What Salsas are you guys running
What salsas are you animals eating?
I live in butt**** nowhere and the salsa selection out here is ****ing criminal. Especially given the Latino population out here. Regardless, the little Mexican grocery store I was using had to close down. So ultimately I’m looking for a good salsa I can order online. I bought some dried peppers I intend to make some of my own, but it will be a couple weeks before I can get a look at it and I’m sure it will take my dumbass several batches before I can get it right. What do you got? |
Pace
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Herdez. It's available at Walmart. Pretty good for a national brand. Lots of flavor options.
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I have a coworker who picks this up from time to time and I talk him into a jar or two of the extra hot.... good heat without being crazy by any means.
https://madeinnewmexico.com/products...ch-chile-salsa https://madeinnewmexico.com/pub/medi...e_salsas_2.jpg |
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And I've actually bought this at WalMart and it was pretty damn hot... didn't expect that kind of heat from WalMart salsa.
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Great Value
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I like the 505 Salsa line, type that in Amazon. All of them are good. The flame roasted green Chile is great.
505 Southwestern medium flame roasted Green Chiles 40 oz (2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075KNL3JL...S7DS47T0ZJ9SJY |
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Local vendor, down on SW in KC. EDIT - Batch 37 - Habenero Garlic. https://www.spicinfoods.com/media/ca...g_37_salsa.jpg |
I get a lot of Aldi mild salsa for my son. He loves that with the big bag of On The Border chips and breakfast burritos I make him in the morning.
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Mrs. Renfro's. No matter what your spice level, she got you covered...
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For me, I like the Green and Ghost Pepper because they're distinctive. The rest are good, but they kind of blend in with everything else out there. But I've not run into anything I like as much as the heat and fresh flavor of the Ghost Pepper, but it might be too hot for many. It's on the higher scale of what you get in a Salsa, . . not nearly as hot at the concentrated extracts or anything, and very pleasant for me personally. But it is definitely hot. |
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Interesting fact. The family that started Pace sold out several years ago to a conglomo. They started a private label salsa business, one of which is Mama Casita salsas at Aldi.
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I get the Mateo's salsa from Costco.
https://www.texasfood.com/images/T/MATEO_MED2.jpg Also a big fan of the Frontera tomatilla salsa. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....QL._SX425_.jpg |
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Sadies salsa. Great taste, hot, but not stupid hot.
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For the KC folks, remember Lotta Hotta? Great stores that featured everything spicy. Lots of samples to try. Mouth burning experience walking out the door. Whew!
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I realize that Pico de Gallo isn't for everyone but IMO, it's way better than nearly all store bought salsa in a jar. Plus, it's cheap to make so if you mess it up, you're only out a few bucks and it's easy to try again. If jalapeno's aren't hot or spicy enough, try serrano or habanero's. |
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And I also remember sitting down for some chips and salsa with zero expectation of kind of burning off my face. LMAO It was more enjoyable the next time I tried it, just having that expectation... and IIRC, it was in a burrito with some cheese and sour cream to take the edge off just a bit. |
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My wife makes a Thai pepper sauce on a mortar and pestle she likes on fish and seafood. Its pretty hot and an easy pepper to grow in a pot if you have direct sunshine.
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This if I want something really hot, the regular habanero if I want something kinda hot. |
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https://www.aldi.us/fileadmin/_proce...dd1e0e11fc.jpg Is this the one you are talking about? |
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https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....L._SL1500_.jpg ignore the labels. they are both extremely mild. |
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It's not so hot you take one bite and are out of the spicy game for the afternoon, running around for milk or yogurt, like with pure hot sauces. |
nothing complicated
tomato onion serrano cilantro lime salt pepper dash of oil occasionally garlic throw it an a blender and done. sometimes blacken the tomatoes |
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tasted more tomato than salsa to me. |
The Mexicans seem to love it as they load up on Herdez in the market. I think they put the heat in the food and the sauce is just a condiment but could be wrong.
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https://www.the-girl-who-ate-everyth...-salad-001.jpg The salsa really sent the flavor over the top. It was really, really good. |
I go with the made fresh daily Latino store route for the most part but will typically keep a Herdez Salsa Taquera in the fridge.
