Salsa taquera (Mexico City taquería standard salsa)

Mexico City taquería culture — the ubiquitous red cooked salsa found at virtually every taco stand in CDMX

Salsa taquera is the workhorse salsa of Mexico City taquería culture — made with morita chiles (smoked dried jalapeño, smaller than chipotle), charred tomatoes, garlic, and tomatillo. Smoky, slightly fruity, medium heat. Blended raw after charring the ingredients on a comal, then cooked briefly in lard to develop the salsa into a sauce (not a fresh salsa). The morita chile is the key differentiation — distinct from chipotle in flavour profile.

Smoky-fruity, medium heat, rounded — the morita chile provides a distinctive fruitiness that makes this salsa more complex than simple chipotle versions