Appetizers and Party Food Recipes

Easy Salsa

4 servings

Get ready to elevate your snacking and dipping game with my incredibly delicious and homemade Easy Salsa Recipe. Bursting with the vibrant flavors of finely diced tomatoes, chopped onion, fresh cilantro, and a touch of heat from jalapeno peppers, this cold cuisine favorite is perfect for serving with corn chips. It takes only 15 minutes to prepare from scratch using a splash of lemon and Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Read More

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Tom the ChefPublished: 8.12.2026

Appetizers and Party Food Recipes

VegetarianVeganGluten-freeDairy-free

15 min.

1/5

160 calories Per Entire Recipe Read More

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Welcome to My Easy Salsa Recipe

I am so excited to share my homemade Easy Salsa Recipe with you today. If you are looking to elevate your snacking and dipping game, this cold cuisine classic is exactly what you need. In just 15 minutes, you can combine fresh tomatoes, zesty onion, and fragrant fresh cilantro with a kick of heat from jalapeno peppers. A splash of lemon juice and a drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil bring all the flavors together beautifully in your mixing bowl. I love serving this with crunchy corn chips for the perfect treat. Let’s get started on making this incredibly delicious Easy Salsa Recipe!

1. Choosing and Cutting the Tomatoes

When making my Easy Salsa Recipe, the foundation relies on one pound of tomatoes. You can use tomatoes of your choice, but they must be finely diced to ensure the perfect texture for dipping. Alternatively, if you are using baby tomatoes, you can cut them in eights. This careful preparation is essential for this homemade cold cuisine, as it allows the juicy tomatoes to blend beautifully with the onion, fresh cilantro, lemon, jalapeno peppers, and Extra Virgin Olive Oil, creating the ultimate pairing for corn chips.

2. Preparing the Onion

The next crucial step in my Easy Salsa Recipe is preparing the onion. You will need half an onion of any kind for this homemade dip. It must be peeled and finely chopped. A finely chopped onion distributes its zesty flavor evenly throughout the cold cuisine dish, ensuring that every bite you scoop up for dipping with your corn chips has the perfect balance of flavors without overpowering the tomatoes, fresh cilantro, jalapeno peppers, lemon, or Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

3. Adding the Fresh Cilantro

No homemade Easy Salsa Recipe is complete without the vibrant taste of fresh cilantro. You will need a quarter cup of fresh cilantro, finely chopped, to mix into the medium mixing bowl. If you do not have fresh cilantro on hand, I have included a noted option in the recipe ingredients: you can substitute it with two tablespoons of dried cilantro. This aromatic herb is key to elevating your dipping game and pairs perfectly with the tomatoes, onion, jalapeno peppers, lemon, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and corn chips in this cold cuisine favorite.

4. Controlling the Heat with Jalapeno Peppers

To give this homemade cold cuisine classic its signature kick, my Easy Salsa Recipe calls for two jalapeno peppers, finely diced. The jalapeno peppers bring a wonderful, spicy element that contrasts the juicy tomatoes, crisp onion, and fresh cilantro. If you are sensitive to heat, you can optionally substitute the jalapeno peppers with bell pepper, as noted in the recipe ingredients. Whichever you choose, it will blend flawlessly with the lemon and Extra Virgin Olive Oil for the ultimate dipping experience with corn chips.

5. Dressing with Lemon and Extra Virgin Olive Oil

The bright, tangy finish of my Easy Salsa Recipe comes from the juice of half a lemon and one teaspoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil. To prepare the Easy Salsa Recipe, place all ingredients into a medium mixing bowl. Thoroughly stir with a silicone spatula until fully combined. The lemon juice and Extra Virgin Olive Oil help to marry the tomatoes, onion, fresh cilantro, and jalapeno peppers together perfectly. Once mixed, taste and add more Extra Virgin Olive Oil, lemon, salt, and/or pepper if needed to perfect this homemade cold cuisine for dipping your corn chips.

6. Resting and Serving the Cold Cuisine

The final essential part of this homemade Easy Salsa Recipe is the resting period. After you thoroughly stir everything with a spatula, it is best to let it sit in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes before serving. This chilling time is vital for cold cuisine, as it allows the flavors of the tomatoes, onion, fresh cilantro, lemon, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and jalapeno peppers to meld perfectly. Finally, serve the chilled salsa with corn chips for the absolute best snacking and dipping experience!

Easy Salsa

4 servingsTom the ChefPublished: 8.12.2026 ☆☆☆☆☆0x(write a review)👁597x

15 min.

1/5

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Ingredients:

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Salsa:

1 LB of tomatoes of your choice - finely diced (or baby tomatoes cut in eights)

½ onion - peeled and finely chopped (medium size, any kind)

¼ cup of fresh cilantro - finely chopped (or 2 TBSP of dried)

2 jalapeno peppers (chili) - finely diced (spicy, optionally substitute with bell pepper)

Juice from ½ lemon

1 TSP of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

½ TSP of salt

½ TSP of ground pepper

Serve With:

corn chips

Tools:

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1x Medium Mixing Bowl (3 – 4 QT)

1x Silicone Spatula

1x Lemon Squeezer (optional)

Nutrition per entire recipe (whole batch):

Estimated

Calories 160 Protein 5.9 g Fat 5.8 g Saturated fat 0.8 g Carbohydrate 25.9 g Sugars 14.7 g Fiber 8.3 g Sodium 844 mg Cholesterol 0 mg

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Estimated. Worked out from the ingredients above using the United States Department of Agriculture’s FoodData Central reference data. An estimate, not a measurement — brands, sizes and how much of a marinade actually ends up on the plate all move it.

Directions:

1.Preparation of Easy Salsa Recipe:

1.1.

To prepare Easy Salsa Recipe, place into a medium mixing bowl:

1 LB of tomatoes – finely diced

½ onion – finely chopped

¼ cup of fresh cilantro – finely chopped

2 jalapenos peppers – finely diced

Juice from ½ lemon

1 TSP of Extra virgin olive oil

½ TSP of salt

½ TSP of ground pepper

Thoroughly stir with a spatula until fully combined.

1.2.

Taste and add Extra Virgin Olive Oil, lemon, salt, and/or pepper if needed.

2.Let It Rest & Serve:

2.1.

It’s best to let it sit in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes before serving.

2.2.

Serve with corn chips.

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Easy Salsa