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Art's Mexican in Amourdale used to do their own and I'd buy it by the case. The last time I was down there, the lady said it hasn't been hot enough for good peppers and they haven't made it in a couple of years.
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No locals make/sell salsa there if there’s plenty of Mexicans in your town?
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Homemade bud!! I make enough in July-August to last the entire year. You got a farmers market near you Bueh?
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One vendor had fresh homemade salsa Thought about buying it, but didn't. Why? Cuz I'd have to go to the store for chips. The smart thing for them to do is also offer chips with it. |
Arriba! Fire Roasted Southwestern Garlic & Cilantro Salsa - Medium
Margaritas Amigos Restaurant Style Salsa - Medium Those are two of the better store bought options I've found. I've been through a lot of types/varieties. Same wtih Bloody Mary bases. |
I love the salsa at Manny's on SW BLVD; and I 'think' the Lopez family who owns it sells it in a jar at some local grocery stores. I picked some up on 2 different occasions, and it was not good at all. didn't taste anywhere close to the restaurant.
I think the jar is called Famila Lopez ... we finally got a food processor after wanting to get one for years; I need to score a good recipe to try out. love chips and salsa. |
If im having real mexican food, my wife or mother in law usually makes it from scratch. Or we'll buy the stuff they make at the mexican market.
If i'm just busting out my poor white boy swag, like some frozen burritos, i'll use Pace. |
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Feel the medium is being pretty generous but is still delicious. |
We went to upscale Mexican place called Mago Grill over the weekend. They have three locations in the Chicago suburbs, but none are in my area and I'd never heard of them before. They brought out three types of salsa with chips. One was just okay, but the other two were absolutely amazing; like nothing I'd ever tasted before. I need to find out if they sell that stuff in jars.
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the small sized pop-top double servings of herdez are cheap and pretty good. i like green salsa and theirs isnt bad. i mix in a little fresh avocado with it and some lemon/lime.
https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-f6k6...590490.jpg?c=1 super convienient and fresh when you pop it, instead of getting old and crackign a big jug of pace or whateverr |
I don't like watery salsa and I don't like chunky salsa so what I usually do is buy a jar, strain out a lot of the excess water, and then throw what's left into a blender. Then I toss in a couple of chipotle peppers for flavor and blend everything till it has a nice even texture.
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Welp....looks like I'm going to Hy Vee and Aldi tonight after work. In Independence they're a block apart. Aldi has some very good stuff, especially their cheeses and sausages from Europe. You guys always cost me money when we talk about food!
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Do you realize the you live 30 minutes away from this:
https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bph...lhM4Q/348s.jpg https://www.elzarapegc.com/order-salsa I'm in Topeka now and we buy it by the case whenever we go back home. |
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Three years ago, I had my family taste test virtually every salsa in the Walmart isle. Homemade is best of course, but we found Mateo’s to be very very good. It’s nice to have a big box source when you need it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
My friend Mr. Doggity is the biggest foodie I know. He says this is his favorite in KC:
https://www.facebook.com/silvas.foods.kc/ |
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I tried renfrows ghost pepper nacho cheese dip and the taste is great! Not too bad of a price at $4.99. Nice suggestion
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I'm loving this herdez guacamole salsa. But I use it more as a sauce I guess for tacos and stuff. Pretty damn good and has a little spice to it. Their brand of regular salsa sucks ass though
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Obviously, it's very different out here because in addition to all of the brands mentioned in this thread that are available at any grocery store, we have Mexican markets everywhere that make their own fresh salsas every day and for less than the typical jar of salsa. With that said, I rarely find a Pico de Gallo that suits my taste. Some have cilantro, some don't, some use white onions, some use red onions and some even add celery(!) so I found that the only way I'm truly happy is making my own. Generally speaking, I'll involve my kids because they enjoy the process and eating fresh salsa a few hours after we make it. However, the biggest advantage that we have here is that most of the Mexican markets also make fresh chips everyday and I gotta tell ya, there's nothing better than fresh tortilla chips. There's just no way to get around it: They're a million times better than pre-packaged, regardless of the store bought brand. |
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Much more a fan of Pico de Gallo
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