How to Make Salsa

The Best Homemade Salsa Recipe! This homemade restaurant-style Salsa is one of my most frequently made recipes! It’s perfect served with tortilla chips or as a topping over your favorite Mexican food, like tacos, burritos, taquitos and so forth. The best party food around and a must-have snack!

 Salsa Ingredients

• Fresh Roma tomatoes – use the nice and red ones, avoid anything soft.
• Canned tomatoes – I like to use canned in addition to fresh because it gives the salsa a better consistency.
• Fresh cilantro – cilantro adds key flavor, don’t omit this!
• Jalapeno – this adds a nice kick. If you don’t like heat you can replace it with 1/4 cup chopped bell pepper, or omit.
• Red onion – yellow onion can be used here as well.
• Green onion – if you don’t want to buy both kinds of onions you can omit the green onions and add just a little more red onion.
• Garlic – it may seem small but garlic packs a flavorful punch. Only use fresh garlic here for best flavor.
• Lime – this really brightens up the salsa.
• Chili powder and cumin – I don’t always add these but they’re a nice addition if you have them on hand.
• Sugar – just a touch balances out the acidity of the tomatoes and lime.
• Salt and pepper – the salsa would taste flat without the salt and the pepper adds a light kick.

The Best Homemade Salsa Recipe

prep time: 5 MINUTES

total time: 5 MINUTES

How To Make Delicious Salsa: Secrets of making the Best Homemade Salsa Recipe! This restaurant style salsa recipe is loaded with flavor, has an amazing texture, and a secret ingredient.

servings: 20 (5 cups)

Ingredients

US Customary – Metric

• 4 ripe tomatoes, cored and quartered
• 1 red onion, peeled and quartered
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• 3 jalapenos, stemmed and seeded (you can substitute 1-2 habanero or serrano peppers.)
• 1/3 cup fresh cilantro
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 2-3 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2-3 teaspoons sugar (optional)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 15 ounces crushed San Marzano tomatoes (1 can)
• 4.5 ounces diced green chiles, mild, medium, or hot (1 can)

Instructions

• Place the fresh tomatoes, onion, garlic, peppers, cilantro, lime juice, 2 teaspoons cumin, 2 teaspoons sugar (if using), and salt in a food processor. Pulse until the contents are fine and well blended.
• Pour in the crushed tomatoes and green chiles. Puree until mostly smooth. Taste, then add more cumin and sugar if desired. Refrigerate until ready to serve.