Recipe for the-only-thing-easier-than-making-it-is-eating-it hot salsa

This salsa is ridiculously easy. It won’t take more than about five minutes and will leave your lips tingling, but not your tonsils.

Ingredients

Makes 300g of salsa.

• 1 400g can of plum tomatoes.
• 2 green chillies.
• 1/3 of an onion.
• 1 handful of fresh coriander.
• 1 squeeze of a lemon.

The total cost of these ingredients is about a £1*. This is cheaper than supermarket salsa, tastes better and doesn’t have Xanthan Gum in it. Whatever that is.

Tools

• Knife.
• Bowl.
• Sieve or colander (optional).
• Blender (optional).

Method

1. Drain the can of tomatoes. You can use a sieve or a colander or just pour the juice out of the can. It will look like you’re losing a heck of a lot of product. Don’t panic, just drain those plums! Now throw them into the bowl.
2. Chop the stalks off your chillies. Take out some of the seeds and pith while you’re there. Throw into the bowl.
3. Chop off a third of an onion. Throw into the bowl.
4. Grab a handful of fresh coriander. Throw into the bowl.
5. Chop a lemon in half and squeeze some into the bowl.
6. Blend the ingredients until they are salsafied! If you don’t have a proper blender then just mash and chop with your hands and your knife. Salsa should be pretty rough anyway – you’re not making a soup here.
7. EAT.

You can always modify to taste with garlic, salt or chocolate. I won’t shout at you.

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* You will have to buy a whole onion and a whole lemon. Save them for next time.