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After trying this homemade Pico de Gallo Recipe with fresh ripe tomatoes, red onion, and jalapeños, you’ll never buy the store-bought version again!
Pico de gallo is a fresh, flavorful sauce, like salsa but much milder, made from chopped tomato and onion, with lime juice, salt, and sometimes cilantro and jalapeños. It is also known as salsa mexicana or salsa fresca, and is used as a garnish and condiment with tortilla chips, on tacos, and in a variety of Mexican foods.
This recipe for authentic pico de gallo is simple and easy to make, and only takes about 10 minutes!
It tastes very fresh, slightly acidic, and is spicy (can be adjusted to your own taste). It goes well as a dip with nachos, on tacos, fajita, quesadillas, in burritos, but also delicious with bread or grilled meats/vegetables. Actually, you can serve this fresh tomato salsa recipe to almost everything you can think of.
Ingredients
See recipe card for quantities.
- Tomatoes → Use ripe and aromatic tomatoes, they are responsible for the main flavor of the salsa. I like to use ox heart or beef tomatoes.
- Onion → Use red onion for color, or white onion.
- Chili → In Mexico, pico de gallo is made with green serrano chilies or jalapeños. These are a bit hard to get in some countries (especially where I live), so a red chili pepper will do it too. Please adjust the degree of spiciness according to your own taste. The salsa tastes delicious even without chili peppers.
- Coriander → Fresh cilantro harmonizes wonderfully with the sauce. If you don’t like cilantro though, you can leave it out or replace it with parsley.
- Fresh Lime Juice → Gives the salsa freshness and a slight acidity!
- Salt & Pepper → For seasoning.
Instructions
The recipe is super easy to make! Anyway, here you can find visual step-by-step instructions.
- Cut tomato into small cubes, finely chop red onion, and fresh cilantro leaves. Remove the seeds and core from the chili pepper and finely chop.
- Place all ingredients in a small bowl. Toss well! Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Place all ingredients in a small bowl. Toss well! Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Storage Instructions
Store leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge. It will stay fresh for up to 2 days.
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Homemade Pico de Gallo
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Ingredients
- 2 ripe (400 g) tomatoes chopped into cubes
- 1 red onion finely minced
- 1 jalapeño pepper or chili seeded & minced
- 1 bunch (20 g) cilantro chopped
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Cut tomato into small cubes, finely chop red onion and cilantro. Remove the seeds and core from the chili pepper and finely chop.
- Place all ingredients in a small bowl, toss well, and season to taste with salt and pepper.