I followed the recipe and it keeps separating after a few minutes. This is after it sat in the fridge for 24h
by Rebah_rebal69
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slowerlearner1212
2 cups water????
glykeriduh
throw that recipe out wtf is that
kafka18
Im pretty sure it’s the water amount. I have never seen 2 cups water for such small amount of salsa, also it’s quite odd to me for a salsa recipe to add water?
Every_Contribution_8
Yeah I would leave out the water next time.
thejugfather
2 cups of water was the mistake. That’s way too much. A lot of the time I don’t even need to add any extra moisture. The only thing I could think of is that they intended the salsa to be boiled in that amount of water first, which would be a good idea. But the way the recipe is written is set up for failure.
ASAP_i
I’m curious about what you think is a good recipe for salsa and how you chose this particular recipe.
How do you normally make salsa OP? Was this a first attempt?
melon2112
Don’t know what recipe you followed but my guess is that the water content is very high. Your best bet is to use emulsifiers if you are staying with that recipe. I recommend to smoke or oven dry your veggies to get rid of most of the water content first before blending. If still separating then use something like lecithin or a gum to help emulsify.
noobuser63
It sounds like it was intended to be more of a hot sauce than a chips and salsa type salsa. You can strain off some of the liquid using a fine mesh strainer, or just use it as a cooking sauce. Brown some chicken pieces, add your salsa, and simmer until the chicken is cooked. It’ll be good over rice.
evapor8ted
The recipe sabotaged you
Alo1863
If it is not going to be boiled, the water amount is excessive and the tomato – jalapeño ratio is way off.
Raw sauces where we put tomatoes and jalapeños directly to the blender are very good but we only add small amounts of water and I would use 2 jalapeños per 3 tomatos. Personally for that type of salsas I prefer to add serranos instead of jalapeños. It is a great salsa for totopos and roasted chicken and carne asada. [Here is a recipe video](https://youtu.be/KXpjDxc5240?si=7XinJRO1CKHRC6sv) that I think it can be more illustrative.
9mike9-
Ditch the water and add a can of diced tomato’s. Should be good to go then!
f4lc0n
Try boiling it down to see if you can save it
Equivalent-Rip2352
Just add that shit to a soup or something.
Imarobot225
Looks like way too much water
sammille25
I feel like it was supposed to be boiled in that amount of water and then blended. Maybe they forgot to add that in the recipe. Was the recipe translated from spanish?
LongDickOfTheLaw69
Instead of 2 cups of water, add 2 more tomatoes. That should fix it.
twinmaker35
That is the strangest salsa recipe I’ve ever seen. I like mine thick, so I squeeze out the tomato juice and just use the meaty part. The only liquid I add is from the lime juice, although I did experiment with tequila once and thought that was decent.
metdear
I agree with everyone else that this is an issue with too much water. I’d take that salsa out of the jars and try simmering for awhile – may as well give it a go on salvaging the batch.
LocalBowl6075
Lol yikes I don’t think I’ve ever added ANY water to salsa, much less a shit ton. What in the world could be going on with this recipe?
Is the 2 cups of water for washing the vegetables??? I’m baffled because it’s not really even mentioned within the recipe itself so maybe they just thought, “hey, include water for washing stuff because people aren’t that intuitive they’ll know now to put it INTO the salsa”. Unless this is a not great recipe book without much seasoning in the other recipes.
Captain-Who
The recipe, the recipe is the mistake.
slowerlearner1212
Who the hell authored this recipe so I know who not to trust
Electronic-Ad-6752
It’s not just water, you need to cook the tomatoes (my fave is just fry them) the rest can be raw depending on how you like it. I would add more spices as well like pepper, cumin, oregano…
RoxyLA95
I’ve never put water in my salsa.
Chattahoochee89
lol wtf
InterestingSky378
I wonder if they intended for you to boil the tomatoes in that water? I boil my tomatillos and Serrano peppers before putting them in a blender.
