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5-minute salsa dip recipe | With fresh tomatoes
The greatest homemade salsa dip recipe! This restaurant-style salsa can be made with fresh ingredients and ready for snacking in 5 minutes only. It’s perfect served with tortilla chips or as a topping over any Mexican food like burritos, tacos, nachos, and so forth.
This best homemade salsa dip can be made with canned or fresh ingredients. But in my opinion, fresh tomatoes any day make a world of difference. This is hands down my family’s favourite salsa recipe. It’s just a perfect balance of tanginess and sweetness.
My husband especially loves this because it’s not too spicy. I always put a little less onion and garlic. Also the lime juice perfectly balances and binds the ingredients together.
I tried many recipes from the internet. Some were made with roasted ingredients, others got a bit smokey, and spicy from dried red chilies.
This super easy salsa dip always tastes spicy, bright, and zesty. Store it in an airtight container for 3 days in the refrigerator. Serve it along with tortilla chips or nachos. Never fails to impress
Ingredients you’ll need for this homemade salsa
| Fresh tomatoes | Use fresh roma tomatoes. Avoid using soft ones. Roma tomatoes are always less watery than any other ones. If you can’t find it then use any other variety |
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| Fresh cilantro | It gives green visuals and freshness to the dish. |
| Jalapeno | To add some heat. If you don’t like it then replace it with half chopped red bell peppers. |
| Red Onion | For sharp flavour. Wash and rinse the onion before adding it to the food processor. |
| Lime juice | To brighten your salsa |
| Garlic | Use fresh garlic for a flavourful punch |
| Green onion | Again, It gives some earthy taste. But if you don’t like it you can avoid it |
| Salt & pepper | To make all the flavours pop! |
| Chilli powder & cumin | It’s really nice addition if you add them |
| Sugar | To balance out the acidity coming from lime and tomatoes |
How long can salsa last?
You can store this salsa in the refrigerator for upto a week. But trust me, fresh salsa tastes better. Just make this recipe ahead of the time. And serve it in the bowl whenever in need.
Tips on making the best salsa
- Never blend your salsa. Some chunks are good in taste.
- Always, always, and always use fresh ingredients. Avoid canned ones.
- Spice level, I always put whole jalapeno in my salsa. I just love my salsa to be more spicy. You can adjust the level of spiciness by adding half or even little jalapenos.
Instruction
- Gather all the ingredients, Initially Put onion and garlic into the food processor and blend them until you reach a good consistency
- Now add other ingredients like tomatoes, jalapenos, lime juice, cumin, sugar, salt & pepper. Pulse until combined but still chunky
- Now, if the salsa is too watery, strain it half to remove some of the liquid. And combine the chunky mixture with remaining salsa
- Strain out more if you prefer a chunkier texture
- Keep the salsa bowl in the fridge for 2 hours. The chilled one pulls out the best flavours
Serving suggestions
Perfect when served with tortilla chips. And there are other variations too to use this dip.
Use this salsa dip along with nachos, a burrito bowl, tacos, or even with roasted veggies.
Check out our other posts on dips and spreads
Salsa is usually made in a blender while pico de gallo is made with chopped or diced ingredients and has a chunkier texture.
