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Peanut Salsa

Ingredients

  • 2 garlic cloves, unpeeled
  • 2 dried guajillo chiles, stemmed and seeded
  • 3 dried arbol chiles, stemmed and seeded
  • 1 1/2 cups roasted peanuts
  • 1/4 onion
  • 2 small tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste

Directions

  1. Toast garlic on a hot skillet until softened.
  2. Toast chiles briefly on both sides.
  3. Soak chiles in hot water for 15 to 20 minutes.
  4. Drain chiles and peel garlic.
  5. Heat a small amount of oil in a pot.
  6. Cook onion and tomatoes for several minutes.
  7. Add chiles and garlic.
  8. Add peanuts and continue cooking briefly.
  9. Blend mixture with a little water until smooth.
  10. Strain through a mesh sieve.
  11. Adjust seasoning and serve at room temperature.