If not, this recipe is so strange..
Reasonable_Finish130
1 teaspoon of salt lol
Significant-Text3412
I’d exclude the water and use less onion (makes the salsa white).
This recipe is wrong. You did great for the atrocious instructions.
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2 cups water????
throw that recipe out wtf is that
Im pretty sure it’s the water amount. I have never seen 2 cups water for such small amount of salsa, also it’s quite odd to me for a salsa recipe to add water?
Yeah I would leave out the water next time.
2 cups of water was the mistake. That’s way too much. A lot of the time I don’t even need to add any extra moisture. The only thing I could think of is that they intended the salsa to be boiled in that amount of water first, which would be a good idea. But the way the recipe is written is set up for failure.
I’m curious about what you think is a good recipe for salsa and how you chose this particular recipe.
How do you normally make salsa OP? Was this a first attempt?
Don’t know what recipe you followed but my guess is that the water content is very high. Your best bet is to use emulsifiers if you are staying with that recipe. I recommend to smoke or oven dry your veggies to get rid of most of the water content first before blending. If still separating then use something like lecithin or a gum to help emulsify.
It sounds like it was intended to be more of a hot sauce than a chips and salsa type salsa. You can strain off some of the liquid using a fine mesh strainer, or just use it as a cooking sauce. Brown some chicken pieces, add your salsa, and simmer until the chicken is cooked. It’ll be good over rice.
The recipe sabotaged you
If it is not going to be boiled, the water amount is excessive and the tomato – jalapeño ratio is way off.
Raw sauces where we put tomatoes and jalapeños directly to the blender are very good but we only add small amounts of water and I would use 2 jalapeños per 3 tomatos. Personally for that type of salsas I prefer to add serranos instead of jalapeños. It is a great salsa for totopos and roasted chicken and carne asada. [Here is a recipe video](https://youtu.be/KXpjDxc5240?si=7XinJRO1CKHRC6sv) that I think it can be more illustrative.
Ditch the water and add a can of diced tomato’s. Should be good to go then!
Try boiling it down to see if you can save it
Just add that shit to a soup or something.
Looks like way too much water
I feel like it was supposed to be boiled in that amount of water and then blended. Maybe they forgot to add that in the recipe. Was the recipe translated from spanish?
Instead of 2 cups of water, add 2 more tomatoes. That should fix it.
That is the strangest salsa recipe I’ve ever seen. I like mine thick, so I squeeze out the tomato juice and just use the meaty part. The only liquid I add is from the lime juice, although I did experiment with tequila once and thought that was decent.
I agree with everyone else that this is an issue with too much water. I’d take that salsa out of the jars and try simmering for awhile – may as well give it a go on salvaging the batch.
Lol yikes I don’t think I’ve ever added ANY water to salsa, much less a shit ton. What in the world could be going on with this recipe?
I used this recipe a friend sent me and it cane out delicious.
https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/canned_tomato_salsa/
Is the 2 cups of water for washing the vegetables??? I’m baffled because it’s not really even mentioned within the recipe itself so maybe they just thought, “hey, include water for washing stuff because people aren’t that intuitive they’ll know now to put it INTO the salsa”. Unless this is a not great recipe book without much seasoning in the other recipes.
The recipe, the recipe is the mistake.
Who the hell authored this recipe so I know who not to trust
It’s not just water, you need to cook the tomatoes (my fave is just fry them) the rest can be raw depending on how you like it. I would add more spices as well like pepper, cumin, oregano…
I’ve never put water in my salsa.
lol wtf
I wonder if they intended for you to boil the tomatoes in that water? I boil my tomatillos and Serrano peppers before putting them in a blender.
If not, this recipe is so strange..
1 teaspoon of salt lol
I’d exclude the water and use less onion (makes the salsa white).
This recipe is wrong. You did great for the atrocious instructions.
Stupid recipe. What book is that from?