Quick and Easy Salsa Roja

If you enjoy Mexican or Mexicali food than you need a quick and easy salsa roja recipe. Salsa Roja is a fancy way to say red sauce or enchillada sauce. It is something that you can easily pick up already prepared at your local grocers. The problem with store bought is you lose control of the ingredients. Store bought salsa roja may have hidden sodium and sugar and other processing that is not supportive of your health (or the Mediterranean Diet). With this quick and easy salsa roja recipe there is no need to pick up a store bought sauce again. It is easy and might I say DELICIOUS!

What is Salsa Roja?

Salsa Roja is a red sauce that is only mildly spicy. Often people think of Mexican food as spicy, but this sauce is simply a sauce that uses tomatoes as the base. If you were to use tomatillos you would have a green sauce also known as salsa verde. What I love about this Quick and Easy Salsa Roja recipe is that everything can be found in your pantry. No need to run out and buy special ingredients if you are throwing together a last minute burrito or a tray of chicken enchilladas.

Salsa Rojas Mediterraneanized Deluxe Vegan Burrito — Mediterraneanized Deluxe Vegan Burrito

The Quick and Easy Salsa Roja is absolutely perfect for Olive Sunshine’s Mediterraneanized Deluxe Vegan Burrito. The smooth richness of the Salsa Roja is a tasty compliment to all of the savory veggies stuffed inside. Did I mention there is zucchini-potato hash inside the burrito as well? I know you came here looking for a Quick and Easy Salsa Roja sauce, but you might as well check out the Deluxe Vegan Burrito or any of the other Olive Sunshine Taco Tuesday recipes.

Now the Easy Part

The best part of the Quick and Easy Salsa Roja is there are only two steps to prepare it. Pour almost all of the ingredients in a high speed blender and blend. Then put it in a pan with the arrowroot (I like that better than flour) and simmer on a low heat allowing the sauce to thicken. Five minutes later it is ready to use. This really is a ten minute healthy Salsa Roja recipe!

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Yields 4.5 cups

Ingredients

2.5 cups vegetable broth

1 tablespoon onion powder

2 tablespoons cumin

1 tablespoon chili powder

14.5 ounces diced tomatoes

1 tablespoon of tomato paste

1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil

1 scant tablespoon of arrowroot (or 2 tablespoons of flour)

Instructions

In the order listed, place the first six the ingredients (in a high speed blender). Leave out the extra virgin olive oil and arrowroot. Blend until frothy.

Add the olive oil and blend again.

Pour the sauce into a medium sauce pan and bring to a simmer. Add the arrowroot and wisk until the sauce reaches desired thickness.

Use immediately or keep in a sealed countainer for up to one week.