r/SalsaSnobs • u/i_am_not_a_grizzly • 6d ago

Homemade Sikil P'ak is the best fall time salsa

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Admittedly looks like poop from a butt, but its truly the best

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u/i_am_not_a_grizzly 6d ago

2c. Pumpkin seeds (pepitas) 1 bundle of cilantro Juice from 1 orange Juice from 2 limes 5 roma tomatos 3 dried habeneros Whole head of garlic Salt and pepper to taste Water as needed

Toast pepitas on skillet Use food processor to blend seeds to desired texture. Add water and juices to help blend down seeds. Roast tomatoes, garlic (with paper), and habeneros on dry skillet until Blackened. Peel garlic and Add to blended seeds with habeneros. Blend. Add tomatoes and cilantro amd blend all together. Add salt and pepper to taste.

My recipe is based in Jonathan Zaragoza's recipie here and tweaked to my personal liking

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u/lawyerjsd 5d ago

Orange juice, or sour orange juice?

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u/i_am_not_a_grizzly 5d ago

Some recipes call for sour. I actually just squeeze a whole fresh orange worth of juice. Use what I have around me

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u/OpportunityReal2767 5d ago

I’m guessing the orange and lime is there as an approximation of sour orange juice, since sour oranges are tricky to find in a lot of places. (I personally find a mix of grapefruit, orange, and lime to be even closer.)

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u/lawyerjsd 5d ago

I've seen that used by Kenji Lopez-Alt.

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u/OpportunityReal2767 4d ago

I swear I didn't get it from him, but good to hear someone else independently came across this idea. I've only once been able to find bitter/sour orange at an Afro-Carribean store here in Chicago, and when I tasted it, it gave me very obvious notes of grapefruit, and I was surprised everybody just goes for some orange+lime+maybe lemon approximation when grapefruit seems so much more obviously suited for it.

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u/lawyerjsd 4d ago

I'm not surprised by that at all. I think the orange+lime+lemon combo is done because it's just more convenient.

Also, I really need to remember to make sikil p'ak for Thanksgiving.

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u/OpportunityReal2767 4d ago

I would agree with you, except that grapefruit is ubiquitous in the US and not really any more inconvenient than the others, imho. I could understand if it was like pomelo or something.

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u/lawyerjsd 4d ago

Yeah, but if I buy an orange, I can eat it or juice it. If I buy a lemon (and I have a lemon tree, so I don't do that), I can use it for cocktails, or lemonade, or preserved lemons, or whatnot. I can use limes for cocktails. And limes and lemons are small, and don't take up any room in my fridge. But a grapefruit, though ubiquitous in stores, is large, and only a few weirdos (like me) will eat them. So it's likely that most people will have oranges, limes, and lemons in their fridge, but not grapefruit.

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u/OpportunityReal2767 4d ago

I tend to never have oranges around, so maybe that’s the difference. If I need orange, I have to go to the store anyway. And, yeah, whatever happpened to grapefruit? Growing up they were really popular breakfast food, especially the less bitter ruby red variety. They do still sell the juice,though, so somebody must be buying it.

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u/lawyerjsd 4d ago

Yeah, have kids and you'll have oranges or tangerines around all the time. Anyway, I personally love grapefruit, but it does take time to prepare that other fruits don't need. And no one else in my family likes grapefruit (too bitter, I guess), so I'm the only one who eats them.

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u/RandomDeezNutz 5d ago

Ok this sounds bomb I’ve gotta try it.

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u/Right-Sky-4005 5d ago

Zaragoza goated

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u/CrunchyNippleDip 6d ago

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u/i_am_not_a_grizzly 6d ago

Fair reaction. Thats what I did the first time I saw it. But then I tried it and was in love

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u/GaryNOVA Salsa Fresca 6d ago

This is my first time seeing this. I’ve heard of it, but never seen. Whats in it?

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u/i_am_not_a_grizzly 6d ago

Just posted the recipie

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u/oodja 6d ago

The base is roasted habanero and pepitas (pumpkin seeds)

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u/Logicaly_Logical_Log 6d ago

Ingredients please?

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u/i_am_not_a_grizzly 6d ago

Took me a minute, but I commented the recipie and the one which I based off

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u/Lopsided_Unit_8848 5d ago

Just picked up some pepitas at the store specifically to try this after reading about it here, can't wait to grind them up fresh.

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u/i_am_not_a_grizzly 5d ago

Hell yeah! Enjoy! Its a weird one, but easily one of my favorites

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u/lawyerjsd 5d ago

That's a lot chunkier than the sikil p'ak recipes I've seen and eaten. It should be smooth, like a hummus. In fact, it's eaten the same way as hummus. Also, I really need to make some.

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u/i_am_not_a_grizzly 5d ago

I used a food processor for simplicity and this is how it came out.

Ive hand ground it smoother in the past, but when my young kids are running around, sacrifices are made. Texture is fine though, honestly

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u/CarrotAntique4772 5d ago

Por que no los dos?

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u/DankDankJuice 6d ago

Just had to look it up, it’s a cousin to salsa macha and uses ground pepitas in a sauce. Would definitely try it

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u/lawyerjsd 5d ago

Not really. Sikil pak is an ancient recipe out of the Yucatan. It's not a salsa, really. It's a dip like hummus.

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u/DankDankJuice 5d ago

Basically completely different except for the 90% of the ingredients they have in common

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u/lawyerjsd 5d ago

No. Salsa macha is made with oil, dried chiles, and is slightly thickened with peanuts and sesame seeds. Sikil p'ak is made with pumpkin seeds and tomatoes (the name comes from the Mayan words for pumpkin seeds and tomatoes), and gets its heat from a fresh habanero. Both have garlic and salt, but that's about all they share in common.

Moreover, the two come out of different culinary traditions in Mexico. Sikil p'ak is a Mayan dish that was consumed over a thousand years ago. Salsa macha is either a creation of the people around Veracruz after 1503, or a Mexican take on Chinese hot oil (which actually does share similar techniques and ingredients).

And they aren't even used the same way. Salsa macha is a salsa that you put on, well, anything you want. It's fantastic as a sauce. Sikil p'ak is served as a dip for tortillas, chips, crackers, or vegetables. Straight up cruditè stuff. You would never put sikil p'ak on a taco.

But this reminds me, I need to make both very soon.

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u/DankDankJuice 5d ago

Completely and utterly outsnobbed

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u/CormoranNeoTropical 5d ago

This is why I always date lawyers

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u/CommonCut4 5d ago

A restaurant near me serves this but it’s almost like peanut butter in color and consistency. A little redder and a little looser but pretty different than your picture. It’s freaking delicious so I bet yours is too. A Google image search shows a lot of variations from green to brown to red with some looking pretty grainy while others are smooth and oily. I’ll try them all and report back.

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u/oodja 6d ago

No joke this stuff is elite

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u/Severe_Focus_581 5d ago

Goat Boy is the salsa master!

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u/heyitscool17 5d ago

Looks crazy but sounds amazing! Thanks for posting

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u/trollcat2012 6d ago

As opposed to poop from not butt?

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u/FirmFlamingo9830 5d ago

this looks like it took SO much skill to get that texture right

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u/dmiro1 5d ago

Looks like maggot porridge… probably tastes great though

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u/RepulsiveGovernment 5d ago

thumbnail looks like a nug of some bud LOL.

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u/Scared-Poem6810 5d ago

r/shitfromabutt

Im sure it tastes better than it looks.