3 Unique Homemade Salsa Recipes
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, we’ve pulled together our three favorite homemade salsa recipes. They’re all 100% fresh, plant-based, and range from sweet and tangy to hot and spicy. Enjoy!
Golden Citrus Salsa
This sweet salsa will please even your most spice-averse friends, but what it lacks in heat, it makes up for in flavor. The orange makes it deliciously tangy, while capers add extra saltiness, generating a delightful and bright medley of flavors.
Ingredients:
- Fresh parsley
- 1 cara cara orange
- 2 tbsp shallot
- 1 tbsp capers
- 2 tsp champagne vinegar
- 2 tsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Directions:
- Supreme the oranges by trimming both ends and cutting away the peel and pith (white layer under the peel and throughout the fruit).
- Working over a medium bowl, cut out the flesh segments from the center pith.
- Squeeze any remaining juice left in the pith into the bowl.
- Mince the shallot.
- Combine the supremed orange wedges, minced shallot, parsley, capers, champagne vinegar, and olive oil.
- Season salsa with salt and pepper and mix well.
Pico de Gallo
As a fan favorite, you probably already have most of the ingredients needed to make this simple salsa. The traditional flavor is the perfect answer to your classic salsa craving.
Ingredients:
- 3 Roma (plum) tomatoes
- 1 small red onion
- 3 tbsp fresh cilantro
- 1 lime
- 1 jalapeño
- Salt and pepper
Directions:
- Pick the cilantro leaves, discard the tough stems, and chop.
- Remove the seeds from the tomatoes and chop.
- Finely dice the red onion.
- Remove the seeds and finely chop the jalapeño.
- Combine the tomatoes, red onion, cilantro and jalapeño
in a medium bowl. - Halve the lime and squeeze the juice into the salsa.
- Season with salt and pepper and mix well to combine.
Cucumber Relish
This zesty cucumber relish is far from cool; the serrano chili is spicier than a jalapeño and brings the heat to this dip. The unique flavor is sure to excite anyone that loves a hot salsa.
Ingredients:
- 1 Persian cucumber
- 1 lime
- Fresh cilantro
- 1 serrano chili
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- Salt
Directions:
- Pick the cilantro leaves, discard the tough stems, and finely mince.
- Finely chop the cucumber.
- Halve the lime.
- Finely dice half of the serrano chili. Slice the other half into rounds and reserve.
- In a small bowl, combine the chopped cilantro, cucumber, diced Serrano chili, juice from the lime, and rice vinegar.
- Season with salt and stir to combine.
- Stir in the additional serrano chili rounds to taste.
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