Bring the heat and step your salsa game up with these tips and tricks 🌶️
Right at 11 a.m. sharp, a line had already formed at El Güero Canelo’s North Oracle Road location.
Like clockwork, as soon as a customer’s number is called out, they head straight to the salsa bar, loading up on slices of limes and cups of pico de gallo.
The vibrant, tangy smell of pico de gallo surrounds you as you try to decide which salsa will be spread across your carne asada tacos. You’ll find yourself intensely staring at the different shades of greens and reds that fill the metal tubs, trying to make the almost impossible choice between a smoky salsa verde, or a spicy red salsa.
Those smoky and spicy flavors can either make or break a taco. A great salsa will not only taste delicious, but elevate a taco or tortilla chip and add an extra layer of heat and freshness to the dish. But a bad salsa will do the exact opposite, leaving you with a mouthful of a dull, bitter mess.
I mean, could you imagine pulling up to a friend’s carne asada dinner with a bowl of bland, watery pico de gallo?! Or even worse- bringing a canned salsa that comes straight off a grocery shelf. You’ll be the laughingstock of the party!
Sadly, you can’t go to the El Güero Canelo salsa bar and shovel spoonfuls of salsa verde into Tupperware in hopes of passing their iconic salsa off as your own. Thankfully, Daniel Contreras’ son and the marketing chief for the restaurant, Gregorio Contreras, is sharing a few tips and tricks on how to step your salsa game up.
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