One of my pen pals on death row is a lady in the state of Texas. Unfortunately I've never been able to get the US govt/jail email system to work for me from Japan, so my pen pals and I use good old-fashioned snail-mail, and in one of these letters my friend in Texas gave me her recipe for salsa that they make from veggies they grow on site together there.
I could not find cilantro, and there's no V8 juice here, but I did find the Japanese tomato and veggie juice equivalent in a little can.
I based my recipe on hers, and I also added fresh garlic and a wee bit of lime juice.
You'll need:
- 3 tomatoes
- 1 small can tomato and veggie juice (160 ml)
- a bit of onion, finely chopped (a few tablespoons)
- a few strands of garlic chives, chopped finely
- 1 garlic cloves, minced
- a few squirts of lime juice
- salt and pepper
- cayenne pepper
Do this:
Chop the tomatoes and mix all together, then refrigerate till you're ready. Goes great with tortilla chips or spooned over taco rice.
Thank you, friend!
(I must write to her and tell her how much we liked it.)
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