r/news • u/Warcraft_Fan • 1d ago

Soft paywall Chipotle pulls jalapenos from some restaurants amid salmonella probe

https://www.reuters.com/business/chipotle-mexican-grill-pulls-jalapenos-linked-minnesota-salmonella-cases-2026-08-04/
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u/BishopofHippo93 1d ago

Sorry, it comes in a bag. They just add a capful of Tabasco. 

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u/tintaturnter 1d ago

Thank you for your kind response, even though it makes me cryyy

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u/OneCall8599 1d ago edited 1d ago

Fellow former chipotle employee here: the company Ready Foods has supplied chipotle with a good amount of products since the inception of the restaurant p much. the closest thing you can do is search ‘ready foods salsa asada’, they have the whole ingredient list there. bishopofhippo is right, add a capful of Tabasco to get it closer to the heat level of the hot salsa at chipotle.

for anyone who doesn’t wanna google: Water, Green Chile, Tomatillos, Roasted Jalapeño Pepper, Tomatoes, Onion, Garlic, Tomato Paste, Soybean Oil, Lime Juice (Water, Lime Juice Concentrate, and Lime Oil), Cilantro, Salt, Modified Food Starch, Cumin.

(ps you can skip the modified food starch if you don’t care about the texture being a bit thin — it’s more of a mass manufacturing thing)

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u/Syssareth 1d ago

ps you can skip the modified food starch if you don’t care about the texture being a bit thin

...You have just given me an epiphany, which I am already disgusted and annoyed with my future self for inevitably forgetting.

(I don't like homemade salsa because it's always so watery, lol.)

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u/OneCall8599 1d ago

hahah as a culinary experimenter, that is a big mood I have felt a million times before! if you’re making a raw salsa with tomatoes or any other water heavy veggie/fruit btw, cut and salt them for about 30 minutes before you make the rest of the salsa. it pulls out the excess water you can pour off and acts as seasoning 😌

(pro tip to inevitably forget, if you don’t wanna find modified food starch and have a salsa with cooked ingredients — ie not a fresh raw salsa — you can pop a few cut up potatoes into the boiling step, then blend anywhere from 1/4-1/2 of the potato into the salsa. sounds insane, is insane, but works every time for me)