Salsa Chilmol

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 5 dried arbol chiles
• 6 roma tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 medium onion
• 1 bunch cilantro

Recipe

• 1 cut tomatoes into fourths. place in small saucepan with just enough water to cover the tomatoes.
• 2 add salt and bring to boil. simmer tomatoes for about 20 minutes.
• 3 wash chile de arbol with cold water. pat dry and remove stems.
• 4 toast the chile de arbol in a toaster oven on aluminum foil. watch closely, as chile can burn quickly. toast until dark brown. if you don't have a toaster oven, toast in a dry pan, turning chile often so it doesn't burn.
• 5 place toasted chile in the blender and blend until it is finely powdered. place a paper towel under the lid of the blender to keep powder from escaping.
• 6 add tomatoes and 1/4 cup of the liquid to the chile in blender and puree until smooth.
• 7 chop onion and cilantro. combine all ingredients.
• 8 simple and delicious. enjoy.