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Red and Green Tomato Salsa

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 3 1/2 cups

Ingredients

1/2 pound green tomatoes or fresh tomatillos
1 pound vine-ripened tomatoes, chopped fine (about 2 1/2 cups)
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
2 teaspoons salt

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    If using tomatillos, discard outer husks and rinse tomatillos under warm water.

    Step 2

    Chop tomatoes or tomatillos fine (there should be about 1 1/2 cups) and in a bowl stir together with remaining ingredients. Let salsa stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Salsa may be made 4 hours ahead and chilled, covered.

TagsSalsaCondimentMexicanLatin AmericanTomatilloVegetableTomatoRed OnionOnionRoot VegetableLimeCitrusFruitDinnerLunchBreakfastBrunchDairy FreeGluten FreeNut FreeVeganVegetarianMake AheadNo-CookGourmet
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