Homemade Salsa Recipe {Restaurant Style}
This restaurant-style, homemade salsa recipe is easy, quick, and delicious! You need just 10 minutes to prepare this delicious dip to go along with your favorite chips or use it in any recipe that calls for salsa!
Servings 6 people
Ingredients
- 1- (14.5) oz can of whole peeled plum tomatoes, undrained
- 1- (10) oz can of Rotel with green chilies
- 1/4 cup roughly diced yellow onion
- 1 jalapeño, seeded and diced
- 1 garlic clove
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup cilantro leaves along with tender stems, you may skip or add more or less as required
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 to 1 tablespoon lime juice, more if required
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients into a blender or food processor.
- Pulse in short bursts until the salsa has reached your desired consistency.
- Taste-test! Check for seasoning using a tortilla chip, add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon or more of lime juice if needed. Add more salt or sugar to balance the flavors, if required.
- Transfer the salsa to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour before serving.
Notes
- You may drain the canned tomatoes for a thicker salsa.
- Adjust seasoning as per desired taste.
- Please refer to the ‘customize this salsa’ section in the post for more ideas.
- To use fresh tomatoes in this recipe, please have a look at the methods listed in FAQs in the post.
- Recipe adapted from the Pioneer Woman