Made from Home Daily: Taco Shop Salsa

Do you eat breakfast burritos? I love ham and eggs in flour tortillas. However, I can't eat it without salsa...the kind you get in taco shops. I don't know why. I actually like both ham and eggs, but put them together, wrap 'em up into a burrito, and I can't eat it unless there is salsa to pour on it. Weird, I know.

So today, I have a recipe for some Taco Shop Salsa.

Taco Shop Salsa

5 roma tomatoes
12 Japones chiles **
8 Chiles de arbol **
**This salsa had quite a nice spiciness to it...if you don't want spicy, use about 8 Japones chiles, and 3-4 chiles de arbol (the chiles de arbol are the spicy ones...go more or less to suit your tastes). Remember you can always add more chiles, but you can't take them away!

Add your tomatoes to a pan and cover with water. Boil until the tomatoes are soft.

Get your chiles. The small ones are the Japones chiles and the long, skinny ones are the chiles de arbol. Add them to some hot oil and fry for just a minute until they are dark (see pic below). Be sure to flip them over and get both sides. **Be very careful to not add any broken chiles to the hot oil...if the seeds get into the oil, you will get a very strong chile odor and won't be able to stop coughing!** The frying only takes a minute so don't walk away.

Add the chiles and tomatoes (not the oil or water though) to a blender and process until smooth. Add about 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp garlic powder (or to taste). Pulse to blend the seasonings.