Counteract overly spicy salsa with a few easy tricks..
The heat in salsa comes from the peppers used in the recipe. Prevent your salsa from being too hot by tasting the peppers before using them and removing the seeds and inner membranes. Adding more of all ingredients except the peppers can also help, if you're still in the cooking process. But if you are stuck with a jar of too-spicy salsa, there are ways to cool it down.
Instructions
1. Taste the salsa to determine how spicy it is.
2. Add four to five squirts of lime juice to the salsa and stir. Taste the salsa. If it is still too hot, add a little more lime juice. The lime juice method is a good fix if you are using the salsa by itself or as a topping for a dish, because it does not change the taste of the salsa.
3. Add sour cream or plain yogurt as another alternative. Dairy helps counteract spicy foods. Mixing sour cream or yogurt in with the salsa is a good option if you are serving it as a dip. Just call it creamy salsa, and no one will ever know there was a problem.
Tags: lime juice, sour cream, Taste salsa