Homemade Salsa

This is such an EASY homemade salsa recipe! All you have to do is throw diced tomatoes, rotel, cilantro, lime juice, onion powder, jalapeños, and cumin into your blender, and blend! It tastes just like restaurant salsa and goes perfectly with tortilla chips, tacos, enchiladas, or any other Mexican food!

BEST Homemade Salsa

Who doesn’t love Salsa? I grew up on the stuff (remember – I’m half Mexican!) I’ve always loved a great Homemade Salsa recipe and have tried so many different kinds growing up. I’ve also tried many recipes myself and have enjoyed them all but think I finally found the easiest and yummiest way to make homemade salsa. It literally takes just a few minutes to make and tastes like it came straight from the restaurant. All I need is a big bowl of homemade Tortilla Chips and I’m set. 😉

I was able to make this homemade salsa recipe in my new Nutri Ninja ^® | Ninja ^® Blender DUO™. I’m not going to lie – I’m obsessed with the new Ninja. It is AMAZING!! It’s like they took all the best features from every blender/food processor out there and put them all into one. This kitchen tool can do everything! You can see from the picture below that it has so many options and does a great job chopping, blending, mixing and anything else you can imagine.

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How to Make Salsa:

I’m not joking around when I say you literally throw everything into your blender or food processor, blend it up, and that’s it. There’s no chopping, no dicing, no nothing! Even the Roma tomatoes and cilantro can be tossed in whole. How nice is that?! And to be honest, I prefer restaurant style salsa like this over chunky salsa or pico. The fact that it’s this easy to make is even better!! I don’t have any experience with canning this salsa, but we’ve always been able to keep it up to a week in the fridge, either in a tupperware container with a lid, or a mason jar with a lid.

Here are a few variations you can make of this salsa recipe:

• If you like onion in your salsa, add 1/2 small onion, roughly chopped.
• You can seed the jalapeños if you want it less spicy, or leave the seeds in for a spicy kick.
• Add 1 tsp of honey for a hint of sweetness.
• If you don’t have Ro-Tel (canned diced tomatoes with green chiles) at your local grocery store, you can substitute half a can of diced tomatoes, plus a 4 oz. can of green chiles.

Just add all your ingredients… And blend!!

Yum! Until I learn how to make homemade tortilla chips, I’ll just enjoy this yummy homemade salsa with all the tacos and enchiladas I make. 😉

For more Mexican dips and salsas, check out:

• 7 Layer Bean Dip
• Mango Salsa
• Nacho Cheese
• Pico de Gallo
• Black Bean and Corn Salsa
• Pineapple Salsa

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Homemade Salsa Recipe

This is such an EASY homemade salsa recipe! All you have to do is throw diced tomatoes, rotel, cilantro, lime juice, onion powder, jalapeños, and cumin into your blender, and blend! It goes perfectly with tortilla chips, tacos, enchiladas, or any other Mexican food!

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Mexican

Prep Time 10 minutes

Calories 131 kcal

Author Kristyn Merkley

Ingredients

• 14 oz can diced tomatoes drained
• 10 oz can original Rotel drained
• 2 - 3 Roma tomatoes
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 1 - 2 TB diced jalapenos
• 1 tsp garlic salt
• 1/4 tsp ground cumin
• medium size handful of cilantro washed
• 1 tsp lime juice

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients to blender and mix until well blended.

Nutrition Facts

Homemade Salsa Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 131 Calories from Fat 9

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 1g 2%

Sodium 2924mg 122%

Potassium 1279mg 37%

Total Carbohydrates 30g 10%

Dietary Fiber 7g 28%

Sugars 16g

Protein 5g 10%

Vitamin A 15.9%

Vitamin C 79.6%

Calcium 21.1%

Iron 38.5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Recipe adapted from Mountain Mama Cooks.

Homemade Salsa Gift

In case you want to give a jar of Homemade Salsa as a gift, I decided to make some free printable tags. You can make it a gift to give anytime of the year, or it would be a great Christmas gift as well. There are tags for either occasion:

All you have to do is download the tag you want.

TO SAVE:

To Save, CLICK on the tag you like, RIGHT-CLICK and then SAVE. Open it in a program like WORD, RE-SIZE, PRINT, cut out and attach.

Nothing like a delicious and simple recipe as well as how to turn it into a quick and inexpensive gift too!

You can make Salsa Verde with the recipe below and turn it into a gift as well:

Sweet Salsa Verde Gift

ENJOY!