https://mcginniscommawill.com/tags/salsa/ Recent content in Salsa on McGinnis, Will Hugo en-us Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcginniscommawill.com/posts/2026-07-21-roasted-salsa/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcginniscommawill.com/posts/2026-07-21-roasted-salsa/ <p>Raw salsas are great, but roasting is where you get that deep, smoky, restaurant-style flavor that makes people ask what you did. The whole trick is char. You want the tomatoes and chiles to get genuinely blackened in spots under the broiler, because those burnt edges are where all the flavor lives once it hits the blender.</p> <p>I make this on the same afternoons I&rsquo;m firing up the grill anyway, usually alongside the <a href="https://mcginniscommawill.com/posts/2026-07-14-mexican-grilled-meat-marinade/">carne asada marinade</a>. The broiler does the heavy lifting, the blender does the rest, and you end up with a jar of salsa that&rsquo;s better than anything you&rsquo;d buy.</p>