How To Make Delicious Salsa: Secrets of making the Best Homemade Salsa Recipe! This restaurant style salsa recipe is loaded with flavor, has an amazing texture, and a secret ingredient.
Prep time: PT5M
Total time: PT5M
Rating
4.93 stars (441 reviews)
Keywords
Homemade Salsa, Salsa, The Best Salsa Recipe
Ingredients
4 ripe tomatoes, (cored and quartered)
1 red onion, (peeled and quartered)
3 garlic cloves, (peeled)
3 jalapenos, (stemmed and seeded (you can substitute 1-2 habanero or serrano peppers.))
1/3 cup fresh cilantro
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2-3 teaspoons ground cumin
2-3 teaspoons sugar ((optional))
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
15 ounces crushed San Marzano tomatoes ((1 can))
4.5 ounces diced green chiles, (mild, medium, or hot (1 can))
Categories
Appetizer
Snack
Cuisine
American
Mexican
Steps
Place the fresh tomatoes, onion, garlic, peppers, cilantro, lime juice, 2 teaspoons cumin, 2 teaspoons sugar (if using), and salt in a food processor. Pulse until the contents are fine and well blended.
Pour in the crushed tomatoes and green chiles. Puree until mostly smooth. Taste, then add more cumin and sugar if desired. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 0.25 cup
Calories: 19 kcal
Carbohydrates: 4 g
Sodium: 230 mg
Sugar: 2 g
Reviews
Miss Karen on 2026-01-05 (4 stars): I concur.
Cilantro has a nasty soap taste. Bleh!
It is widely suggested to substitute flat leaf (Italian) parsley or celery leaves & a pinch of coriander. Even though they are both from the same plant, the flavors are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
Cilantro is the leaves & coriander is the seeds and has a slight citrus taste.
I also used poblano in place of the jalapeños. (personal preference)
Miss Karen on 2026-01-05 (3 stars): I agree. Cilantro has a nasty soap taste. Bleh!
It is widely suggested to substitute flat leaf (Italian) parsley or celery leaves with a pinch of coriander. Coriander has a slight citrus flavor.
Which is a little bizarre (IMHO) because they are from the same plant. Cilantro is the leaves & Coriander is the seeds. COMPLETELY different tastes.
Hafsa on 2025-12-31 (1 stars): the result was very watery and bland.
SJ on 2025-12-20 (1 stars): Way too much onion. Had to do lots of doctoring. Would not make again.
Amy Lou Who on 2025-12-09 (5 stars): Not a fan of the sugar, there’s SO much sugar in everything already, I really don’t believe it’s necessary, I love the acidity of tomatoes so I left it out but it was my first attempt
Or at making homemade salsa and with a few tweaks it was absolutely PERFECT, everyone loved it and I’m so, SO happy I found and decided to try this particular recipe! Also makes a wonderful pico if you stop halfway through making it. 😉
Terence on 2025-12-04 (5 stars): Best damn salsa I ever made!!! Tasty and authentic!
Nikki K on 2025-11-16 (5 stars): Delicious!!!! Made it for a party and everyone commented on how good it was.
Nikki K on 2025-11-16 (5 stars): delicious!!! made it for a party and everyone commented on how good it was. thank you. I'll make it again and again.
Carol on 2025-11-07 (5 stars): This was delish. I have never put canned tomatoes, or chiles, so this was a nice surprise. I had roasted poblanos in the freezer and used them. Best part is I had everything in the house to make this with.
Brian J Nedelsky on 2025-11-02 (5 stars): Turned out awesome 😎
miiko on 2025-10-20 (5 stars): Excellent salsa! It's great as is, or if you want it a bit hotter easy to adjust the heat. If you want it smokier, easy to adjust as well.
Debbie on 2025-10-05 (5 stars): Could this recipe be canned? It's so delicious!!
Amanda on 2025-09-24 (5 stars): This is a really good base recipe! I made some adjustments based on what I had or on taste. I used 5 cloves garlic, 6 Roma tomatoes, did not seed the jalapeños, the only San marzano tomatoes I could find were whole, quite a bit more salt, a little pepper, a little less sugar, 1/4 cup more cilantro, some jarred jalapeño juice, a whole limes worth of juice and pulp. So basically changed the recipe but still wanted to comment because it is sooo good!
Arlene on 2025-09-21 (5 stars): I never knew making salsa was so easy! This recipe gets compliments every time. Thank you for sharing.
amy on 2025-09-19 (5 stars): I was a little unsure of it would really be 5 stars - I say it deserves 20 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absolutely delicious! I tripled the garlic because our family is garlic obsessed. Thank you for the spectacular recipe
Nihal on 2025-09-16 (5 stars): This is a fantastic recipe!!! Easy to make and addictive!!! Great job and keep them coming.
Judy Star on 2025-09-12 (5 stars): Wow! This salsa was Amazing! Hands down the Best salsa I have ever made. I used fresh tomatoes from the garden and followed the recipe as written. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us.
