Best Homemade Salsa Recipe

Learn to make this Best homemade salsa recipe in just 10 minutes with tomatoes, onion, garlic, jalapeno, cilantro, and a few spices in a food processor or blender. Serve it with tortilla chips.

All of us like delicious salsa! It is tasty and adaptable, and it gives a burst of freshness to the dishes. Whether it's mango salsa, fruit salsa, or another type of salsa, it's a fantastic method to improve the flavor of your munchies. It provides a lot of flavor to the table.

Having said that, we now present to you a delectable recipe for tomato salsa. Tomato salsa is a wonderful Mexican sauce prepared with tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, cilantro, and lime juice.

It is frequently used as a topping for tacos, burritos, and salads, as well as eaten with tortilla chips. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s try out the recipe. Read below.

Ingredients

• Ripe Tomatoes: Roma (plum) tomatoes are a good choice. Make sure to core and quarter. You can also use Canned Whole San Marzano tomatoes.
• White Onion and Garlic: White onion works great, but yellow or red onions can be substituted as well. Garlic gives a pungent kick.
• Cilantro: Fresh cilantro adds fresh flavor to the salsa.
• Jalapeño: Add an extra kick with fresh jalapeno. You can also use serrano peppers instead.
• Lime: Lime juice helps to add the acidity and brightens the flavor.
• Seasoning: I used ground cumin, salt, and sugar. Sugar is optional but it helps to balance the acidity in tomatoes.

How to Make Restaurant-style Tomato Salsa at Home

Place roughly chopped tomatoes, onion, garlic, jalapeno, cilantro, lime juice, cumin powder, salt, sugar, in the large food processor or blender (like Vitamix). Remove the seeds from the tomatoes.

Pulse it a few times until almost smooth but still just slightly chunky. Taste and adjust the seasoning at this stage. Refrigerate for at least 30-60 minutes for best results.

Note: If using fresh tomatoes, the salsa may not be bright red but more pinkish red. It will darken once it sits in the fridge. You can also add some sweet paprika to get a bright red color.

Serve with tortilla chips, and enjoy!

Serving Suggestions

You can make this salsa dip for a game day, parties, potlucks, or just for an evening snack. Serve it with tortilla chips.

You can use it in breakfast burrito, rice bowl, and as a topping for tacos.

Storage Suggestions

• Fridge: You can store the fresh salsa in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4-5 days.
• Freezer: You can freeze the salsa in a freezer-safe airtight container for up to 3 months.

Tips & Variations

• Restaurant style Salsa: To get Restaurant style Salsa, use canned whole tomatoes.
• Bright Red Color Salsa: If using fresh tomatoes, add ½ teaspoon of sweet paprika or Kashmiri chili powder to get a bright red color in your salsa. The color is enhanced as it sits in the refrigerator. You may also use canned whole tomatoes.
• Fresh Lime Juice: Use freshly squeezed fresh lime juice. Line concentrate doesn't work well.
• Spicy Salsa: If you like your salsa to be spicy, add a seeded chopped jalapeno to the blender along with other ingredients.
• Roasted Tomatoes: To make a roasted tomato salsa, roast the roughly chopped tomatoes, onions, jalapeno and garlic in the oven, and follow the same steps.
• Refrigerate salsa for at least 30 minutes: After you prepare the salsa, refrigerate it for 30 minutes to an hour, as this helps the salsa to marinate.

If you like this recipe, then check out more Mexican/Tex-Mex Recipes

• Cilantro Lime Rice
• Spicy Mexican Rice
• Vegetarian Chili
• Taco Pasta
• Quinoa Black Bean Salad

More Dip Recipes

• Guacamole
• Pico De Gallo
• Pineapple Salsa
• Mango Salsa
• Avocado Dip

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