“Drunken salsa”: toasted pasilla chiles blended with pulque or dark beer, orange juice and garlic. The classic partner for Sunday barbacoa.
Base
Dried chile
Chiles
Pasilla
Heat (1–5 🌶)
2
Texture
Smooth
Scoville low (SHU)
1000
Scoville high (SHU)
2500
Keeps (days, fridge)
7
Best with
Barbacoa, lamb, grilled mushrooms
Ingredients
- 6 pasilla chiles, toasted
- ½ cup pulque or dark Mexican beer
- Juice of 1 orange
- 2 garlic cloves
- ¼ onion
- Salt