If I could give this salsa negative stars, I would.
This tastes less like salsa and more like straight garlic purée with a few tomatoes and chipotle peppers tossed in as an afterthought. The garlic completely overwhelms everything. There is no balance. No brightness from the tomato. No complexity from the peppers. Just an aggressive, lingering wall of garlic followed by a bit of heat.
The overuse of garlic in American food has been creeping up for years, and this feels like the endpoint of that trend. Garlic should support a dish, not hijack it. In both traditional Mexican and Italian cooking, garlic is used with restraint and intention. It enhances. It does not dominate. This product ignores that entirely.
After a few bites, it becomes genuinely unpleasant. The flavor is one note and heavy. Whoever created and approved this recipe should reconsider whether they should be employed developing food at all. And the decision to label this as “authentic” is beyond ridiculous. There is nothing authentic about drowning tomatoes and chipotle in raw, overpowering garlic and calling it tradition. disgusting!
by DJAI9LAB