Chipotle Hot Salsa Copycat Recipe

You can hate on Chipotle all you want, but I love their red (hot) salsa. I was able to track down a clone recipe that gets pretty close, but I modified it. And I think that it is just as good if not better than the original.

Ready? Here we go.

Ingredients

• 4 Tomatillos (quartered)
• 20 – 30 Arbol peppers (dried) – I use 30 but you could use less
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1tsp salt
• 2tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1.5c water
• (cilantro – handful more or less if desired)

Directions

• Remove stems from peppers.
• Remove about half the seeds from peppers. (more or less depending on spiciness)
• Put the peppers, tomatillos, garlic cloves, salt, cumin, pepper, and water in a sauce pan.
• Bring ingredients to a simmer over medium-high heat.
• Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
• Uncover and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Stir regularly.
• Pour everything into a blender or food processor.
• Blend.
• (Add cilantro if desired – and blend again)
• Ready to eat immediately OR let meld in fridge for a few hours