Pico De Gallo Recipe - How to Make Pico De Gallo at Home
Pico de gallo (also known as salsa cruda or salsa fresca) is a simple and easy Mexican dish that you can make at home with tomatoes, lime juice, serrano pepper, salt, cilantro, and white onions. The main ingredients for the pico de gallo recipe have 3 major colors, red, white, and green, which are suggestive of the colors of the Mexican flag; the main ingredients being the green cilantro and serrano pepper, white onions, and red tomatoes, hence pico de gallo is also called salsa bandera which simply means the 'flag sauce'. It is an easy homemade salsa that you can make and it is usually used as a sauce for tortilla chips, tacos, fajitas, and tamales.
Servings 5 people
Calories 20kcal
Ingredients
- 5 whole red tomatoes - the red color of the tomato is suggestive of the red color in the Mexican flag.
- 1 whole serrano pepper - the green color of the green chili is suggestive of the green color of the Mexican flag.
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro - the green color of the green cilantro is also suggestive of the green color in the Mexican flag.
- 1 whole white onion - the white color of the white onion is suggestive of the white color in the Mexican flag.
- 1 whole lime - the juice is squeezed over the salsa.
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- Chop or mince the onions, tomatoes, serrano pepper, and cilantro.
- Bring all the chopped vegetables into a mixing bowl.
- Squeeze and drizzle the lime juice over the minced vegetables.
- Add salt and stir with a spatula or spoon. And your easy homemade pico de gallo is ready. You can use it as a dipping sauce for eating taco, tamale, or tortilla chips.
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Notes
Jalapeno or Habanero pepper may be substituted for serrano pepper.