How to make Salsa ‘Bufalo’ like Nopalito
This salsa is about as easy as it gets! Literally get the ingredients, blend, and adjust seasoning. No cooking at all. Even with dried chilis.
We are using the same dried guajillo and arbol chilis as the salsa frita de guajillo earlier, but preparing in a slightly different way, and that is not cooking or rehydrating them. We are going to let the blender do all the work this time.
This sauce is based off of Bufalo sauce from Mexico, which is gaining popularity in the States. It has a consistency of slightly runnier than steak steak sauce, but packed with flavor and you can basically put it on everything. This is also a very vinegar forward sauce, which I am a huge fan of.
Anyways, let’s get to it.
Cookbook – Nopalito
Ingredients –
- Guajillo chilis – 3 – stemmed and seeded
- Arbol chili – 1 – stemmed and seeded
- White vinegar – 3/4 cup
- Salt
- Water
Tools –
Step 1 – Make the Salsa!
In a blender, combine all of the ingredients, and 2 tbsp of water and blend together until smooth. Strain through a fine mesh strainer.
That’s it. Seriously. This sauce is an amazing all around sauce, especially for tacos and burritos. Let me know what you think in the comments below.
And for the ratings –
- Difficulty of ingredients to find – 4/5 stars – Have to go to a Mexican market
- Perceived difficulty going into the recipe – 1/5 stars – Throw things in a blender and that’s it!
- Difficulty after recipe – 1/5 stars – It is as easy as it sounds!
- Time taken – 1/5 stars – Less than 30 minutes
- Taste – 4.25/5 stars – So good for tacos, great all around sauce to have around
- Make again? – 4/5 stars – definitely! If I know we are going to be having a taco night soon, I will be making this.
