A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

If you’re like me, anytime you go out for Mexican food you just want to order the chips, salsa and guacamole for dinner. (And I’m totally a sucker for table side guacamole) So while I think about salsa and guacamole all year round, it’s especially fun in the summer time when you’re hosting fun parties or a backyard bbq. Leah invited me over to her house for a little chips and salsa party – which I was totally pumped for, chips and salsa for lunch, yup, count me in! I should have known that it wasn’t going to just be a let’s crack open a container and we can eat straight out of them kind of thing (umm…who does that?!? 😉 ), but that Leah was going to put out a full on spread. So yes, there were chips and salsa and guacamole, but there was also pulled pork and creamy dip and warm tortillas (oh and did I mention I can’t get over that Leah makes her own tortillas, I tell everyone I know!).

So about the food, Chica de Gallo is a local company based out of Jamaica Plain. They make ghost pepper salsa, a mild salsa fresca, a medium salsa fresca, a mango pineapple salsa and guacamole. Now let me tell you my beef with store bought salsa and guacamole: the salsas can sometimes be watery (ick) and the guacamole can be this weird consistency (I know you know what I mean). But I was really pleasantly surprised by the Chica de Gallo line. I make my own guacamole when I can, but in a pinch, I would totally buy theirs. The guacamole has a great texture, a little chunky and is filled with tomatoes, peppers and onions. The salsas were not watery at all and they had great texture and flavor. The salsa has a mix of tomatoes, onions and peppers (the medium salsa has some jalapeño peppers in it to spice things up). I was a little concerned about how hot the ghost pepper salsa was going to be, but was pleasantly surprised that I could still feel the inside of my mouth after sampling it. The salsa starts off fruity and then hits you with that slow burn in the back of your mouth.

Chica de Gallo is available at your local Whole Foods Market. You can also find them at the Copley Farmers Market on Fridays (until November 24th), SOWA on Sundays (until October 30th), Dewey Square on Tuesdays (until November 24th), Kendall Square on Wednesdays (until October 28th) and Roslindale on Saturdays (until October 31st).

Disclaimer: Leah was provided samples of the salsa and guacamole for review. I just showed up and ate. All opinions are my own.

Chica de Gallo

www.chicadegallo.com

Tags: mexican, salsa