Making delicious, smoky salsa is easy, but it does take some time. At least two hours.
But, if you have the time, it’s worth the effort.
Take a few tomatoes, an onion, and a few of your favorite peppers and smoke them for two hours. If you like garlic in your salsa, throw 2 cloves of that on the smoker too.
I use a Z Grill pellet smoker on it’s smoke setting for this, but you can also use a smoke tube or a chamber smoker as well, just keep the temperature under 200F.
After two hours in the smoke, the tomato peel slides right off. Go ahead and take those skins off, and then de-seed your peppers.
Throw all of your veggies in a blender or food processor with a few sprigs of cilantro, a tablespoon of lime juice, and some salt to taste. A pinch to a teaspoon of sugar will also help take the edge off the acid and round out the flavor.
Pulse in your blender/ processor for a few seconds at a time until you reach the desired consistency.
Serve with tortilla chips, on tacos, or however you enjoy your salsa.
Store what’s leftover in the fridge. It’ll taste even better the next day.
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