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5 Minute Restaurant Style Blender Salsa
Throw together this restaurant style (and quality) blender salsa in just 5 minutes using fresh or canned tomatoes. It’s vibrant, flavorful, fresh, endlessly tweakable, and perfect for enjoying with chips and more during summer or all-year-long!
Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 29 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Mexican
Ingredients
- 1 cup of ripe cherry tomatoes coarsely chopped
- 2 Tablespoons of white or red onion, or shallot coarsely chopped
- 1 medium garlic clove peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1 small Jalapeño coarsely chopped, seeds removed if you prefer mild salsa
- 1 Tablespoon of olive oil optional
- ¼ cup of fresh cilantro coarsely chopped
- Juice from half a lime or to taste
- pinch of salt to taste
- Optional additions: poblano, chipotle, or red bell pepper, pineapple or mango
Instructions
- Place tomatoes, onion, garlic, jalapeno, and olive oil (if using) into a blender or food processor and blend until creamy, or leave more coarsely chopped if you prefer.
- Add cilantro and process once more for a second or two to distribute evenly. Season with lime juice and salt to taste and chill or serve immediately.
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Notes
- Adjust the texture: Process the blender salsa until slightly chunky or completely smooth. Alternatively, skip the blender and finely chop the ingredients into a salsa Fresca.
- Use the freshest ingredients: With such few ingredients to lean on, every single one matters!
- Tweak to taste: You can add more or less chili, lime juice, salt, etc., to perfectly tweak the homemade red salsa to your liking.
- For a less watery restaurant style salsa: Remove the seeds from the tomatoes.
Nutrition Information
Calories
29kcal
(1%)
Carbohydrates
2g
(1%)
Protein
0.4g
(1%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
0.3g
(2%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Sodium
10mg
(0%)
Potassium
75mg
(2%)
Fiber
0.3g
(1%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
194IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
10mg
(11%)
Calcium
6mg
(1%)
Iron
0.2mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 29
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 29kcal | 1% |
| Carbohydrates | 2g | 1% |
| Protein | 0.4g | 1% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Sodium | 10mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 75mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 194IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 10mg | 11% |
| Calcium | 6mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.