Easy Restaurant Style Salsa Recipe
I gave you a little teaser of this recipe for restaurant style salsa last week on my Week in Review post.
Ready for me to share the recipe?
You’ll never believe how easy it is to make this restaurant style salsa.
First, can I just tell you how addicting this recipe is?
So addicting that I, completely by myself (except the 5 of so chips Madeline ate) polished off an entire bag of tortilla chips in a mere 4 days.
True, it was not the extra large or even large sized bag of chips, but still.
Entire bag.
By my self.
Do you know how many calories/fat/sodium…unhealthy stuff is in that?
But I’ll just pretend that it doesn’t really matter.
I’ll keep telling myself that it’s okay because the salsa was full of tomatoes (vegetable!).
And I know that I don’t do this sort of thing every week.
And maybe next time I’ll make homemade tortilla chips to go with the salsa so it’ll be just that much “healthier.”
I am so impressed with how much this tastes like fresh salsa.
If someone made the recipe for me, I never would have guessed that the secrets to the recipe are canned whole tomatoes and Rotel.
The recipe makes a lot and I was almost tempted to half it, but you know what?
I’m so glad I didn’t because it’s already gone and I just made it a week ago.
And I’m definitely going to make it again.
The Cuisinart Elite 12 Cup Food Processor worked great for this salsa recipe – definitely enough room for the whole recipe and it couldn’t have been easier – there was no chopping, slicing, or dicing involved.
I just tossed everything in and pulsed.
Next time you have a hankering for easy restaurant style salsa, give this recipe a try!
Do you have a favorite recipe for making salsa from scratch?
More Delicious Salsa Recipes:
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- Peach Salsa from Simply Recipes
- Tomatillo Salsa Verde from She Wear’s Many Hats
- Sweet Fruit Salsa from Our Best Bites
- Water Bath Canned Salsa from GoodLife Eats
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Restaurant Style Salsa
This Easy Restaurant Style Salsa is so good and so easy to make! It is perfect for Taco Tuesdays or as a Super Bowl Appetizer served with Nachos or Tortilla Chips.
Ingredients
- 28 ounce can Whole Tomatoes With Juice
- 10 ounce can Rotel Original (diced Tomatoes And Green Chilies)
- 10 ounce cans Rotel Mexican (diced Tomatoes with Lime and Cilantro)
- 1/2 of a Yellow Onion
- 1 clove Garlic
- 1 whole Jalapeno, halved (seeds removed for milder salsa)
- 1/4 teaspoon Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoons Ground Cumin
- 1/2 cup Cilantro
- 1/2 lime, juiced
Instructions
- Combine whole tomatoes, Rotel, onion, jalapeno, garlic, sugar, salt, cumin, lime juice, and cilantro in a blender or food processor.
- Pulse until you get the salsa to the consistency you’d like—about 10 to 15 pulses.
- Test seasonings with a tortilla chip and adjust as needed.
- Refrigerate salsa for at least an hour.
Notes
adapted from The Pioneer Woman
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Nutrition Information
Yield 12 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 39Total Fat 0gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgCarbohydrates 9gFiber 1gSugar 5gProtein 1g
Thank you for this awesome recipe. This is now my go-to salsa after trying many recipes that didn’t satisfy for taste or texture. So easy and delicious! I’ve already shared it with several friends!
AWESOME!
This is a great recipe that is similar to my favorite restaurant’s salsa that has recently closed down. I’ve been missing it until now. Very easy to make and very yummy to eat.
I adjusted to my taste by only using ¼ of a jalapeno as my husband can’t do real spicy. I also did ¾ onion and 1 teaspoon of salt and just slightly more cummin. Also, I cut back on all the extra can juices as I like my salsa blended well but on the thicker side. Oh, and I’m not a big fan of cilantro at all. The first time, I followed the recipe to a tee and thought it was cilantro heavy. The next 2 times I used no more than ¼ a cup or less and now I LOVE IT!!! Whoever came up with this recipe – HATS OFF TO YOU!
Next time I won’t use the whole jalapeno, it was a little to jalapeno-ey for me. I also used only a 1/4 onion as I’m not an onion person, little extra sugar, sweet and hot!!!
What a great quick salsa! It has a bit more spicy bite than my boys like, but I think it is just about perfect.
Any salsa is good salsa–restaurant style or not. We love a chunky salsa, but this one sounds just as good.
This was delicious! I should have eased up on the jalapeno a bit but it tastes exactly like it came straight from a Mexican restaurant. I had even halved the recipe (I used fresh tomatoes) and it still made a huge batch. Thank you very much for the recipe!
Wow – this looks amazing! Though I’m such a cilantro freak I might add a little more 🙂 Gorgeous photos as always!
This looks SO goo. I love fresh salsa. There is nothing better. Once you go homemade you never go back.
Beautiful photos too!
We make this salsa every week or two. It’s SO good. We’ll dip just about any veggie in it. I am baking some tortilla chips right now, to go with dinner tonight!
This looks scrumptious. I’d love to be able to make salsa from scratch but the realities of fulltime working mums with busy teenagers..well…shortcuts are sometime a necessity! thanks so much for sharing and my New Mexican husband will be very happy with me when i serve this up! cheers kari
The pictures are making me hungry! I don’t know how I missed that recipe, but I’ll have to try it! I like to throw a habanero in with the jalapenos when I make my salsa. 🙂
Oh, and the tomatoes in the salsa totally cancel out anything negative in the tortilla chips. At least, that’s what I tell myself…
Gorgeous photos. I just want to pull up a chair and start dipping 🙂
This is our favorite recipe for salsa. It is absolutely wonderful!!! One batch makes about 2 quarts, I keep it in two glass quart Mason jars in the frig. Super easy!!
It sounds easy and delicious. Great photos!
We’ve made this recipe from Ree. It’s good huh? I love chips and salsa!
This has become our “go-to” salsa recipe in my house. It’s much easier then my traditional one, and hubby says he likes it better. One thing I’ve noticed is that it tastes a little different each time!
Home Made Tortilla Chips with Salsa Tomato Sauce is a tasty & lovely Recipe.
Love it! I worked for a caterer here in San Diego- many, many years ago & we always made the best restaurant-style salsa. Too bad I never saved the recipe 🙁 Must try this one!
this is something I’ve never made before, always buy jar salsa. This recipe sounds wonderful. I’ll give it a try, it’s easy enough.
Oooh, this is one of my favorite discoveries over the past year. I make salsa from scratch all the time and wondered how really good this recipe could be coming from cans and all. Boy, was I surprised! YUM! It’s great to know I can make yummy salsa at home year round without too much effort and so fresh tasting. Good stuff.