Salsa roja
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Salsa roja (lit. 'red sauce') is a type of spicy red sauce in Mexican cuisine. It is made of jitomate (red tomato), ground with onion, garlic, chilli, salt and pepper to taste.
This red sauce comes in subtypes: salsa cocida ("cooked sauce"), in which the ingredients are cooked (e.g. by
salsa cruda ("raw sauce"), in which ingredients are ground raw, ready to eat; and a combination in which some elements are roasted and other cooked. A molcajete
or a blender can be used for the grinding process. After the sauce is prepared, it can be cooked again in a pan with little oil.
It is used to prepare traditional Mexican foods, in a mild spicy level for
quesadillas
.
See also
- Chili sauce
- List of sauces
- Pico de gallo
- Salsa verde
References
- Rick Bayless Mexico One Plate At A Time. (2000). ISBN 978-0684841861
- Muñoz Zurita, Ricardo. (2013) Pequeño Larousee de la Gastronomía Mexicana. ISBN 9786072107373
