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Spicy Fresh Tomato Salsa

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on August 22, 2007

Time

10 minutes, plus 1 hour sitting

Yield

Serves 5 (Makes about 1 1/4 cups)

Spicy Fresh Tomato Salsa

Ingredients

2 medium tomatoes, cored, seeded, and diced small2 tablespoons minced red onion 4 teaspoons lime juice 1 fresh serrano chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro leaves

Instructions

  1. Combine tomatoes, onion, lime juice, chile, cilantro, and salt to taste in medium bowl. Cover and set aside for 1 hour to allow flavors to blend. Serve salsa at room temperature with grilled fish. (Can be covered and set aside up to 3 hours.)
Spicy Fresh Tomato Salsa

Spicy Fresh Tomato Salsa

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Time

10 minutes, plus 1 hour sitting

Yield

Serves 5 (Makes about 1 1/4 cups)

Ingredients

2 medium tomatoes, cored, seeded, and diced small
2 tablespoons minced red onion
4 teaspoons lime juice
1 fresh serrano chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced
1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro leaves

Ingredients

2 medium tomatoes, cored, seeded, and diced small
2 tablespoons minced red onion
4 teaspoons lime juice
1 fresh serrano chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced
1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro leaves

Ingredients

2 medium tomatoes, cored, seeded, and diced small
2 tablespoons minced red onion
4 teaspoons lime juice
1 fresh serrano chile, stemmed, seeded, and minced
1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro leaves

Why This Recipe Works

For a tomato salsa recipe that would complement rich fish such as sea bass, we combined tomatoes, onion, lime juice, chile, cilantro, and salt to taste in a medium bowl; we then covered the salsa and set it aside at room temperature for one hour to allow the flavors to blend.

Instructions

  1. Combine tomatoes, onion, lime juice, chile, cilantro, and salt to taste in medium bowl. Cover and set aside for 1 hour to allow flavors to blend. Serve salsa at room temperature with grilled fish. (Can be covered and set aside up to 3 hours.)

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