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Salsa: 3 creator recipes compared

Every one is built on onion, garlic clove and cilantro. Some add green tomatoes or jalapeno.

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Times are estimated preparation and cooking; chilling or resting is extra. Updated 24 October 2026.

Easy Homemade Tree‑Chili Salsa by marlen.cooks, a frame from the TikTok video

Make this one first.

We put the most-saved version first: marlen.cooks’s. A bright, fiery salsa that blends roasted tomatillos and tomatoes with spicy tree‑chili for a smoky kick. The chunky texture and fresh cilantro make it a perfect dip for tortilla chips or a topping for tacos.

Easy Homemade Tree‑Chili Salsa from marlen.cooks’s TikTok video

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Easy Homemade Tree‑Chili Salsa

Recipe from marlen.cooks, from their TikTok videoWritten down by ReelsMeals from the caption and voiceover.

  • 25 min
  • Serves 4
  • 10 ingredients
  • Oven

The only one of the 3 with tree-chili, red tomato, green tomatillo and chicken bouillon.

Ingredients

  • to tastetree‑chili (Chile de árbol)
  • 1 mediumred tomato
  • 1 mediumgreen tomatillo
  • 1 mediumwhite onion
  • 1garlic clove
  • 1 tbspchicken bouillon
  • 1/2 cupwater
  • to tastecilantro
  • to tastesalt
  • tortilla chips

How it goes

  1. Place the red tomato, green tomatillo, white onion (cut into wedges), and garlic clove into a hot skillet.

  2. Roast the vegetables in the skillet, turning them with tongs until the skins are charred and the vegetables are softened.

  3. Transfer the roasted vegetables to a blender.

  4. Add the tree‑chili (Chile de árbol), chicken bouillon, water, and a pinch of salt to the blender.

  5. Blend until the mixture is smooth.

  6. Pulse the blended mixture a few times to leave a chunky texture.

Then 3 more steps in the full recipe.

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From each creator’s recipe as we saved it. Time is the estimated preparation and cooking time; chilling is extra where they say so. Ingredient counts include everything on the list.

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3 salsa recipes compared by estimated time, servings, ingredients, method and what only that version uses. marlen.cooks’s, the one to make first, is highlighted.
VersionTime (est.)ServesIngredientsMethodOnly this one uses
Easy Homemade Tree‑Chili Salsamarlen.cooks · make this one first25 min410Oven, Blendertree-chili, red tomato, green tomatillo and chicken bouillon
Chunky Charred Salsatherangosss27 min418Blendergreen tomatoes, chilis, olive oil and caldo de pollo
Three Essential Mexican SalsasBrian Lagerstrom1 hr 10 min419Oven, Blenderjalapeno, white distilled vinegar, fire-roasted tomatoes and poblano peppers

What they share.

  • All 3use white onion.
  • All 3use garlic.
  • All 3use cilantro.
  • 2 of 3use tortilla chips. Brian Lagerstrom’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use tomato. marlen.cooks’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use tomatillos. marlen.cooks’s version leaves it out.

Counted from each version’s ingredient list. Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out, and names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ.

  • How they cook it

    marlen.cooks and Brian Lagerstrom use the oven; therangosss doesn't.

  • Something only one of them uses

    marlen.cooks is the only one to use tree-chili, red tomato, green tomatillo and chicken bouillon. therangosss is the only one to use green tomatoes, chilis, olive oil and caldo de pollo. Brian Lagerstrom is the only one to use jalapeno, white distilled vinegar, fire-roasted tomatoes and poblano peppers.

  • What they serve it with

    therangosss serves it with lime wedges and tortilla chips.

  • Time and list length

    marlen.cooks takes the least time (25 min); Brian Lagerstrom the most (1 hr 10 min). marlen.cooks uses the shortest ingredient list (10); Brian Lagerstrom the longest (19).

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How this comparison works.

Every recipe here comes from a creator’s own video. ReelsMeals writes it down from the caption and the voiceover, and publishes it with the creator named and the original linked. When three or more versions of a dish from at least two creators are saved, the dish gets a page like this one. Reposts and the same video saved twice count once.

Times and servings come from the saved recipe cards and may be estimated. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken. We don’t rank them by taste: the version shown first is the one ReelsMeals cooks have saved most. Last updated 24 October 2026.

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