Homemade Salsa
This easy homemade salsa takes just 5 minutes to make with a few basic ingredients and tastes just like your favorite restaurant salsa. Serve with tortilla chips or use in recipes that call for salsa.
Yield: 3 cups
Ingredients
- 28 oz can whole tomatoes with juice (see notes)
- ½ cup chopped onion (red or yellow or a combination)
- ½ cup fresh cilantro
- 1 clove minced garlic
- 1 jalapeño (seeds and membranes removed), chopped
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Juice of ½ lime
- 1 teaspoon honey (optional)
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to your food processor fitted with a standard blade. Process until the tomatoes are broken down and everything is well combined, scraping down the sides as needed.
- Transfer to a bowl or container and serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve. (The flavors will meld together and taste even better after at least 30 minutes of refrigeration.)
- The salsa will keep in the refrigerator for 7-10 days.
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Notes
You can use a large can of whole tomatoes, as the recipe calls for, or substitute two smaller cans of diced tomatoes.
I recommend draining about ½ cup of liquid from the cans. You’ll still have a liquidy salsa, but it won’t be overly runny.
Use a red onion or a yellow onion for this recipe. Or use some of both if you prefer.
You can adjust the heat of this salsa with the jalapeño. Keep some of the seeds and membranes in (or use a second jalapeño) for a hotter salsa, or remove all the seeds and membranes for a more mild salsa.
For extra spicy flavor, you can also add in some hot sauce or a pinch of cayenne.
I always use a food processor, but you could easily make this a blender salsa and just blend it a few pulses to break down the tomatoes and combine the other ingredients. (Just don’t totally liquify it.)
Start with the ¼ teaspoon salt called for in the recipe. After you’ve made the salsa and let the flavors meld, give it a taste and add more salt as desired.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 62kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Sodium: 109mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g
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