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restaurant style salsa

May 12th, 2011 · 15 Comments

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This is the newest salsa recipe flying around the foodie blogosphere. It started with Pioneer Woman and then Brown Eyed Baker got her hands on it and then I got my hands on it and had to modify it according to which ingredients I had on hand. Now it’s been “Amanda approved,” which is apparently a *big* deal. My friend Amanda says she judges Mexican restaurants strictly on their salsa. If the salsa is good, she’ll return. If not, she won’t bother with a repeat visit. She took one bite of this salsa and said, “I’d come back to this restaurant! This is delicious!” And then I bought her and her boyfriend a costco sized bag of tortilla chips and they went to town and ate almost 3 cups of the stuff. In one sitting. That’s kind of disgusting, but like I said, this girl likes good salsa.

For those of you that think salsa is difficult to make, think again! This recipe took about 3 minutes to make, and that is no exaggeration!

restaurant style salsa

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

Yield: enough for a party

Adapted from Brown Eyed Baker

Ingredients

3 (14-ounce) cans of diced tomatoes (I hear Rotel tomatoes with green chilis are the best here!)
1/2 small onion
2-4 large cloves garlic, to taste (I preferred more :) )
1 jalepeño, halved (if you prefer a milder salsa, remove the seeds and membrane from the jalapeno before adding it to the food processor)
1 good sized handful of cilantro (roughly the equivalent of half a cup chopped)
Juice from 1-2 fresh limes
1/2 teaspoon salt (plus more to taste)
¼ teaspoon granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon ground cumin

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients to an 11-cup capacity food processor (this makes a lot of salsa!). Pulse until you get desired consistency. Taste and season with additional onion, cilantro, lime, or salt as desired. Serve with your favorite tortilla chips. Store leftovers in the refrigerator, if there are any.
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Tags: 60 min or less · easy · light · vegetarian

15 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Melissa @ Melissa Bakes // May 12, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    Yum, I love making salsa at home! It tastes so much better than the store bought stuff! :)

  • 2 LeAnn // May 12, 2011 at 6:08 pm

    Want now please!! Sounds easy too.

  • 3 Paula // May 12, 2011 at 6:18 pm

    LeAnn – sooooo easy. 3 minutes, plus clean up. But who cares about clean up when you just presented yourself (and family!) with so much delicious salsa! :)

  • 4 Paula // May 12, 2011 at 6:18 pm

    I love fresh salsa from the store (you know… real, fresh, in season tomatoes), but when tomatoes aren’t in season, this will do just fine. :)

  • 5 Nicole@HeatOvenTo350 // May 13, 2011 at 4:07 pm

    I love that this is minimal chopping. I’ve made some salsas that take nearly half an hour to get everything chopped and together. This one is great, too, because I always have those ingredients on hand. Wonderful!

  • 6 molly :) // May 13, 2011 at 11:08 pm

    Could you use fresh tomatoes, or do you have to use the canned ones? If you were to buy/harvest a bunch of tomatoes, how many do you think you’d need? This looks YUMMY! Smiles!%;
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  • 7 Paula // May 14, 2011 at 1:51 am

    Molly – the beauty of this recipe is it’s simplicity to make. If you’re using fresh tomatoes, definitely make your salsa when tomatoes are in season. Maybe I can post a fresh-tomato salsa closer to that time…. :)

  • 8 Holly // May 14, 2011 at 7:27 am

    I just made homemade salsa the other day for the first time!! Very similar to this recipe : ) It was amazing!!

  • 9 Shumaila // May 14, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    I love pioneer woman and the brown eyed baker! Thanks for sharing this recipe! Love such quick to make recipes! Love the photo!

  • 10 Shirley // May 16, 2011 at 11:21 am

    Michael and his friend Andrew raved about this salsa as they polished off almost two cups of it in one sitting with half a bag of tortilla chips. Your dad also loved it – he left nary a drop in the bowl.

    Since the salsa is super easy to make, is time for Michael to whip it up himself in the nifty food processor you gave him for his birthday.

  • 11 Deann // Jun 7, 2011 at 4:32 pm

    This salsa was AMAZING! Even Jim asked me, “Where can we get more of that?” Sorry, Jim. Not the store.

  • 12 Stacy // Jun 24, 2011 at 9:38 am

    I grew up in New Mexico and know salsa…LOL. I would never dream of buying a jar of salsa and always make my own. Here’s a little tip that will make this recipe even better: use only Ro-Tel Brand Diced Tomatoes with Green Chiles. They are the freshest tasting and have the most authentic flavor. I would also add a little onion powder and a bit of Mexican ground oregano to your recipe and you will achieve salsa perfection. Also, if you’re not going to fry your own tortilla chips, I recommend the “My Nana’s” brand which is manufactured by La Canasta Mexican Restaurant in Phoenix, AZ. They are the best store-bought brand of chips, and are sold in Von’s/Fry’s/Safeway/Ralph’s (Kroger’s) in the produce or bakery section. You don’t want to serve great salsa with crappy chips!

  • 13 Paula // Jun 24, 2011 at 9:43 am

    Interestingly enough, the original recipe called for these Ro-Tel tomatoes with diced chiles. Since that’s not something I usually have on hand, I just subbed regular tomatoes. I see now that I will have to try the Ro-Tel Brand since you say it’s worth the shift! :)

  • 14 Natasha // Sep 15, 2011 at 11:44 am

    Sounds like a delicous recipe, I will have to try it. I’ve NEVER made my own salsa before!

  • 15 Courtnie // Aug 13, 2012 at 7:21 pm

    Just made this since it is tomatoe season. Only had enough for a third of it (weighed them on a scale) so I fudged the rest to be “about” a third of everything else. Still turned out scrumptious. And sooooo easy!!

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