I bought Morita Chili Powder from Milk Street so I thought that I should make a morita chili salsa. I think your results will differ if you use whole dried morita chili peppers because there is. more work to them…The powder was easy. Whole dried chili peppers usually need to be fried and soaked. This recipe is easy. Just burn all the vegetables under your broiler. They all get blended with a few other things…..Mine came out spicy but not too spicy. Serving size is very difficult to judge because I don’t know if you are using it for a few chips or coating a big ear of corn with it…..but it goes really well on steaks. Based on the amount of tomatoes I used I’d guesstimate between 8-16 servings depending if it’s a small or large portion.

Ingredients for around 12 servings

2 oz morita chili powder

1 fresh habanero (wear gloves and goggles, mask for safety…at least gloves) cut in half and remove core and stem

2 pickled jalapeños – (preferably home made) – cut in half long ways

2 pounds tomatoes rough cut – You should use sweet tomatoes, pre roasted, or italian canned for best results.

2 heads of garlic – break out all the cloves but leave the garlic cloves in their skins. (you broil them with skins on and then peel)

2 onions – remove skin, cut in half, slice thin.

1 Tablespoon sea salt

4 Tablespoons sherry vinegar

3/4 C apple cider vinegar

3 Tablespoons toasted sesame seeds

Water to thin sauce

Directions

Set your oven to broil.

You need sheet pans.

Put the peppers (peppers skin side up) onions, tomatoes and garlic in single layers on sheet pans. They all go under the broiler until they look burnt. A WORD OF WARNING…They all get done at different times Most of the garlic gets done first and the peppers get down next. Onions in my oven got done next and the last to burn were the tomatoes.

When the garlic cool a little they will slip out of their skins easily.

After the garlic is peeled been together the dried morita chili powder, habanero, jalapeños, tomatoes, garlic, onions, salt, sherry vinegar, apple cider vinegar and sesame seeds. You can thin if you care to with water.

Enjoy!