New Mexico Thanksgiving – Cranberry Salsa

Bunny Terry November 22, 2015



If you’re celebrating Thanksgiving in Santa Fe this year, I guarantee this little dish will be a huge hit. Even if you’re celebrating Thanksgiving in Florida or Milwaukee, I’m pretty sure your guests will over my cranberry salsa. It’s easy, delicious, and packs a punch, and my recommendation is that you make it tonight or tomorrow. It tastes best on the second or third day after the flavors have a chance to meld together.

This is the easiest cranberry salsa recipe in existence. If you’re a total purist, make your own cranberry sauce from the directions on a bag of fresh cranberries. If you’re in a hurry and have 22 other dishes to make (that’s me), use canned cranberry sauce.

And this isn’t just a Thanksgiving recipe – make it and take it to a potluck and you’ll be deemed brilliant. All the other guests will want your recipe. That’s why you go to potlucks, right?

Ingredients:

  • Cranberry sauce (canned or fresh – you choose)
  • Jalapenos – seeded and deveined and chopped (1 or 2 or 3 – you choose based on who’s eating this salsa and how hot you want it)
  • ½ purple onion, chopped
  • Fresh cilantro, chopped, at least a tablespoon (again you decide on the amount. At my house we love extra cilantro. At some houses they think it tastes like dirt. I don’t invite those people over. . )
  • Lime juice (at least a teaspoon, and fresh is better.)
  • Garlic salt (pinch to taste)
  • Mix all ingredients together and serve with corn chips OR fresh veggies for dipping.
As I said previously, my suggestion is that you make this at least a day ahead of your big meal. Like almost everything, it’s better when you let the flavors sit together at least overnight.

Note: There are about 927 recipes online for cranberry salsa. I’m just giving you the easiest, quickest, and as far as I can tell, the most warmly received. Enjoy. And be thankful. Especially if you’re getting to celebrate in Santa Fe!

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