Smoked Vegetable Salsa

Name: Smoked Vegetable Salsa
Yield: Makes About 5 cups
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds plum tomatoes, halved lengthwise; 4 large fresh Anaheim chilies*, halved lengthwise, seeded; 1 large onion, quartered lengthwise; 1 large yellow bell pepper, quartered; 1 head of garlic, top 1/3 cut off, head left intact; 1/4 cup corn oil; 2 cups hickory-wood chips, soaked in water 1 hour, drained; 1 9-inch-diameter disposable aluminum foil pie pan; 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

By Lane CrowtherPhotography by Brian Leatart

September 30, 2002

Recipe notes