Chipotle Corn Salsa
This is great as a salsa for dipping and for over-filling tacos and burritos. Fresh, light, delicious.
Copycat recipe - https://www.culinaryhill.com/roasted-chili-corn-salsa-chipotle-copycat/#wprm-recipe-container-27837
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Preheat: ° | Yield: 10 servings | |
Prep: 0:20 | Wait: 0:00 | Cook: 0:15 |
Ingredients
- 24 ounces frozen corn or 6 corn cobs, cooked.
- Can also grill the cobs, adds a nice flavor
- 1/2 cup red onion finely chopped
- 1/2 = 1 jalapeño pepper stemmed, seeded, and finely chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh Parsley finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Salt
Directions
- Grill the corn to get a bit of char.
- To a large bowl, add cooled corn, red onion, jalapeño peppers, parsley, lemon juice, and lime juice. Season to taste with salt.
Notes
- Corn: Chipotle employees have reported with Chipotle uses frozen corn. To substitute fresh corn, bring a large pot of water and 1 tablespoon salt to a boil over high heat. Add 6 ears of corn and boil for 3 to 5 minutes. Submerge ears in a large bowl of ice water. When the corn is cool enough to handle, cut it off the cob and transfer to a large bowl.
- Roasted poblano peppers:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil for easy cleanup. Arrange peppers in a single layer on prepared baking sheet.
- Broil the peppers until the skin is charred and blistered but not ash white, turning occasionally, about 30 to 40 minutes.
- Transfer to a bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let stand until the skin starts to loosen and the peppers are cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes.
- Wearing gloves or using a clean kitchen towel, carefully rub off and discard the blackened skin. Leave the stem and seeds intact if desired for your recipe; otherwise, remove and discard them.
- Cilantro. Omit or sub parsley if you don't like cilantro.
- Roasted corn: Chipotle doesn't roast their corn, but that doesn't mean you can't! Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cut fresh corn kernels from cobs. Spread corn in single layer on a rimmed baking sheet pan. Roast until golden brown, stirring twice, about 30 to 40 minutes.
- Make it mild: Substitute bell peppers (raw or roasted) for the poblanos and jalapeños if you want to cut out the spice.
- Make it spicier: Substitute minced fresh serrano chiles (with their seeds) for the jalapeños if you like it SPICY. Minced habañeros would also be delicious!
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