Fresh and easy chunky salsa recipe.
This authentic salsa recipe is a staple in our home. Not only because it’s so
fresh and delicious, but because it’s a recipe my late father-in-law passed
down to us.
He grew up in Mexico and loved to cook for his loved ones. So much so, that
once a year we would invite our friends over and he would cook for the huge
group.
If a brave soul dared to help prep…they were subject to my father-in-law’s
scrutiny while they chopped or mixed. 😉
He was a stickler about his cooking and rightly so…every single thing he
made was absolutely delicious and authentic. He could be intimidating at
first, but was a big softie at heart and cooking for family and friends filled
him with joy!
Thankfully this is one of the recipes he handed down to us. I’m sure it’s
pretty standard as far as salsa recipes are concerned, but it’s special to us
because it brings back such happy memories when we make it:
This quick salsa recipe is easy and so flavorful!
Fresh Salsa Recipe
Five roma tomatoes
Half of a small red onion
One clove garlic
Juice from half of a lime
1/4 cup of cilantro
Half of Serrano pepper (seeds removed)
Half of jalapeño pepper (seeds removed)
Salt to taste
He always made two versions — a mild one like this and a HOT one that
very few dared to try. Ha!
This is one of those dishes that you have to play around with to make it just
how you like it. Certain ingredients will vary depending on your taste.
I like a lot of cilantro and just a little bit of heat from the peppers, so
that’s what I’m sharing today.
I prefer to use Roma tomatoes in this salsa — I start by quartering all of my
tomatoes:
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I cut them up just a bit so my chopper can make easy work of dicing them
up:
Is there anything better than a juicy red tomato?
this vegetable chopper! I use it all the time for salads that need small, diced ingredients. The
chopper has a few different blade options, but I use the super fine insert for
this salsa.
It makes cutting up the veggies VERY easy and quick:
I used it cut up the tomatoes, red onion, garlic and peppers in this
recipe.
I’m sure my father-in-law would have side-eyed me for using this chopping
tool, but I think he secretly would have liked it if he tried it. 😉
After all the dicing is done I add a good amount of chopped cilantro, juice
from a half a lime and then some salt:
My husband likes his salsa chunkier like pico de gallo, but I prefer it a
little more thinned out like traditional salsa. I use a meat tenderizer to get
it between the two:
This helps to combine all of the flavors together even more.
No matter how you like it, this salsa is so fresh
and so good!
As I mentioned, this can all be adjusted to your taste. I suggest starting
with the basics and then mixing in more of the peppers, cilantro and salt to
see how you like it.
Do you have one of these choppers? They make quick work of these kinds of
recipes!
