This boozy Tequila Salsa is not for kids! Add a bit of fire to your salsa to make your next Mexican night even more spicy! Get the recipe below.
Tex-Mex food
Tex-Mex food is high up on my list of things I couldn’t live without. Indian and Chinese food would be pretty high up there too, but Tex-Mex / Mexican is one of my favourite cuisines. When done well, every mouthful feels like a fiesta full of loud music, raucous dancing and happiness!
Salsa is one of the key components of Tex-Mex food that brings a real pop of flavour to any dish. (Some suggestions on dishes you can serve this salsa with are set out below.)
The key to a good salsa is crispy veggies, plenty of salt to draw the moisture out of those veggies, and then lime juice.
Just looking at a big bowl of this salsa you’ll see bright reds, yellow and oranges from the peppers and tomatoes green from the coriander and even purple from the onion. The flavours are both sweet and spicy.
But with this recipe, what you don’t see, is the smokey heat of tequila! You can’t think of Mexico without thinking of tequila.
Adding tequila
Tequila is distilled from roasted agave hearts. When they are roasted the starches in the plants are turned into sugars which become the distinctive alcohol. A good aged tequila sometimes called dark tequila or gold tequila has been barrel aged; often in old American whisky barrels. This gives it a characteristic smokey flavour which is perfect for the tequila.
If you can only get your hands on white or silver tequila, it’s not the end of the world but I’d hold back a splash or two or it might be too harsh.
Now the normal way in which I consume tequila is out of a tiny glass cup, with salt on my hand and a wedge of lime in the other. With that in mind there is a healthy pinch of salt in this recipe and a good squeeze or two of lime for good measure!
Remember when I said that Tex-Mex food tasted like there was a party in my mouth! With this tequila salsa the party is just getting started!
The recipe
Tequila Salsa
Ingredients
- 3 plum tomatoes
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1 red pepper
- 1 red chilli pepper
- 0.5 red onion
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 limes juice only
- 50 ml tequila
- 1 handful coriander
Instructions
- Finely dice the tomatoes, peppers, chilli and red onion.
- Spoon the diced vegetables and tomato into a bowl along with all of the juice and pips (we don't want to waste any flavour!)
- Add the pinch of salt, lime juice and tequila and stir well.
- Leave the salsa to sit for 30 minutes for optimum flavour.
- Roughly chop the coriander and stir through the salsa immediately before serving.
Nutrition
Serve with...
This salsa would make a great addition to any Mexican feast but goes particularly well with:
- crispy cauliflower tacos
- vegan potato and chorizo tacos
- black bean tacos
- cheesey sweetcorn quesadillas
- roasted red pepper and sweet potato quesadillas
- fully loaded nacho fries
- the ultimate vegan nachos
- smokey beef barbacoa
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Judy says
How beautiful! My hubby loves anything with heat in it, so this will definitely go on the 'to make' list! Thanks!
Emma Walton says
My pleasure Judy 😀 hope your hubby loves it!
Marilyn says
OMG!! I love this idea!! lol It's such a beautiful and colorful salsa!!! Cheers!!
Emma Walton says
Glad you like it Marilyn 😀
Mary says
Sounds like great grown-up party food!
Emma Walton says
Thanks Mary 😀 that it is!
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry says
So we have some friends coming to stay this weekend, which means loads of drink and meat. This salse will go awesomely with the meat.
Emma Walton says
It was clearly meant to be Bintu! Hope you have a fantastic time 😀
Ali @ Home & Plate says
I never would have thought to add tequila to salsa but it is genius. Pair this salsa with some margaritas and call it a party.
Emma Walton says
Oooooh can I come 😀 sounds like a plan!
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says
Oh my goodness. I think you might just be a genius. Why has it never occurred to me to add alcohol to salsa?! Gorgeous!
Emma Walton says
Thanks Becca. One of my aims in life is to put more alcohol into more foods hahaha!
The Food Hunter says
I love this idea! good thinking
Diana says
Did you add tequila to the salsa? I NEED to try this!
Emma Walton says
I certainly did Diana. It's AWESOME!
Michelle Frank | Flipped-Out Food says
A boozy salsa! Love it! I think that the addition of radishes for crunch and brightness is brilliant. Taco bars are a frequent thing at my house, and I can't wait to add this to the selection!