Garden Fresh Salsa, made with juicy tomatoes, sweet Vidalia onions, crisp sweet garden bell peppers, spicy fresh jalapeno, sweet corn on the cob and fragrant garden cilantro.
Garden Fresh Salsa
Here it is running up on mid-August already and I realize that I've got quite a few summer posts like this one to catch up on! So don't go fussin' at me for posting a series of non-traditional recipes that may not necessarily fit into the "Southern" recipe box. Besides our southern favorites and classic southern recipes, like everybody else, we also enjoy a wide variety of other foods too, like this.
There's nothing that's particularly unique about this salsa except that it's a "fresh" salsa, made with those wonderful summer vegetables that will soon be gone - juicy and flavorful garden tomatoes, sweet Vidalia onions, crisp sweet garden bell peppers, spicy fresh jalapeno, sweet corn on the cob and fragrant garden cilantro - or flat leaf parsley, if you're not a fan. Black beans are also a perfect match.
This fresh salsa served up with white corn tortilla chips is at the top of the list of my favorite snacks, and I confess I've enjoyed it many times over this summer when it was just too hot for cooking a meal. Figured it was about time to share it, since these beautiful summer vegetables and tomatoes will be gone before you know it, so let's enjoy them every way we possibly can.
What sets this apart from Texas Caviar is that it's not heavily dressed with a vinaigrette. What makes it different from a regular salsa is it's not saucy. The veggies mostly live in their own juices making it more like a pico de gallo, and is as appropriate for chip-dipping, as it is as an accompaniment or garnish for steaks, chicken, tacos, wraps, even eggs.
There is one little "secret" ingredient - Louisiana hot sauce! Hey... this would be good as a shrimp salsa with some small salad size shrimp or leftover boiled or grilled shrimp tossed in too.
Use the quick microwave, no husk, no silk method to cook the fresh corn, or you can substitute canned corn too. The Mexicorn is excellent and I've also made it with the chipotle version, though if you use that, do taste before adding any additional hot peppers.
Here's how to make it.
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