Western Salsa

My neighbor gave me a bag of peppers from her garden.  There were green bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, and a pepper I had never heard of:

the Serrano pepper. 

She told that Serrano peppers aren’t used for much other than salsa, so I dug out my handy-dandy blender cookbooks, and searched for a recipe that called for fresh tomatoes and Serrano peppers. 

I found a couple recipes that I used the peppers with but the recipe that called for the Serrano pepper made the best homemade salsa that I’ve ever made.  I even used cilantro.  (I’m not sure how I feel about the smell of that stuff.)

Western Salsa

6 ripe tomatoes – quartered

1/4 cup fresh cilantro

1/2 medium onion – cut in half

1 tsp fresh lemon juice (I used bottled)

1 Serrano chili pepper

1 tsp cider vinegar (I used distilled white)

1 tsp salt

Place ingredients in blender jar as listed and secure the lid.  Press the pulse button 10-15 times.  You may have to lift the jar and shake the contents and pulse again.  I like my salsa runny, so I pulsed 15-20 times. 

Recipe from the Blendtec Recipe Book for the world’s best blender.