This fresh Homemade Salsa tastes exactly like the kind they serve at a restaurant. In no more than 5 minutes, some juicy, ripe tomatoes are blended with veggies and spices you know and love that make a perfect salsa. Warm up a batch of tortilla chips, whip up this quick recipe, and get to dipping!
Reasons You’ll Love This
Chunky – This recipe is for those chunky salsa lovers out there. There is plenty of veggie goodness you can pile up onto your chip!
Perfect Pair – Homemade Salsa pairs well with any kind of Mexican food you can think of! Put it on some tacos, in your burritos, or on top of some nachos.
Parties – This is a go-to appetizer to put out for parties, or small get togethers when you need something last minute and delicious.
Fresh – Have I mentioned yet how fresh this salsa is? Even better if you use some of the ingredients from a garden of your own.
No Dicing – If you hate mincing and dicing, you’re in luck! You just gotta throw chunks of these veggies into a food processor, then blend!
This stuff is seriously SO addicting, it’ll have you go through a whole bag of tortilla chips on your own. What’s even better is that it comes together in 5 minutes, so you barely have to wait or work for it!
Let’s discuss how to make Homemade Salsa, as well as the ingredients that are needed. Please take note that below you will find discussion, expert tips, and answers to frequently asked questions about this recipe to help you recreate it in your kitchen. If you *just* want the recipe itself, scroll down. The full printable recipe itself, with exact measurements and instructions, is found at the bottom of this page.
Ingredient Info
- Roma Tomatoes – Roma tomatoes are the most popular type of tomato to use in a salsa. If you want you can use heirloom tomatoes instead.
- Red Onion – A red onion packs that extra punch of flavor, and adds a pretty purple color to the salsa. You can substitute this for a white or yellow onion if you’d prefer.
- Cilantro – This adds so much flavor and color to the salsa. Don’t be afraid of adding a few of the cilantro stems to the mix as well, they also have a ton flavor in them!
- Garlic – Fresh garlic is a must for this recipe! You don’t have to mince it, just give it a rough chop and throw it in.
- Jalapeño – This may be a little scary, especially if you don’t like spice. But don’t worry, as long as you core the jalapeño, and take out all the seeds, it won’t add any crazy amount of spice to your salsa. If you like it spicy, add a bit of the core and some seeds if you’d like.
- Lime Juice – I cannot stress enough how much of a difference fresh lime juice will make in this salsa recipe. I highly recommend squeezing your own, but if not, bottled will still be fine. You can also use lemon juice if you don’t have any limes.
- Diced Tomatoes – A can of diced tomatoes is key to making a good salsa. The canned tomatoes have an extra level of sweetness, and the juice from the can absorbs all the rest of the flavors in the salsa.
- Sugar – This may seem weird, but since tomatoes are fairly acidic, the sugar just balances out that acidity.
Step by Step Instructions
- To a food processor, add roughly chopped tomatoes and red onion.
- Then, core and remove the seeds from the jalapeño. Roughly chop and add it to the food processor along with some roughly chopped garlic, and cilantro.
- Lastly, add the sugar, salt, cumin diced tomatoes and lime juice. Place the lid on top of the processor and pulse the mixture together a few times. 5 or 6 small pulses is usually good. Do not over blend. Pour the salsa from the food processor into a serving dish, serve with tortilla chips and enjoy!
Tips and Advice
Storage – The great thing about this recipe is that it can last in the fridge for up to 7-10 days. In fact, this recipe tastes even better after sitting in the fridge overnight! This will store nicely in a mason jar, or leftover pasta sauce jar.
Equipment – All you need is a food processor for this recipe, as well as a knife and cutting board to chop up all the ingredients.
Spice it up!
We all like our salsa to taste a bit different, so it’s up to you to add as much or as little as you’d like of everything. Maybe you fancy more garlic? More jalapeño? More salt? Maybe you want to add something to the salsa that wasn’t listed in the ingredients. Go for it, and make it yours!
FAQs
Yes, it absolutely is! Produce usually costs under a dollar per lb, and a can of diced tomatoes is usually only a few dollars. Not to mention this makes a huge batch, it tastes amazing, and it lasts in the fridge for a long time.
Not for this recipe! You can leave the tomatoes how they are. Some more traditional recipes will have you peel the tomatoes.
You can add an extra tomato and some more chopped onion if you’d like. You can also drain some of the juice from the canned diced tomatoes if you don’t want so much liquid in your salsa.
Serves Well With
Salsa makes a great dipping sauce or topping to lots of different foods. Need some ideas? Here’s a few great meals you can serve salsa with.
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Chunky Homemade Salsa
Equipment
Ingredients
- 5 Roma Tomatoes roughly chopped
- 14 ounces diced tomatoes canned
- 1/2 medium red onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 jalapeno remove the seeds
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped and measured lightly packed
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar OPTIONAL
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a food processor.
- Pulse for 1 to 2 seconds at a time, repeating until desired consistency is reached. On average it should take 5-6 pulses to create a great consistency.
- Place in a serving dish and enjoy.
Notes
- The salsa fits perfectly inside a quart sized mason jar for storage.
- The exact amount of salsa will vary depending on the size of your vegetables.
Nutrition
Disclaimer
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Shawna says
This chunky salsa is so good and flavorful, LOVE IT!
Teri D Gordon says
Made this last night and aside from adding an additional jalapeno, I followed the recipe exactly and it was a great success. My son and his wife have salsa all the time and gave it a thumbs up.