Best Homemade Salsa Recipe
from kristineskitchenblog.comThis salsa recipe is easy to make, fresh and flavorful! Serve it with tortilla chips or spoon it over enchiladas, taco salad and more.
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 15kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup white onion roughly chopped
- 1 clove garlic roughly chopped
- ½ jalapeño seeds and ribs removed, roughly chopped
- 10 ounce can diced tomatoes with green chilies drained
- 14.5 ounce can fire roasted diced tomatoes undrained
- ½ cup fresh cilantro leaves
- juice from ½ of a lime start with a small squeeze and add more, to taste
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- pinch of sugar optional, to balance the acidity of the tomatoes
Instructions
- Add the onion, garlic, and jalapeño to the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times to chop until the onion pieces are about ¼-inch size.
- Drain off the liquid from the can of diced tomatoes with green chilies and discard the liquid. Add the tomatoes and chilies from the can to the food processor.
- Add the fire roasted diced tomatoes with their juices from the can to the food processor, along with the remaining salsa ingredients (start with a small amount of lime juice and add more, to taste).
- Pulse until the salsa reaches your desired consistency.
- Taste salsa on a tortilla chip and adjust the lime juice, salt, or sugar as needed.
- For the best taste, chill salsa in the refrigerator for at least 1-2 hours before serving to allow the flavors to develop.
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Notes
- This salsa recipe makes medium-spicy salsa. For mild salsa, substitute a can of regular diced tomatoes in place of the diced tomatoes with green chiles. For spicier salsa, use a whole jalapeño pepper or add in some of the ribs and seeds from the jalapeño. Be careful not to go overboard with the ribs and seeds, since that is where most of the spice is.
- Homemade salsa can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/4 cup | Calories: 15kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Sodium: 104mg | Potassium: 57mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 215IU | Vitamin C: 4.3mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 0.5mg
