Description
This quick blender salsa delivers restaurant-quality flavor in just 5 minutes using pantry ingredients. No chopping required for smooth, tangy salsa perfect for chips, tacos, or topping your favorite Mexican dishes.
Ingredients
1 can 28 oz whole peeled tomatoes
1/2 medium white onion
1 to 2 jalapeño peppers
1 clove garlic
1 cup fresh cilantro leaves
Juice of 2 limes
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon sugar optional
Instructions
1. Roughly chop onion, jalapeños, and garlic into chunks. Remove jalapeño seeds for milder salsa.
2. Pour canned tomatoes with their juice into blender. Add chopped vegetables, cilantro, lime juice, salt, cumin, and sugar if using.
3. Pulse blender 12 to 18 times for restaurant-style texture. Pulse fewer times for chunky salsa or blend longer for smooth.
4. Taste salsa and add more salt, lime juice, or jalapeño if needed to match your preference.
5. Transfer salsa to container and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Flavors develop and meld together as it chills.
6. Serve with tortilla chips or use as topping for tacos, burritos, or nachos.
Notes
Canned whole tomatoes blend to smoother consistency than diced and have better flavor. San Marzano tomatoes are ideal.
White onion gives classic salsa flavor but yellow onion works in a pinch. Red onion adds slightly sweeter note.
Fresh cilantro is essential for authentic salsa flavor. Try fresh parsley if cilantro tastes like soap to you.
Jalapeños control heat level. Use one for mild, two for medium heat. Remove seeds for less spice.
Add pinch of sugar to balance acidity of canned tomatoes.
Use pulse button instead of continuous blending for better texture control.
Make it smokier by using fire-roasted canned tomatoes.
Double recipe and freeze half in freezer bags for quick meals later.
Store in airtight container in refrigerator for up to 1 week.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizers
- Method: Blender
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Calories: 15
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 285mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 3g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg