Salsa made of tomatoes, jalapenos, onion, cilantro, and other fresh ingredients. Because jalapeo peppers vary in heat, it’s crucial to taste the salsa before serving to make sure it isn’t too hot to handle. At potlucks, people frequently ask for it. Add tortilla chips to the dish.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
Ingredients
- 4 large tomatoes, diced
- ½ large onion, minced
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- ⅔ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- salt to taste
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl, combine tomatoes, onion, garlic, cilantro, and lime juice. Add 2 teaspoons minced jalapeños; taste to see how hot it is, then add more if desired. Season with salt to taste. Enjoy!
Reviews
My family hates cilantro so instead I used a mix of parsley and mint and it was good, I’m sure I would have preferred the cilantro though.
This doesn’t specify Roma tomatoes, but I strongly recommend using them. Recipe is essentially Pico de Gallo and there are a few other recipes on this site that are as good or better.
I love it. I’ve made it numerous times, and have tried adding different ingredients, but like it best as written.
I made it was OK I guess there was too much cilantro but for the most part it was not horrible
This was a great Salsa recipe! I just lowered the cilantro amount (to possibly 1/3) I also added 1/2 chopped avocado and a chopped green pepper. Another reviewer added some sugar (worked great) and do let it stand overnight … Absolutely a hit at a work pot luck and super easy to put together. GAVE 4 because I had to change the recipe a bit…
I probably went a little heavy on the onion and I used a food processor but it turned out very tasty!
this was pretty good. followed the suggestion to add some white wine vinegar. would make again but would also let some of the tomatoes ‘drain’ a bit before adding to the mixture. I like mine a bit thicker and not so ‘wet’.
I have never made homemade salsa in my life. After reviewing numerous recipes on this site, I decided to give it a try. I did not follow any one recipe. I instead made my own recipe based on reviewing the many different styles on this site. I used 1 30oz can of whole skinned tomatoes, 2 10oz cans of rotell (sic) diced tomatoes and green Chilli peppers, 1 small jalapeño pepper withsseed pod removed, 1 small red pepper with seed pod removed, 1 small yellow onion, 1 small purple onion, 3 full gloves of garlic, 3 small limes, 2 cups of cilantro, 2 tablespoons of salt, and 1 teaspoon of sugar. I chopped the onions, peppers and the garlic. Mixed in bowl all the ingredients after draining the tomatoes. I then spoon feed the salsa in a chopper until it reached a smooth consistency. My wife loves it and I may have to make it all the time. Made about 1 gallon of salsa.
Very good, simple salsa!
Very nice…..just love that salsa
One of my favorite salsa recipes. very versatile. sometimes I omit the jalapenos or use another type of pepper instead. Once in awhile I’ll add a dash of cinnamon to give it a sweeter spin.
Very easy recipe and tastes a lot better than store bought ones. tastes even more better the next day and everytime i make this for a party, they ask for the recipe. thanks for the recipe.
It is amazing! i doubled the recipe and added a little bit of sugar and rosemary. We also chopped up some green pepper and yellow grape tomatos….. everything except the onion was fresh from our garden. This is great recipe. YUM!
I love this salsa!!!!!! I used all fresh tomatoes , jalapeno peppers and cucumbers from our garden. I put 6 peppers…….did not clean out the seeds…we like it hot. The cucumbers just blended in with everything else. Those people who don’t think this is a great salsa…….prob. didn’t add enough salt. The salt is very important. The celantro is wonderful. It really makes the salsa.
Very good basic recipe, much like my own. I only use about 1/2 that much cilantro and throw in several jalapeno’s and usually a serrano as well as we like our salsa to have a little kick. I also grate about a half teaspoon of the lime peel into it.
I went exactly by the recipe and enjoyed it very much. However, I felt it was lacking some kick. This recipe is more of a pico de gallo like you get in a Mexican restaurant. It might have had more heat if I had left some of the pepper seeds in the recipe. It was however delicious! I used it in beef fajitas and my family ate it with chips as well.
I pureed two of the tomatoes with the onion, garlic, cilantro, diced chilies (I used half of a 4 oz. can of miled green chilies instead of the jalapeno because I don’t have jalapenos on hand AND because I was feeding two kids this salsa, so I wanted it to be a bit tamer) and the lime juice. I did add just a touch of cumin. After I pureed it, I folded it into the two remaining diced tomatoes. I made it early in the morning so it would have time to sit before dinner. I did not try this myself but my husband said it was very good, though it had a little too much onion for him. Next time I’ll cut back just a touch and use a quarter of a large onion.
Over all a good recipe. I seeded the tomatoes and allowed them to drain in a collinder before mixing them with the rest of the ingredients. I added a yellow bell pepper. Definately worth making again.
The ingredients seem good, but I followed the recipe exactly and it did not taste good. Confirmed by 4 other people. Sadly, we had to toss it because no one wanted to eat it.
This is my absolute FAVORITE homeade salsa! It’s more like Pico De Gallo…but nonetheless, it’s AMAZING! You won’t be disappointed. Such a simple recipe! I could eat all of it in 1 sitting!
I love cilantro and garlic, but this recipe was still just so-so. It does seem to still be missing something – perhaps red wine vinegar or some other kind of vinegar. It is super simple to make, so it’s great there, but I agree with some of the other reviewers that it still seems to be missing something (but I can’t figure out what).