Winter Salsa with Chipotle and Orange Recipe

Winter Salsa with Chipotle and Orange Recipe

  • 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped coarse
  • 1 onion, chopped coarse
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 navel orange
  • 1 tablespoon minced canned chipotle chilies in adobo, or to taste
  • a 28-ounce can whole Italian plum tomatoes, seeded and drained well
  • 1 small green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • available at Hispanic markets, and some specialty foods shops.
  1. In a skillet sautée yellow bell pepper and onion in 1 1/2 tablespoons oil over moderately high heat until vegetables are just tender and beginning to brown.
  2. Grate 1/2 teaspoon zest from orange and reserve. Squeeze juice from orange. Add orange juice and chilies to onion mixture and cook 1 minute.
  3. Chop tomatoes coarse and in a bowl combine with reserved zest, onion mixture, green bell pepper, coriander, and lime juice. In a blender purée in a thin stream. Stir purée into salsa and transfer to a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Salsa keeps, covered and chilled, 1 week.