A clay bowl of dark red chile salsa with a tortilla chip and fresh chiles

Recipe

Salsa Roja de Árbol

Ten minutes, four ingredients, and heat that builds rather than shouts.

  • 10 min
  • Serves 6
  • Beginner

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Gloria Chile de Árbol Purée
  • 2 tbsp Gloria Guajillo Purée
  • 4 tomatoes, charred
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • Salt and lime

Method

  1. Char the tomatoes and garlic in a dry pan until blackened in patches.
  2. Blend with both purées. The guajillo gives the body, the árbol the heat.
  3. Season with salt and lime, and let it sit ten minutes before serving.

Step by step

How it comes together

  1. Char the tomatoes

    Char the tomatoes and garlic in a dry pan until blackened in patches.

  2. Blend with both purées

    Blend with both purées. The guajillo gives the body, the árbol the heat.

  3. Season and rest

    Season with salt and lime, and let it sit ten minutes before serving.