Chili Pepper Bean Salsa

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ancho chili peppers or 8 dried green chili peppers
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, divided
• 1 cup water, boiling
• 1 tablespoon vinegar or 1 tablespoon lime juice or 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 -2 teaspoon green hot pepper sauce (regular is ok)
• 2 cups pinto beans or 2 cups black beans
• 1/2 cup roasted poblano chiles or 1/2 cup jalapenos or 1/2 cup anaheim chilies or 1/2 cup hot new mexico chili
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup tomato, chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Recipe

• 1 put dried chili peppers into a mixing bowl with 1/2 teaspoons salt. pour boiling water over peppers and let stand until softened, about 2 hours.
• 2 remove peppers from water. reserve water.remove stems, seeds, and membranes.
• 3 puree or grind soaked peppers, adding reserved water, vinegar, tabasco sauce and 1 teaspoons salt.
• 4 combine beans, roasted chili peppers and onion in a mixing bowl; add pepper puree. mix and refrigerate to blend flavors.
• 5 to serve, stir in tomato and cilantro.