Help, my favorite salsa discontinued! See attached picture. It’s very hot. The only clue I have is dried chilis. I tried Chile de arbol already. It was very cherry red and honestly the the hottest most flavorful salsa I’ve eaten. Discontinued bc ppl could handle the heat at my local taco truck…..
by 726marsey
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**couldn’t handle. Anyways please help it’s hot like habanero but thin and bright red, not blended like most habanero salsa.
I guess my post will get deleted two hours if I don’t include a recipe.
Vinegar
Dried chilis (suggest different one tried arbol)
Stretched with oil?
Tomatillos?
ask the people at the truck?
Was the taste very tomato-y? Almost looks like there’s pureed tomato in there, or even tomato juice.
Have you tried piquin? Some of the hottest, most flavorful, citrusy/acidic salsas I’ve had include vinegar and piquin peppers. I’m still chasing a piquin salsa I had in Mexico City that reminds me of what you’re describing.
Your description sounds like chile de arbol salsa. If you google it, I suggest the muydelish website recipe and using knorr chicken bouillon powder. The spice level is based on how many chile de arbols you decide to put in it. This salsa is my favorite.
Check if it’s chile tepin or chiltepin. Small little circle chiles that are super spicy and flavorful. I do a slow roasted roma tomatoes on the grill and toasted on the skillet tepin and blend with fresh garlic. I use this for tacos and I make it before I put the meat on the grill.
All of those taco shop salsas have an arbol base if they’re red. If it was bright red they didn’t toast much. They probably just rehydrate the chilis and then throw them in a blender with some combination of water, chicken broth, and possibly a spicy red base like el pato. Season with some lime, a whole bunch of salt, and maybe some more chicken bouillon. Experiment with adding raw onion or garlic and a smaller quantity of other chilis like habanero or Serrano.
Just saw this and thought I’d come back to share.
https://youtu.be/THBun4KOwmw
It almost looks like piri-piri? Haven’t seen that on a taco but it fits the description