Sweet and Smoky Grilled Tomato Salsa—Charcoal Grill

Name: Sweet and Smoky Grilled Tomato Salsa—Charcoal Grill
Yield: Serves 12 (Makes about 3 cups)
Ingredients: 2 pounds, medium plum tomatoes (10 to 12), cored and halved pole to pole; 2 , large jalapeno chiles; 2 teaspoons, vegetable oil, plus additional for brushing cooking grate; 1 cup, wood chips, preferably hickory, soaked for 15 minutes; 3 tablespoons, minced red onion; 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh cilantro leaves; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 1/4 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons, extra virgin olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon, sugar (see note above); 1 - 2 tablespoons, fresh lime juice from 1 line (see note above)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2006

Could we transform out-of-season tomatoes into a sweet and smoky salsa?

SERVES12 (Makes about 3 cups)

TIME1½ hours

Sweet and Smoky Grilled Tomato Salsa—Charcoal Grill

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To get great grilled flavor in the tomatoes for our grilled tomato salsa recipe without losing most of the tomato in the process, we used meaty plum tomatoes, starting the halved tomatoes cut side down over the hottest part of the grill and...

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