RESTAURANT STYLE SALSA — This easy salsa recipe comes together in about 5 minutes, and tastes just like the salsa from your favorite Mexican restaurant.
This quick and easy Restaurant Style Salsa is hands-down my favorite salsa recipe. I suppose “restaurant-style” depends on which Mexican restaurant you go to, but this is a lot like the salsa served in many of the Mexican restaurants around here.
The best part (besides the amazing taste) is how quickly this salsa comes together. All you need is a blender or food processor and about 5 minutes and you’re ready to enjoy chips and salsa.
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Here’s what you’ll need to make Restaurant Style Salsa
- Stewed tomatoes
- Rotel tomatoes
- Produce: onion, garlic, fresh cilantro, green onions, jalapeno, limes
- Salt and pepper
Restaurant Style Salsa
Ingredients
- 1 14.5 ounce can stewed tomatoes
- 1 14.5 ounce can Rotel tomatoes
- 1/2 onion finely diced
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/2 lime juiced
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1-2 green onions chopped
- 1 jalapeno chopped, with most of the seeds removed (optional)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Dash pepper
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor.
- Blend or pulse on low to desired consistency. Serve with tortilla chips.
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15 comments
Joel Gerke
Based on the ingredients, this looked like our local restaurants recipe we love. We always suspected they used stewed tomatoes. But something’s missing. We left the seeds in the jalapenos (we like spicy) but it’s still not that hot and I got a faint chipoltle taste even though there’s none in it. How can I kick it up? Cumin?
Jill Marlow
Do you have to drain the juice from the cans?
Danelle
I don’t, but if you want thicker salsa you could. It’s totally up to you!
Stephanie Ann Curry
Hi. Could you define the.difference between STEWED and ROTEL canned tomatoes please?. I think I know what Rotel tomatoes are based on Google definition for them but couldnt.find defonition the other day for what canbed Stewed tonatoes are.
Danelle
Stewed tomatoes are whole canned tomatoes. They should be labeled on the can as stewed tomatoes. You could also substitute plain diced tomatoes if you can’t find stewed, but both are readily available at the grocery store. Rotel is a brand name for tomatoes that are diced and have green chilies and spices added to them. You can also buy a generic version that would be labeled as “diced tomatoes with green chilies”, or something similar.
Danelle
I am not a canning expert by any means, but I know salsas or anything tomato based is tricky, but can be done. I would research online about the proper way to do that. And yes, you could use fresh ingredients, but it would be a completely different (but still delicious) salsa.
Michelle
Can I use tomatoes and green peppers from my garden, and can I can this salsa also ?
Allison
This recipe looks amazing! However I do not eat a lot of salsa at one time. Can this be frozen?
Jori
I was wondering the same thing. I am trying it today. I will try to respond once I know 😉
Danelle
You can freeze salsa, but it isn’t ideal. The tomatoes tend to get watered down and the consistency of the salsa changes, so if you do freeze it, it’s better to use it as an ingredient in a soup, etc. rather than eating it as straight salsa. So yes, you can do it, but it’s not going to taste quite the same. This article might be helpful. http://www.canyoufreezethis.com/can-you-freeze-salsa/
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this looks so great! I cannot wait to try this this week 🙂 I love Salsa so much, but my husband does not like mexican restaurants so, I need to find a good salsa recipe. Thanks for sharing!
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