Homemade Salsa
Enjoy easy Homemade Salsa made with diced tomatoes, Rotel, fresh onion, jalapeño, cilantro, and a hint of lime juice. Bursting with bold flavors, it’s perfect for tortilla chips, tacos, and more!
This delicious and fresh homemade salsa is filled with lime juice, jalapeño, garlic, onion, and tomatoes. If you’re a salsa fanatic (like myself ;)) then you have to give this salsa recipe a try. Not only is it super easy to make, it’s better than your favorite Mexican restaurant’s salsa. (In my humble opinion. haha) It’s refreshing, colorful and bursting with so much flavor.
Homemade salsa served with tortilla chips makes the perfect appetizer for any party, or if you’re like me, it’s the best afternoon snack. It’s amazing in burritos, tacos, taquitos and we even like to serve it over grilled chicken and steaks. Yum!
I’ve now been making homemade salsa for over ten years and will continue to. There’s just nothing like the quality of it over store bought. From start to finish, it only takes about 20 minutes tops, and that’s because I’m slow at chopping veggies. haha.
Just make sure you let it sit in the fridge for a good hour, or even longer, to let all those wonderful flavors come together. It will be well worth the wait. Promise! 🙂
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Homemade Salsa
Ingredients
- 1 large can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes drained
- 2 cans (10 ounces, each) Rotel (diced tomatoes with green chiles) drained
- 1/2 cup chopped white onion
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1/2 to 1 small jalapeno (remove seeds) chopped
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground cumin
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup cilantro (measure first, then chop)
- juice from 1/2 a lime
Instructions
- Pour the canned tomatoes, Rotel, onion, garlic, jalapeno, sugar, salt, cumin, cilantro and lime juice in a blender OR a food processor. Give it a good stir then cover blender securely with the lid.
- Pulse 8 to 10 times, depending on how chunky you like your salsa. (I like chunkier salsa so I pulse mine about 8 times.)
- Carefully pour salsa into a large bowl or container. Cover. Place in the refrigerator for at least two hours (the longer it sits the better) to chill and to allow all the flavors blend together. Serve with tortilla chips. Enjoy!
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I can eat that whole bowl!
I love chips & salsa.(I have even just had that for a meal!) 🙂
Just bookmarked 😀 great looking salsa!
I like your honesty about store bought stuff. I also love anything from ree, I LOVE that woman.
YUM! I too have never attempted to make salsa before and this sounds so easy that I am definitely going to give it a try. Bookmarked!
looks yumm, delicious n inviting..
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I think I could eat salsa every day! Our family loves it to much and I’ve never tried it homemade…in my list of things to conquer in the kitchen for sure!
Does anything beat fresh salsa? Seriously. The homemade stuff is so much better than packaged! I know I’m “guilty” of having a few jars in the pantry for emergencies, but I love canning my own and stocking the shelves with it at the end of summer. I think we eat salsa just about every weekend. Mmmm!
Looks great Holly!!! Makes such a huge difference to make your own salsa. Mine is sorta similar to Rees. I guess most Salsa is similar in some ways..lol. But hey, we won’t blame ya if you break out the store bought stuff sometimes too.lol ;o)
LOVE it! The thing I love about this the most though is that it is a blender salsa…I LO-VE blender salsas!!!
So glad you introduced me to your blog. Love it. I think I must make that chocolate chip cookie pie like right now. It’s staring at me on the right as I type this. As for the salsa…it looks so fresh and delicious! Have a great week.
Okay where are my chips and beer. Yum!
This salsa looks great! How does Ree come up with so many amazing recipes? Now I am wondering if you can freeze salsa. Gonna have to research that.
Oh, this looks like the perfect salsa recipe! Beautiful and full of flavor…yum! I could just eat it by the spoonful.
LOVE SALSA! YUM 😛
Once you start making your own salsa it’s hard to go back to the stuff in the jar! Your salsa looks delicious- I love PW’s recipes. 🙂
That sounds like a great salsa. We go through a pint of salsa a week (I have 4 teen/preteen boys) and I couldn’t afford it if I didn’t make it homemade. I love that this one uses canned tomatoes. It’s great for the non-garden season.
K, it’s on the list to make! Looks delicious!
Hi Holly! Thank you for coming to my site and leaving a kind comment. I love your blog! Wow I’m so admired of you for cooking such a delicious meal for your 3 kids after working full/part-time! I only have 2 and still struggle. I am following you via facebook now! Nice to meet you!!! Your salsa has a lovely color and pictures look really colorful and nice! Happy to find you!
This salsa looks great! I have not tried making my own before. Got to take a look PW’s recipes, heard lots of great reviews!
Thanks for stopping by my blog. You have a lovely site here, am following you. Have a nice day!
Dang this looks so good! Never made homemade before, looks so easy!
that is a yummy looking salsa! Homemade is the best 🙂
See what PW started? This dang salsa is all over all the blogs all of a sudden! I’m feeling left out! I’m gonna make some right now….I love your version Holly!
For a truly authenitic Mexican salsa instead of a canned or processed flavor take 2 or 3 roma tomatoes some onion clove or 2 of garlic and jalepeno and roast in a pan make sure to add a little water to the pan and get out all those burnt or roasted bits when they are done for more flavor. Either mash it with a potato masher or pulse it a few times in you blender with some fresh cilantro. I dont care for the canned flavor the tomatoes add. Try this Holly just as quick and you will be so pleased. The same process but with tomatillos for salsa verde. this will be a huge hit and AUTHENIC. SOOO easy. 10 min. My husband is mexican.
oops add salt and white pepper to taste.
not kidding, I love salsa and had no idea that it is so simple to make. Thank you.
Love the recipe and agree with most of the comments above. Thanks Holly.
I made this salsa last weekend! It lasted 2 days and it was gone! So good!!!! Making another batch today. i will never by jar salsa again!
I cant wait to try all of your recipes