatoes (about 8 oz. each), rinsed, stemmed, and cored
- 3 dried New Mexico or California chilies (about 5 in. long), rinsed, stemmed, seeded, and coarsely chopped
- 2 dried chipotle chilies (about 1 in. long), stemmed
- 1 corn tortilla (about 6 in.)
- 1 cup fresh cilantro sprigs, rinsed
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/2 cup diced red onion
- Salt
- Cut garlic in half crosswise and wrap both halves in one piece of foil. Cut three of the tomatoes in half crosswise and place, cut side up, on a 12- by 15-inch baking sheet. Bake garlic and tomatoes in a 400u0b0 regular or convection oven until garlic is soft when squeezed (unwrap to test) and tomatoes are shriveled, about 45 minutes. Dice remaining tomato and reserve.
- Meanwhile, place dried New Mexico and chipotle chilies in a small bowl and add 1 cup boiling water. Let stand until chilies are soft, about 10 minutes.
- In an 8- to 10-inch nonstick frying pan over high heat, cook tortilla, turning once, until crisp and browned on both sides, 3 to 4 minutes total. When cool enough to handle, break into 2-inch pieces.
- When garlic is cool enough to handle, squeeze cloves from skin into a blender or food processor; discard skin. Add roasted tomatoes, chilies and soaking water, tortilla, cilantro, and lime juice. Whirl until smooth. Stir in onion and reserved diced tomato. Add salt to taste.
- Nutritional analysis per 1/4 cup.
garlic, tomatoes, mexico, chilies, corn tortilla, fresh cilantro sprigs, lime juice, red onion, salt
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/roasted-garlic-chipotle-salsa (may not work)