Mellow Red Chile Salsa with Sweet Garlic and Roasted Tomatoes

Ingredients

• ½ cup water
• ½ head garlic
• 4 dried New Mexico chiles
• 3 medium plum tomatoes
• ½ small white onion
• ¼ teaspoon sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• + 2 more ingredients
• • 1 ½ tablespoons cider vinegar
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano, preferably Mexican

Heat the broiler. Pull the stems off the dried chiles, tear them open and shake out the seeds (if you prefer a salsa with a more refined texture, be sure to remove all the seeds). Place in a bowl, cover with hot tap water and lay a plate on top to keep them submerged. Lay the whole tomatoes on a ...

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