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Homemade Fresh Salsa

This homemade restaurant-style Salsa is one of our most frequently made recipes! It’s perfect served with tortilla chips. The Best Homemade Salsa Recipe consumed as a topping over your favorite Mexican food, like tacos, burritos, or taquitos.

The best party food and snack!

Fresh 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 the 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.

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°. On a large baking sheet, toss jalapeños, cherry tomatoes, and onion together with oil. Season with ½ teaspoon salt and pepper. Roast until slightly charred, 20 minutes. 
  2. In a food processor, add roasted vegetables, quartered tomatoes, garlic, cilantro, lime juice, cumin, and a pinch of red pepper flakes. Season with remaining 1 1/4 teaspoons salt and pepper, then pulse a few times until mostly blended and slightly chunky.

Tips for the Best Salsa

  • Use freshest ingredients.
  • Don’t puree the salsa, some texture is a good thing here.
  • This salsa should last for up to a week if stored in a sealed container in the fridge.
  • This salsa can also be made in a blender or you can finely chop up the vegetables by hand then stir everything together in a bowl.
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