Optional for hotter salsa:

hot salsa
finely diced jalapenos with seeds removed

hotter
Leave the seeds in.

Hottest
Use diced habenero or scotch bonnets without the seeds

Nobody else is really going to enjoy this and no, this doesn't make you a man:
Leave the seeds in when dicing the habeneros or bonnets

Prepare the enchilada sauce according to the instructions on the packet. Wash the cilantro and remove the stems from the cilantro. Run the cilantro leaves through a kitchen copper. Dice everything else and dump it in a large bowl. Salt to taste. Best with good salted corn tortilla chips.

Pepper Antidote: works on fingers and mouths. Very strongly recommended for use after dicing jalapenos, habeneros or scotch bonnets even if your fingers aren't burning. A glass of water and baking soda shaken not stirred. Gargle to put out a fiery mouth. Dip fingers and hands in to remove pepper acid from hands.

From:Susie Poe, susiepoe@bellsouth.net
Posted By: Susie Poe, Via: Rec.Food.Recipes
Post Date: 5 Nov 2000