I love salsa. You love salsa. We all love salsa. *mic drop*
The fresh produce season of summer here in the South brings all kinds of amazing opportunity to create amazingly fresh twists on classic favorites. Salsa isn’t getting ignored in this flavor train. With a box full ‘o goodies, I decided to roast some tomatillos along with a few radishes for a seasonal sizzle that will top your chips and the charts.
If you’re going to throw the ultimate backyard bash, and I know you want to all throw the ultimate back yard bash, you better have your salsa game strong. None of that jar of whatever on the table. That’s right. I’m judging you by your choice of salsas (as one should). It takes minutes… MINUTES… to whip up a great homemade salsa. All you really need are tip-top ingredients and some creativity to make you own unique chop on undoubtedly one of the best side snacks.
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The star of this salsa showcase showdown has to be the cute, lovely, little French breakfast radishes. These are longer radishes that are late-1800’s heirloom French variety veggies. They’re that cuter sister that gets all of the attention (and rightfully so, tbh). They have a mild spicy flavor that balances the tartness of the tomatillos. It’s a match made in specialized salsa heaven.
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- 8 tomatillos, divided
- 3 radishes (I prefer French breakfast radishes)
- 1 serrano pepper, seeded and diced
- ½ jalapeno, seeded and diced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- ¼ cup white onion, diced
- ¼ cup cilantro, roughly chopped
- Remove the husks of the tomatillos. Rinse to remove the sticky outer layer.
- Quarter half of the tomatillos and cut all of the radishes in half lengthwise.
- Under a low broiler in the oven, roast until tomatillos are blistered and somewhat blackened.
- Alternatively, you can choose to not roast the radishes to keep a more colorful finished product.
- Allow to cool.
- Place the roasted tomatillos and radishes, along with the raw remaining tomatillos into a food processor.
- Add the remaining ingredients and pulse until desired consistency.
- Enjoy with chips or tacos.
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Alaina @ ANotSoQuietKitchen
This salsa sounds so good! I’ve never tried that particular variety but I love radishes! The flavors in this sound perfect!
Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com
Thanks! It’s great. You could definately swap them with regular radishes, but if you find these give them a try.
Katie
I’ve never thought to make my own green salsa. I’ll try it out! Wish I lived where this service operated. Sounds great!
Phillip @ SouthernFATTY.com
Cheers!