Cooking with Salsa- A Salsa Omelet

I keep jars of salsa in my pantry for cooking, not for scooping onto corn chips. A couple tablespoons whisked into scrambled eggs and then wrapped inside a warm flour tortilla dressed with more salsa and sour cream makes a fast, good breakfast. A pound of shrimp cooked in salsa, a recipe from Rick Bayless's "Mexico, One Plate at a Time", makes an ever acceptable party or pot-luck dish. And just look at the photo of the omelet I ate this morning-

The condiment I sauced it with after I took it from the pan was a few more teaspoons of salsa, one avocado, and one mini-banana from the ethnic market. You could use half of a regular banana instead. I mashed these together. It made enough condiment for two omelets.


I like to use salsas made with chiles, or with peaches, or with mangoes. Tequila Lime salsa is superb for poaching shrimp-