Good Taste: Roasted Tomato Salsa

Sadly, I didn’t have the best tomato crop this year. The tomatoes looked good but they didn’t have that home grown amazing taste and they were a tad on the mushy side. I was disappointed because I love fresh salsa and fresh thin sliced tomatoes on my sandwiches.

With a bushel full of tomatoes I decided to make a roasted tomato salsa. This turned out to be a great solution for a crop of so-so tomatoes.

Roasting the tomatoes with the jalapeno, onion and garlic brought out all the flavors and of course, it no longer mattered that they weren’t perfect. I think I actually preferred this salsa to my usual fresh salsa. It’s hard to choose especially when there’s tortilla chips involved.
Here’s the step-by-step and the recipe card.

Speaking of tortilla chips, I’m super picky about my tortilla chips. They need to be as close to homemade or restaurant quality as possible. It’s just not the same to eat homemade salsa or Mexican food with chips that are sold on the same shelf as a potato chip. Yes, I know what real tortilla chips are fried in but I don’t care.