Mom’s Salsa
My mom made the best salsa when I was a kid, and I would look forward to coming home from school to eat it with tortilla chips. It had a bit of a kick and was loaded with flavor! Lately, I’ve been making a tasty roasted salsa recipe, typically for carne asada tacos, but I haven’t made my Mom’s salsa recipe in years. My generous, wonderful neighbor, Jack, just loaded me up with freshly picked garden tomatoes and jalapenos, and I thought they would make the perfect salsa. This easy salsa recipe is so quick and simple to make, and it tastes fantastic with tortilla chips, tacos, tostadas, taquitos, and most any Mexican dishes. My children absolutely love this homemade salsa and can’t get enough. Thanks for the great recipe, Mom!
Mom’s Salsa
Ingredients:
- 10 fresh tomatoes
- 3 green onions
- 2-3 cloves of garlic
- Handful of fresh cilantro
- 1-2 jalapenos, seeded and deveined (unless you want it spicy)
- Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper, to taste
- Lime juice, to taste
How to Make Mom’s Salsa:
Clean tomatoes, remove the stems, then gently cut an X on the bottom of them.
Heat a large pot of water until boiling. Add the tomatoes, and cook them for 10-15 seconds.
Remove from water and plunge into an ice bath.
Once the tomatoes have cooled, gently peel off the skin.
Place tomatoes, garlic, green onions, cilantro, jalapenos, sea salt, and fresh cracked pepper in a food processor or blender. Puree until thoroughly mixed.
Add lime juice to taste and re-season if necessary.
Allowing it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours lets the flavors combine and makes the salsa taste even better. Enjoy!
 
Equipment
Ingredients
- 10 fresh tomatoes
- 3 green onions
- 2-3 cloves of garlic
- Handful of fresh cilantro
- 1-2 jalapenos seeded and deveined (unless you want it spicy)
- Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
- Lime juice to taste
Instructions
- Clean tomatoes, remove the stems, then gently cut an X on the bottom of them.
- Heat a large pot of water until boiling. Add the tomatoes, and cook them for 10-15 seconds.
- Remove from water and plunge into an ice bath.
- Once the tomatoes have cooled, gently peel off the skin.
- Place tomatoes, garlic, green onions, cilantro, jalapenos, sea salt, and fresh cracked pepper in a food processor or blender. Puree until thoroughly mixed.
- Add lime juice to taste and re-season if necessary.
- Allowing it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours lets the flavors combine and makes the salsa taste even better. Enjoy!
Good use of all the fresh tomatoes we are seeing these days 🙂
Homemade salsa is so healthy and versatile too.
It looks so delicious and fresh is always best!
I love homemade salsa and yours looks so delicious. Now I have another idea on what to do with our abundant crop of tomatoes.
i can’t wait for the weekend, to make some stuff of your site for dinner pam! i’ll let you know how we like it!!
There is nothing I like better than a bowl of homemade salsa. I could drink the stuff. If I had some brownies for dessert, that’d be an ideal meal for me.
Love your serving platter! I always love chips and salsa…and fresh is best!
Who doesn’t love salsa, and this looks terrific! Your tray is just the right thing for serving this!
Great salsa recipe! I am a huge salsa fan and I love to snack on tortilla chips and salsa. It can be quite addictive! 🙂
I would probably eat that salsa all by myself. I love homemade salsa. Great recipe.
That looks amazing, my nephew made some and it has pickle in it? can you imagine!
I love fresh salsa, and this recipe looks so easy and delicious. Have you ever tried blackening the tomatoes and peppers on the grill before throwing them into the food processor? It adds a wonderful smoky flavor. I also add a bit of cumin to my salsa which adds a little more complexity.
Never cared much for chips, but salsa is a something I can eat by the gallon. I just love the spicy saltness it has to it. Looks great 🙂
Lovely looking tomatoes, ours are getting to the end now, but we have had bumper crops all summer.
Love the salsa, but I think I would leave the jalapeno seeds in as I like mine spicy.
oddly I have never tried making my own salsa…yours looks fresh and delicious…will give it a try 🙂
I love salsa. I just drooled on my mousepad.
I love homemade salsa…this time of year, when tomatoes are so sweet (and abundant) has to be my favorite.
mmm i love fresh salsa! and those mini wooden bowls are ADORABLE! i love the picture!
Hi Pam…This is Ed, Marybeth’s Husband. Your Salsa is wonderful and very mouth watering. I’m sure it is awesome ! Great Pic too !
if i’m being honest (and i do usually try to be), there really is no better use for tomatoes than salsa. your mom’s recipe is fabulous. 🙂
I made almost the same salsa last week. So funny that it was the same ingredients except i added a squeeze of lime juice. So good!
I love to make my own salsa! We have crappy corn chips here though, so I guess I need to learn to make those too, eh? LOL Thank goodness there are still plenty of uses other than on corn chips!
Excellent flavour! Thank you for the recipe!