Salsa Taquera Recipe (2024)

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Taqueria Style Salsa with Árbol Chile

Salsa Taquera, a tomato based, fiery, garlicky salsa prepared with dried árbol peppers. This type of salsa is served at taco stands throughout Mexico. It’s a good one.

The finished salsa will be shiny, smooth, and thick with a beautiful orange color. It only takes about 15 minutes from start to finish. Let’s get started.

Gather Your Ingredients

If you cook Mexican food regular you probably have all the ingredients on hand: plum tomatoes, garlic, árbol peppers, oil, and salt. You can find the peppers at any supermarket that carries dried chiles.

Ingredient List

2 plum (Roma) tomatoes
1 white onion
6 árbol chiles
3 cloves garlic
6 tablespoons oil
½ teaspoon of salt + as needed

If you prefer a milder salsa reduce the number of chiles by half.

How to Make

Roughly chop the tomatoes and onions. Peel the garlic and remove the stems from the chiles.

Preheat 2 tablespoons of oil over medium heat. Cook the tomatoes and onions for 5 minutes stirring occasionally.

Add the garlic and cook for 2 more minutes stirring occasionally.

Add the árbol chile and cook for 1 more minute. Do not cook longer which may make the chiles turn bitter.

This is how the ingredients should look before blending. Browning develops a deep rich flavor.

Add all of the ingredients from the pan to your blender and blend for 30 seconds.

While the salsa is blending add the oil to the blender and blend for 1 more minute until the salsa has a smooth thick consistency.

Taste and add salt if needed.

Serve

Serve this salsa as an accompaniment to your favorite tacos. We really like it on carne asada or shredded beef tacos.

Alternate names: salsa de chile de árbol, chile de arbol salsa.

Salsa Taquera

Salsa Taquera also known as Salsa de Chile de Árbol, a fiery salsa prepared with tomatoes, garlic, and dried árbol chiles, which is served at taco stands throughout Mexico.

Course Salsa

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword easy salsa recipe, salsa de chile de árbol recipe, salsa recipe, salsa taquera recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 10

Calories 83kcal

Author Douglas Cullen

Equipment

Kitchen knife
Cutting board
Frying pan
Blender
Serving bowl

Ingredients

2 plum tomatoes
1 white onion
3 cloves garlic
6 dried árbol chiles (pepper)
6 tablespoon cooking oil
.5 teaspoon salt + salt to taste as needed

Instructions

Roughly chop the tomatoes and onion. Peel the garlic cloves. Remove the stems from the árbol peppers.
Preheat a pan with 2 tablespoons cooking oil to medium hot. Add the chopped tomatoes and onions and cook for 5 minutes stirring occasionally.
Add the garlic to the pan and cook for 2 minutes stirring occasionally.
Add the árbol peppers on cook for 1 minute more.
Blend all of the salsa ingredients for 30 seconds. While the salsa is still blending add 4 tablespoons of cooking oil and blend for 1 more minute until the salsa is smooth, shiny, and thick.
Taste and add salt if needed.

Notes

You can find the peppers at any supermarket that carries dried chiles.

Nutrition

More Salsa Recipes

Each one of these recipes is perfect for serving with tacos. Give them all a try.

Restaurant Salsa
Creamy Avocado Salsa
Habanero Salsa
Pasilla Tomatillo Salsa
Salsa Mexicana

More Authentic Mexican Salsas

Chile Morita Salsa
Salsa Borracha con Cerveza
Chunky Mango Salsa
Chipotle Salsa

Reader Interactions

Comments

Erick says

January 10, 2020 at 11:39 am

I have been making salsa for many years and don’t recall seeing a sauce like this, perhaps not having taken note. I live in California.

It’s oniony, it’s a tad spicy, it’s not tomatoey – but it’s delicious! It all comes together well. I can picture it tasting superb with fish, veggies, and chips of course! Thanks for sharing.

I have tried a few of your recipes with success.

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- Preston Michael Hinds says
  
  October 01, 2020 at 4:34 pm
  
  This is the salsa we, in central texas, use on our burritos. Usually comes with one bright red and one bright green sauce ( tomatillo sauce). Have been looking for this recipe for ever now. Thanks
  
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Sherry says

March 29, 2020 at 8:23 pm

I have never seen salsa of this consistency. I doubled the garlic, and at least tripled the amount of chiles. I also added a bit of water to make it more blendable. The flavor is ok. Still not sure how I feel about this salsa.

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nicole says

December 21, 2021 at 7:47 am

fantastic flavors with the right amount of spice.

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- Douglas Cullen says
  
  December 23, 2021 at 8:58 am
  
  Awesome! We’re glad the recipe worked for you. Cheers!
  
  Reply

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