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== Ingredients ==
 
== Ingredients ==
* 1 jar of black bean and corn salsa (mild, medium, or hot—there are several good/cheap generic brands of this, including Wal-Mart and Safeway)
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* 1 jar of black bean and corn salsa (mild, medium, or hot—there are several good/cheap generic brands of this, including Wal-Mart, Safeway, and Kroger)
** Or:
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* Or:
 
** an extra tomato, diced
 
** an extra tomato, diced
 
** a can of black beans
 
** a can of black beans
 
** a can of corn
 
** a can of corn
** some sriracha, tony's, and cayenne
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** some [[w:Sriracha|sriracha]], [[Tony Chachere's|tony's]], and cayenne
 
** optionally a finely diced pepper
 
** optionally a finely diced pepper
 
** …all mixed together
 
** …all mixed together
 
* 1 small/medium cucumber
 
* 1 small/medium cucumber
 
* 1 small/medium tomato
 
* 1 small/medium tomato
* some fresh cilantro
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* some fresh cilantro (half a bunch)
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* some fresh green onions (~three stalks)
 
* 1 small/medium lime
 
* 1 small/medium lime
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* Optional:
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** Tony's
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** McCormick's lemon pepper (seriously, don't use anyone else's)
  
 
== Instructions ==
 
== Instructions ==
Pour entire jar of salsa into a bowl.  Dice cucumber and tomato and add to bowl.  Chop cilantro finely and add to bowl.  Squeeze juice of lime into bowl.  Mix everything in the bowl.  Enjoy with chips.
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Dice cucumber and tomato and add to bowl.  Chop cilantro (and green onions) finely and add to bowl.  (Add spices.)  Mix.  Pour entire jar of salsa into bowl.  Squeeze juice of lime into bowl.  Mix everything in the bowl.  Enjoy with chips.
  
 
== Variations ==
 
== Variations ==

Latest revision as of 12:40, 22 February 2009

Ingredients

  • 1 jar of black bean and corn salsa (mild, medium, or hot—there are several good/cheap generic brands of this, including Wal-Mart, Safeway, and Kroger)
  • Or:
    • an extra tomato, diced
    • a can of black beans
    • a can of corn
    • some sriracha, tony's, and cayenne
    • optionally a finely diced pepper
    • …all mixed together
  • 1 small/medium cucumber
  • 1 small/medium tomato
  • some fresh cilantro (half a bunch)
  • some fresh green onions (~three stalks)
  • 1 small/medium lime
  • Optional:
    • Tony's
    • McCormick's lemon pepper (seriously, don't use anyone else's)

Instructions

Dice cucumber and tomato and add to bowl. Chop cilantro (and green onions) finely and add to bowl. (Add spices.) Mix. Pour entire jar of salsa into bowl. Squeeze juice of lime into bowl. Mix everything in the bowl. Enjoy with chips.

Variations

This is also good as salsa con queso:

  • Add large chunks of velveeta to salsa and microwave until it can be mixed up before adding vegetables.