This Easy Homemade Salsa recipe is spicy, chunky and so good you will never buy jar salsa again. Made with fresh ingredients, this Easy Homemade Salsa only takes 5 minutes to make and tastes just like your favorite Mexican restaurant salsa.
Are you ready for a life changing event? No, I’m not talking about finding the Holy Grail or proof that Sasquatch exists or even the secret code to where the missing dryer socks go (..ahem.. if anyone ever does figure THAT one out, can you please drop me line?). I am talking about salsa. Easy Homemade Salsa that you can whip up in under 5 minutes and a salsa that will blow that jar stuff out of the water!! Amazing. Perfection.
Truth be told, if you possess the perfect Easy Homemade Salsa recipe, you pretty much have the keys to the kingdom. Is there anything more disappointing than when you see salsa and chips on a party table and the .. ahem! .. salsa is watery? Or bland? The short honest answer?? NO!!!!!
IS EATING SALSA GOOD FOR YOU?
Yes! Vegetables are always good for you and homemade salsa provides a good dose of vitamin C thanks to the limes, onions and tomatoes. Vitamin C helps prevent heart disease and promotes a healthy lifestyle and slows the aging process.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SALSA AND PICO DE GALLO?
Pico de gallo is a fresh, uncooked mixture of chunky chopped tomatoes, onions, cilantro, chiles, lime juice, and salt. Traditional salsa has a thinner consistency opposed to chunks of vegetables.
HOW DO I MAKE EASY HOMEMADE SALSA?
Easy! To make your Easy Homemade Salsa, add garlic, onion, cilantro and jalapeno peppers to food processor and pulse until chopped small or to desired size. Add in tomatoes, spices and lime juice and pulse to desired consistency. Pour into a large serving bowl and serve immediately or refrigerate to chill. Garnish with fresh cilantro
My friends, life gets no easier than THAT!!!! Five minutes and you are chowing down on the best homemade salsa you will ever have. This recipe is Easy Homemade Salsa perfection. It’s spicy and chunky and when you add the lime juice it just screams bright and festive!!
FESTIVE!!!!! FESTIVE MEANS IT’S PARTY TIME!
Grab your margarita and your bowl of chips and get ready to start the Easy Homemade Salsa party!! Do you have any idea how jealous your neighbors will be when they see you throwing epic gatherings every weekend? Is it your witty banter? .. your perfectly organized home? .. your adorable children??
NOOOO!!! It’s your amazing Easy Homemade Salsa recipe that will have them blocking your driveway with cars and causing a traffic jam in the cul de sac.
By the way, the neighbors? .. be nice, invite them over too 🙂
ENJOY!!
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Easy Homemade Salsa
Ingredients
- 1 - 15 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 - 10 oz can Rotel tomatoes with green chilis
- 1/4 red onion diced
- 1/4 cup cilantro small diced
- 2 jalapeno peppers seeds and ribs removed, diced
- 4 garlic cloves diced
- 2 limes juiced
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
Instructions
- Add garlic, onion, cilantro and jalapeno peppers to food processor and pulse until chopped small or to desired size.
- Add in tomatoes, spices and lime juice and pulse to desired consistency.
- Pour into a large serving bowl and serve immediately or refrigerate to chill.
- Garnish with fresh cilantro
Easy and healthy. Pic is too good..
Thanks Sundari.. yes, it is my favorite thing to grab when I am trying to eat healthier and I need a yummy snack!
Salsa looks lip smacking. Love the colour. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Thank you Preethi!!
That is some good looking salsa! I love salsa on so many things and a good one with fresh ingredients is the best! Yum!
Chris, salsa has not always been kind to me. We have broken up a few times … I am historically a strong spicer and salsa does not like to have 3/4 of an onion added to it… or 8 cloves of garlic at one time… haha… coming up with this recipe was definitely a labor of love but I think salsa and I will stay together this time 🙂
Your salsa looks so vibrant and nice.. I will try your recipe next time.
Thanks Shobha!! Please let me know how you like it 🙂
Heather,
This looks so wonderful! Super simple and pretty!
I’ll be trying this at the next Taco Tuesday gathering!
Noel, you will LOVE it!!! This recipe is now a weekly requirement around my house, so says the Husband.. 🙂