This simple and quick recipe produces fresh, delicious, homemade, authentic restaurant-style salsa in minutes with a handful of fresh ingredients. Tomatoes, onion, chipotle, salt, lime, and cilantro are blended together, chunky or smooth, and then ready to serve with your favorite tortilla chips or Mexican dishes.
You can serve this from-scratch salsa with our taco salad, taquitos, or Mexican casserole.
Restaurant Style Salsa
You will NEVER want to eat store-bought salsa again after seeing how simple and easy this quick homemade recipe is. It’s ready in only five minutes and tastes absolutely delicious — full of rich, authentic flavor!
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Restaurant Style Salsa Ingredients
- 2 cans fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- ½ yellow onion
- 1 chipotle in adobo sauce
- ½ teaspoon salt
- juice from 1 lime
- small handful of cilantro
SUBSTITUTIONS
- You add in two to three garlic cloves as well.
- A half teaspoon of sugar can also help enhance the flavors beautifully.
- Cumin is another great option to add, you’ll only need about a teaspoon.
ADD-INS: You can add black beans or corn into this recipe as well. Just add in after blending, before serving.
SPICY: Add jalapeno to the mix for an extra spicy kick! You can take the seeds out for a more mild spice or leave them in for lots of heat.
What Tomatoes to Use for Restaurant Style Salsa
I used fire-roasted diced tomatoes because I love the flavor it adds.
You can also use fresh tomatoes, regular diced tomatoes or whole tomatoes with juice.
If you add tomatoes without flavor, I would suggest also add a can of Rotel in to help give it more spice and flavor.
How to Make Restaurant Style Salsa
This fast recipe will only take you five minutes to make!
STEP ONE: Place all of the ingredients into the 5 cup jug blender chopper.
STEP TWO: Blend until desired consistency is reached. You can blend this as much or as little as you’d like for a chunkier or smoother texture is reached.
PRO TIP: For the best flavor, pop this salsa in an airtight container in the fridge for one to two hours before serving.
How to Store Restaurant Style Salsa
This will stay fresh in the fridge for two weeks. Make sure to put in an airtight bowl or jar.
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APPETIZERS: Rotel Dip | Mexican Layer Salad |
PLUS: Make your own homemade tomato sauce as well!
This rich, delicious homemade restaurant-style salsa is a simple recipe that tastes fresh and authentic! With only six easy ingredients, you can make smooth or chunky salsa in no time from scratch. Liven up all your favorite dishes with this spicy or mild salsa.
Restaurant Style Salsa
Ingredients
- 2 cans fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- ½ yellow onion
- 1 chipotle in adobo sauce
- ½ teaspoon salt
- juice from 1 lime
- small handful of cilantro
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a 5-cup blender.
- Blend until desired consistency is reached. You can make this more chunky or smooth!
- When the salsa is done, pour into a bowl; serve warm or cold.
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YES! I absolutlely LOVE salsa and always looking for a great one and this one is perfect!
I LOVE making homemade salsa and this recipe definitely did not disappoint!