I've done a fire roasted salsa before and it comes out pretty good. My salsa is a mix of canned tomatoes and fresh tomatoes, onions, and peppers. For the fire roasted edition I will grill/smoke all the fresh veggies. I cut the onions and tomatoes in 4ths and the peppers in half before putting them on the grill. Once they are ready I toss them I'm the blender with the canned tomatoes and spices and pulse blend it all together leaving just a bit of chunk. Oh, and I normally squeeze fresh lime juice in the salsa, so for the roasted version I also cut up the limes and grill/smoke those too before squeezing the juice in the blender. Don't know how much of a difference it makes to smoke the limes too, but I do it anyway. Lol
My salsa recipe
Can of Rotel
Can of diced tomatoes
4 Roma tomatoes
2 small or 1 large sweet onions
About a quarter bunch of fresh cilantro, with stems cut off
4 jalapenos (or really any fresh pepper you want to use)
Juice of 1 lime, squeezed
Spice rub, to taste*
Salt, to taste.
Pulse all ingredients in blender until desired consistency.
*Spice rub:
Black Pepper 2 parts
Salt 1 part
Cayenne Pepper 1 part
Chili Powder 2 parts
Garlic Powder 2 parts
Onion Powder 2 parts
Paprika 2 parts
Cumin 2 parts
1/2 part Tony's (optional)
Smoked or not, that salsa recipe is always a huge winner