What Salsas are you guys running

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Yeah. Some of y’all are good for more heat than I am. I’m good for a fair bit, but one thing I’ve learned eating some of the authentic stuff out here is that while I’m better than most about handling heat, I still have enough honker whiteboard genetics that I’m not good for the big guns.

It's hard to gauge from person to person, but both the Pain is Good and the Mrs. Renfro's Ghost Pepper, for me they're in that sweet spot where every bite is spicy, but it keeps you coming back for more. It's hotter than you get in most supermarket, but you can taste the flavors, and if the spice doesn't knock you out, you want another, and another, . . . hot, hot, hot!! Oh, just one more. . . If that makes sense.

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.

[Abba-Dabba]

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

[Sorry]

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

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

similar to my Hispanic wife's recipe plus some ingredients. Beats any store salsa.. doesn't hurt we get the freshest produce either

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

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

Perfection. We make our own as well.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

It's hard to gauge from person to person, but both the Pain is Good and the Mrs. Renfro's Ghost Pepper, for me they're in that sweet spot where every bite is spicy, but it keeps you coming back for more. It's hotter than you get in most supermarket, but you can taste the flavors, and if the spice doesn't knock you out, you want another, and another, . . . hot, hot, hot!! Oh, just one more. . . If that makes sense.

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.

I was just trying out some ghost pepper hot sauce stuff from a local shop that's "crazy hot!" and what not, and the usual disappointment leads me to think companies need like an independent reputable taste test for such things.... so, you can actually say "Even [this guy] said it burned his face off!"... if not, of course, an official Scoville rating.

Of course, that's counter to the marketing scheme of saying things are crazy hot when it's really fairly mild relative to the serious stuff.

This is a great thread, I need to grab more of the Hatch Chile salsa and more Mrs Renfros, and try some others.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

It's hard to gauge from person to person, but both the Pain is Good and the Mrs. Renfro's Ghost Pepper, for me they're in that sweet spot where every bite is spicy, but it keeps you coming back for more. It's hotter than you get in most supermarket, but you can taste the flavors, and if the spice doesn't knock you out, you want another, and another, . . . hot, hot, hot!! Oh, just one more. . . If that makes sense.

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.

I tried Mrs. Renfro’s Ghost Pepper Salsa tonight. My experience is similar to yours where you want to eat more and more of it. But the heat builds on you after a while. Good recommendation for a hot salsa.

[Buehler445]

Wanted to come back to this thread. There were some really good stuff here, and I appreciate all the input. I blew through a jar of most of these.

Originally Posted by Bearcat

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

This shit was the best of the bunch. It was REALLY ****ing good. Expensive, but good. Couldn't manage free shipping.

Originally Posted by lewdog

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

Originally Posted by srvy

This was also good. Maybe not as good as the New Mexico stuff, but it's quite a bit easier to get. This is probably going to be my go to when I get busy.

Originally Posted by Fish

Mrs. Renfro's. No matter what your spice level, she got you covered...

Ironically this is the one still on my shelf. Bought the Habinero. Frankly, I have buyers remorse. I'm a big scared pussy bitch. I need to uncork it and put my big boy shorts on.

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

I get the Mateo's salsa from Costco.

This was the best of the tamato based salsa. Really good rec here.

Originally Posted by Fishpicker

herdez taqueira salsa. roja for standard beef tacos. verde for chicken pork and fish



ignore the labels. they are both extremely mild.

I couldn't get into this stuff. This could definitely be me, but I wasn't into it.

Originally Posted by gblowfish

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/

This stuff was pretty good. For whatever reason I didn't like it as much as the Mateos, even though I think it was really really close in flavor. Good story to go with it though. Definitely don't feel like a piece of shit buying this stuff.

Thanks again for all the recommendations. As per usual, CP outperforms anything else I can find on the net.

[Buehler445]

I've also made some. I tried a few different kinds of roasted salsa.



This here shit is GOOOOOD. It has to be the small tomatoes. It gets mealy as all **** with bigger (cheaper) ones. It ends up being kind of expensive, at least in my part of the world, at my grocery store.

It's pretty light on heat, even with 3 jalepenos with NO seeds out. For the next round I bought a serano to throw in there. If that doesn't work, I'll throw in a chipotle or 2. That seems to be hotter than a green jalapeno.

Anyway, if you're into making salsa, give this one a look. It's ****ing good.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Wanted to come back to this thread. There were some really good stuff here, and I appreciate all the input. I blew through a jar of most of these.

This shit was the best of the bunch. It was REALLY ****ing good. Expensive, but good. Couldn't manage free shipping.


This was also good. Maybe not as good as the New Mexico stuff, but it's quite a bit easier to get. This is probably going to be my go to when I get busy.

Ironically this is the one still on my shelf. Bought the Habinero. Frankly, I have buyers remorse. I'm a big scared pussy bitch. I need to uncork it and put my big boy shorts on.

Glad you liked it. I clicked on the link as I could use more, but got a concerning 404/page not found... looks like they still sell it though, whew.

I haven't tried the 505 yet, all I can find here is the medium... might have to find their hotter stuff online.

If nothing else on the Renfros, you can always start with like a breakfast burrito with sour cream to see if it'll burn your face off.... reviews and what not sometimes scare me into thinking something is far hotter than reality (their ghost pepper is actually very spicy though), so I'll start slow.