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Carolina Reaper salsa in a yellow bowl with tortilla chips, cilantro, and a tomato surrounding the bowl.

Easy Carolina Reaper Salsa Recipe

Grace Stewart
This Easy Carolina Reaper Salsa Recipe is not only hot, but sooo flavorful and delicious!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course accompaniment, Condiment
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 1 cup
Calories 48 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Roma tomatoes select large sized tomatoes, remove the insides of the tomatoes and discard or save for another use; chop the outside fleshy part for use in this salsa
  • ¼ red onion chopped (can sub white onion)
  • 1 jalapeno deseeded, pith removed, and chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ⅛ ts salt
  • ⅛ ts pepper
  • ⅛ ts oregano can also use Mexican oregano
  • ⅛ ts Carolina Reaper powder can increase or decrease this amount to your preferences; I recommend Sonoran Spice brand of Carolina Reaper powder
  • ¼ cup cilantro chopped (use leaves only)
  • lime juice a squeeze of lime juice from a slice of fresh lime

Instructions
 

  • Prep your tomatoes, cilantro, red onion, and jalapeno. These can be roughly chopped and the garlic cloves can be left whole.
    Bowls with cilantro, slice of lime and garlic, salt, pepper, oregano and Carolina Reaper powder, red onion, jalapeno, 3 tomatoes, and a bottle of Carolina Reaper Powder.
  • Add chopped red onion, chopped jalapeno, and garlic cloves to your food processor. Then add the cilantro and the dry seasonings (salt, pepper, oregano, and Carolina Reaper powder).
    A food processor containing chopped jalapeno, chopped red onion, and cilantro. There is a person holding a small bowl over the food processor containing spices.
  • Now add the chopped tomato, followed by a generous squeeze of lime juice from a fresh lime.
    A food processor containing ingredients for the salsa with chopped tomatoes on the top. There is someone holding a lime slice over the food processor.
  • Pulse a few times to get the consistency that you want, but make sure that all of the ingredients are well combined.
    A food processor containing Carolina reaper salsa which has been processed.
  • Enjoy with your favorite tortilla chips and have a glass of milk close by! LOL
    Carolina Reaper salsa in a yellow bowl with cilantro, and a tomato surrounding the bowl. There is a bottle of Carolina Reaper powder in the background and a person holding a tortilla chip which has been dipped into the salsa.

Notes

The nutritional information does not include info on the Carolina Reaper Powder.  Please refer to the brand of Reaper Powder you are using for information on this ingredient.
I recommend adding ⅛ ts of the reaper powder. This will produce a very spicy salsa. If you want to try the reaper but aren't sure that you will tolerate that much spice, then you can vary the heat level by adding a bit here and there until you are happy with the heat.
This recipe makes approximately 1 cup of mind blowing salsa! 
Consider adding it as a topping or use as an accompaniment to your tacos, burritos, or quesadillas. Try stirring it into some Mexican borracho beans as well, to kick your beans up a notch!
Also whip up some small batches of this hottest sauce for your spicy food loving friends to give as gifts, they will love it!

Nutrition

Calories: 48kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 2gFat: 0.4gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gSodium: 301mgPotassium: 415mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1456IUVitamin C: 39mgCalcium: 35mgIron: 1mg
Keyword carolina reaper, salsa, spicy
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