Name: Fresh Restaurant Style Salsa
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 6 roma tomatoes; 3 cloves garlic; 2 jalapeños; 1/2 cup packed cilantro (or more to taste); 3 tablespoons lime juice; 1/2 teaspoon salt (or up to 1 teaspoon to taste); 1/2 small onion (1/4 cup diced)

Fresh Restaurant Style Salsa made fresh at home with simple ingredients perfect for appetizers, snacks, and parties.

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fresh restaurant style salsa being scooped out of a white bowl with a tortilla chip

This post was updated 07/13/2020

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Restaurant Style Salsa with Fresh Tomatoes

I am an absolute salsa & chips fiend. If there are salsa & chips present chances are those salsa & chips are already in my mouth. I remember growing up I would polish off a whole jar of salsa with chips as an after school snack, I am not just saying a few times like this was a regular occurrence. Oh to have that metabolism still… To this day it is still one of my go to snacks. So I set out to create a Fresh Restaurant Style Salsa.

There are a lot of salsa recipes out there, but so many of them feature canned tomatoes. I am not saying that those salsas are bad, I would still eat it all but I wanted fresh. So I played with the different fresh ingredients until I found the perfect combination of a Fresh Restaurant Style Salsa.

This salsa recipe is made with tomatoes, jalapeños, onion, cilantro, garlic, lime juice, & salt. These fresh ingredients are blended together in a food processor to make the perfect Fresh Restaurant Style Salsa.

You can also tryout some of these other awesome salsa recipes like Black Bean Avocado Salsa or Chipotle Corn Salsa.

white bowl of freshly made salsa using fresh tomatoes with a tortilla chip sticking out

How to Make Homemade Salsa in the Food Processor

For this recipe you will need fresh:

Roma Tomatoes
Garlic
Jalapeños
Cilantro
Lime juice
Salt
Onion

ingredients needed to make fresh salsa in the food processor laid out on a table

Easy enough ingredients right? And the best part is that making the actual salsa is just as simple as the list of ingredients.

You will first prep everything for the food processor. Quarter cut the tomatoes. Half the jalapeños and remove the insides (for a spicier salsa leave the seed and white insides). And roughly chop the onion.

Add everything to a food processor. Processes about 30 seconds until smooth.

two photos of food processor, one with whole ingredients and one with fully processed salsa

Taste check, make sure salt, cilantro, and spice levels are good and adjust as necessary. Best served chilled.

white bowl of freshly made salsa surrounded by tortilla chips and lime wedges

tips, tricks and questions

This salsa can definitely be personalized, add extra cilantro if you love that flavor, or extra jalapeños if you love it spicy.

While the recipe calls for 1/2 teaspoon of salt, the actual amount you may use can vary greatly on your personal preference and what type of chips you are using (some will be a lot saltier than others). So start at 1/2 teaspoon and work your way up if you like it more salty.

If you are having trouble balancing the acidity out or it seems a bit bitter and a little bit of sugar, about ½ to 1 teaspoon.

close up of freshly made salsa in a white bowl with a tortilla chip sticking out

Also do you know what goes great with chips and salsa?

My Hibiscus Margaritas!

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Yield: about 3 cups