It’s tough for us to believe that this humble jar of salsa has lasted on our “to do” list for this long, but this jar of Habanero FlatLime salsa given to us by Darrell and Candy Fitch finally made it to our kitchen for use over this past weekend. The regular FlatLime salsa has been one of our fave salsas for quite some time, so we imagined that the addition of a pile of habaneros would only make the recipe better. In fact, the description from the BigDawg website says just that:

We have listened to you, our customer, and have added a heaping of habanero to one of our most popular flavors. This one will definitely bring your chip back to life!

Habanero’s, fresh squeezed lime, and hand picked cilantro make this a must for fajita’s, nachos, cream cheese, or just dipped right out of the jar!

Ingredients: tomatoes (tomato juice, salt, citric acid, calcium chloride), onions, fresh lime, jalapeno peppers, habanero peppers, cilantro, garlic, sea salt, apple cider vinegar, red pepper, and other spices

Initial impression: In most ways, this salsa really is a twin for the regular salsa…and that’s still complimentary. Still with potent garlic and onion, this salsa now bears the unmistakable scent of habanero to boot. It’s not overwhelming by any stretch, but it really does beg to be tried. Thin, like a traditional Mexican salsa, it pours readily from the jar. The jar is a whopping sixteen ounces, but somehow that didn’t seem to last all that long.

Taste: So good that you can eat it from the jar like pudding. Very balanced flavor of the onions, tomato, and garlic. The habanero taste follows the main flavor profile with a medium heat, and is very representative of habanero flavor done right. This version of the salsa seems to have lost a little of the prominent lime flavor of the milder version, possibly due to the dominant habanero and jalapeno pepper flavor, but you can still appreciate a bit of the lime flavor before the habanero heat kicks in. The heat is about a 7.5/10 or so, which was a quite accessible and pleasurable heat level for our palates.

As you can see from the picture above, we first gave it a try as part of a breakfast egg scramble. How can we describe the taste…um, awesome! Besides being good on our breakfast choice, this salsa was amazing either as chip and dip snacking or poured over any kind of food you would do with salsa. A perfect accompaniment for Mexican food to be sure, but that’s far from its limitations for use in your cooking.

Overall recommendation: This jar of salsa, once opened, did not even last 24 hours in our house. Linda, who’s not the habanero fan that Joe is, absolutely raved about how great this salsa is. In all honesty, we could likely go through a case of this salsa per week if we had access to it at our local grocery store. So seldom do we agree so wholeheartedly about any product we try, so we give this salsa a hearty thumbs-up in terms of chilehead appeal. Buy a jar…heck, buy a case. You won’t be disappointed. Big Dawg Salsa has another quality product here, so try some for yourself and see. Enjoy!

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