Fuego Lento

Fuego Lento

Small-batch chile salsas, cooked slow and sealed in glass. Shipped every Monday and Wednesday.

Shipping $6. Free on orders over $45.

Four salsas, mild to very hot

Every jar holds 8 oz and carries a number from our own heat scale, 1 to 5. The heat goes up as you go along the shelf.

  1. Heat 2 of 5

    Morita

    Smoked morita chile, tomato and garlic.

    $12
  2. Heat 3 of 5

    Salsa Macha

    Chile de árbol, peanuts and sesame in oil.

    $14
  3. Heat 4 of 5

    Árbol Rojo

    Chile de árbol, garlic and vinegar.

    $12
  4. Heat 5 of 5

    Habanero y Mango

    Habanero chile and mango.

    $13

How hot do you like it?

Pick a number and we'll hand you the jar.

Heat, from 1 to 5

Heat 3. Your jar:

Salsa Macha

Chile de árbol, peanuts and sesame in oil.

$14 What's in it

The Trio gift box

Morita, Salsa Macha and Árbol Rojo: three heats in one box, for someone who cooks.

$34 for the box

$38 if you buy the three jars one by one

What's in the box
A bunch of dark dried chiles hanging on old wood

Cooked slow, in small batches

We cook in a shared commercial kitchen, one salsa at a time, on low heat. That is the whole name: fuego lento means slow fire.

Every batch starts with whole chiles, picked over by hand.

How we make it

Boxes go out Mondays and Wednesdays

(sample)

Shipping is $6 flat, and free on orders over $45.

Shipping and questions