This is such an EASY homemade salsa recipe! All you have to do is throw all the ingredients into your blender, and blend! It tastes just like restaurant salsa, and goes perfectly with tortilla chips, tacos, enchiladas, or any other Mexican food!
No Mexican entree is complete without a complimentary salsa or dip! This is the most easy and versatile salsa (it goes with EVERYTHING!), but we love to shake up the flavor every now and then with a cucumber, mango, or strawberry salsa!
Restaurant style salsa at home
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.
This best homemade salsa recipe 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?!
Using all fresh tomatoes: I use canned tomatoes for the convenience of this recipe. I also like that the rotel is already mixed with the jalapenos and all I have to do is add all the ingredients to my bullet. However, you can skip the canned tomatoes and use fresh ones. There are 5-6 whole, peeled tomatoes in one 14 oz can.
Here are a few variations you can make of this salsa recipe:
- Don’t have fresh tomatoes? Just add another can of Rotel (drained)!
- If you like onion in your salsa, add ½ 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.
how to thicken your salsa
If your pureed salsa is too thin or watery for your liking, try adding a cornstarch slurry.For each cup of salsa you want to thicken add 1 tbsp of cornstarch to a seperate bowl. Then add and equal amount of water to the separate bowl (ex. if you use 3 tbsp cornstarch then add 3 tbsp water). Stir until it forms a paste.
This won’t work if your salsa is cold, so put your salsa in a saucepan and heat over medium heat. Once it is simmering, add the cornstarch slurry to the salsa and stir.
Just add all your ingredients… And blend!!
How to store salsa + freeze
STORING. If stored in an air-tight container in the fridge, fresh salsa can last for a week. If the color starts to darken, a smell starts to omit or fungus forms, then the salsa is no longer good. This is also determined based off of the fresh ingredients you used to make the salsa.
**Note**: Even though I have this in a glass jar it still needs to be refrigerated. Do not put it on the pantry shelf. Be sure to convey this message if you give it as gifts.
Can you freeze fresh salsa? The short answer is Yes, you can freeze salsa. However there are a few tip to keep in mind.
- The salsa may discolor a bit. To help prevent this add a bit of lemon or lime juice to the salsa.
- When salsa is thawed it tends to be more watery. You can either drain the excess water from the thawed salsa or pretreat the tomatoes before making the salsa. You can pretreat the tomatoes by first, quarter your tomatoes and place in a colander. Second, allow the water to drain out for several hours.
- Make sure to store in an airtight container in smaller serving sizes.
- Do not freeze chunky salsa. Pureed salsa freezes best.
Frozen salsa lasts for 2-4 months.
What to serve with salsa?
Homemade Salsa isn’t just good for chips. We have so many recipes we love to serve this salsa with, including:
- Chicken Tacos
- Bean Chimichangas
- Chicken Quesadillas
- Fry Bread
- Chicken Chimichangas
- Cream Cheese and Chicken Taquitos
- Beef Empanadas
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
- Simple Guacamole
- Pico de Gallo
- Black Bean and Corn Salsa
- Pineapple Salsa
Homemade Salsa Recipe
Ingredients
- 14 oz can diced tomatoes drained
- 10 oz can original Rotel drained
- 2 - 3 Roma tomatoes
- 1/2 onion (or 1 tbsp 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
- Add all ingredients to blender and mix until well blended.
Video
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.
SAVE & pRINT SALSA TAGS:
To Save, CLICK on the link below of the tag you like. Then, RIGHT-CLICK and SAVE. Open it in a program like WORD, RE-SIZE, PRINT, cut out and attach.
Homemade Salsa Tag OR Warm Wishes Salsa Tag
Nothing like a delicious and simple recipe as well as how to turn it into a quick and inexpensive gift too!
We also made tags for our Salsa Verde so be sure to check that out too!
So easy and delicious!!
This is sooooo good!!!
We add another can of diced tomatoes, a little honey. Yummy
I had an over abundance of tomatos from my garden this year and decided to make salsa, this was such a huge hit in our house! So delicious!
I love this!! Everuon in The family went crazy over this!! Thanks
I made this for a family party and it was a hit!! My husband asks me to make it at least twice a month.
We used this recipe ass a follow along to make salsa. However we didn’t have all the items called for but what we had and made following this recipe turned out amazing!
Yum Yum Yum!!
Easy, flavorful and delicious.
Love this so much!
Thanks again for a great recipe!
Cant wait for Christmas Eve to share this yummy salsa with my family.
Best salsa ever!!
We absolutely love this salsa at our house. It’s so easy to make and delicious. I think my kids would love to have this in our fridge all of the time but it just disappears so dang fast!
Mine too! I am so happy it’s a hit! Thank you!
Can you give me a ball park time frame for how long a jar of salsa will last, refrigerated, I assume. Thanks!
It should last in the fridge for about 1 week. Hope this helps!
This salsa is so simple to make and so delicious!!
Yay! So glad you enjoy it!
I just made your salsa with a few moderations and wow it is perfect. I do not like green peppers or jalapeno peppers. I have a hot sauce that is made in Asheville, NC called Pure Fire that I used to spice the salsa up a bit. I made it in our new Ninja Pro food processor.
Thank you
I’m so glad to hear you like the salsa. That hot sauce sounds awesome! I like a little kick to my food too. Thanks for sharing!
Could you pressure can or water bath this salsa?
I wouldn’t recommend it with this recipe. This one is best stored in the fridge for a week or in the freezer for 2-4 months.