homemade restaurant-style salsa
This homemade salsa is like the best restaurant salsa you’ve ever had. Fresh, bright, and so easy! Best of all: you can make it as spicy as you want.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 8
- Category: Salsa
- Method: Blended
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 1/4 onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 1- 2 jalapeños, chopped
- 2 tsp lime juice, plus more to taste
- kosher salt
- 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes (can use 2 lbs ripe plum tomatoes, see note*), drained
- 1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
- cayenne (optional), to taste
Instructions
- Place onions in a strainer and rinse under cold water, tossing around, for about a minute. Shake off excess water and transfer to a food processor or blender.
- Add garlic, jalapeño, lime juice, and ¾ teaspoon salt. Pulse until mostly smooth and free of big chunks.
- Add tomatoes and cilantro and blend until mostly smooth, but still textured. Taste and stir in more lime or salt, if needed. Stir in cayenne, a pinch at a time, to reach desired spice. Serve with tortilla chips.
Notes
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
*Blanch, peel and roughly chop 2 lbs fresh plum tomatoes in place of canned. See blog post above for more details.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 20
- Sugar: 2.9g
- Sodium: 188mg
- Fat: 0.3g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 4.3g
- Fiber: 2.1g
- Protein: 0.9g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
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