Salsa is a staple in Mexican cuisine and I realized that I had not shared my go-to quick, easy, tasty and healthy fire roasted tomato salsa, aka restaurant style salsa. This salsa literally only takes 5 minutes to make and it’s pantry friendly! You just need to open up some cans of fire roasted tomatoes, throw them into a food processor along with some onions, garlic, chillies, lime juice, cilantro, salt and pepper and process until you have the desired consistency! Other than the cilantro I have all of the ingredients in my house pretty much all of the time so a tasty salsa is only ever a few minutes away! I like to use chipotle chilies in adobo sauce for the chili heat because they add an amazing smokiness but you could use whatever chilies that you prefer to get the flavour and heat that you desire!
Perfect for scooping!
Perfect for parties!
Perfect for game night!
Restaurant Style Salsa
A quick, easy, tasty and healthy homemade pantry fire roasted tomato salsa (aka restaurant style salsa).
ingredients
- 2 (14 ounce) cans diced tomatoes (preferably fire roasted)
- 1/2 cup white onion, coarsely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, grated
- 2 chipotle chili peppers in adobo, chopped
- 1/2 cup cilantro
- 2 tablespoons lime juice (~1 lime)
- salt and pepper to taste
directions
- Puree everything in a food process and enjoy!
Oh wow!! So bright and pretty. I've always wanted to make my own salsa!
I have all of that in my pantry right now. I even think I have some cilantro in the frig! Making it tonight!
I already had your previous salsa recipe which has become a favorite of ours. I noticed you don't have it posted anymore. Now I'm going to have to add the 2 chipotle peppers in adobo, chopped next time to see how it changes/add's to the flavor! 🙂
Kilyena: Which salsa recipe were you looking for?
No jalapeno's in this salsa recipe? Did you mean to leave them out? I usually add about a tablespoon of sugar to the salsa though. But not sure how it will work with the chipotle peppers though. Just gonna have to try it!
Kilyena: I like the chipotle chilies for the smokiness but fresh jalapenos are also great!
It was a salsa recipe I got from your site a few years ago. I have it in my recipe book with Closet Cooking on it. I slightly modified it but it came from your site. Think it was titled Fresh Salsa. Honestly the only thing I think I changed was I added some sugar and extra onion (some pureed and some chopped for texture). I always get the best compliments on it and I always tell everyone its from Closet Cooking! It's pretty much the same ingredients as this one but without the chipotle peppers, you had jalapeno's instead and some cumin.
Hey Kevin,
Sounds yummy and easy. Thanks for sharing. Definitely I'll give it a try 🙂
I have made this recipe many times and it really tastes like restaurant salsa. Love that it uses year round grocery store ingredients so it can made any time.
If you want a chunkier salsa as well as a less runny salsa, no drips, put all ingredients in a pot on stove and simmer to get rid of some of the liquid, about an hour, and then blend up half of it and mix back in with the chunky part.
I don’t know why I didn’t think of adding those chipotle chilis in the adobo sauce, but I’m gonna have to try it.
Also, I usually add some poblano peppers.
Can this salsa be bottled in a hot wash bath? I love the salsa and would love to give it away for gifts.
This can be canned, though you would have to look up proper canning procedures.