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Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca (Pico de Gallo)

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Pico de Gallo, AKA Salsa Fresca is made using fresh tomatoes, onions, coriander and lime...and usually chilli too, but I have missed the chillies out for this easy peasy, family friendly version. Serve with all your Mexican favourites, but especially good on my Mexican Pulled Pork Tacos!

Pico de Gallo, AKA Salsa Fresca is made using fresh tomatoes, onions, coriander and lime…and usually chilli too, but I have missed the chillies out for this easy peasy, family friendly version. Serve with all your Mexican favourites, but especially good on my Mexican Pulled Pork Tacos!

Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca (Pico de Gallo)

Quite often when I make Mexican style food, I will throw together a quick and easy little salsa using fresh tomatoes, like the one in this recipe – but I’d never really stopped to think about the fact that this version of salsa, though similar to the ones I’ve always been served in Mexican restaurants, is totally different to the kind you usually buy in a jar from the supermarkets to dunk your tortilla chips in!

Mexican Pulled Pork Tacos with Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca (Pico de Gallo)

This was until I stumbled across the term Pico de Gallo in another recipe – it turns out the kind of salsa I usually make, using fresh tomatoes, is actually called Pico de Gallo, or sometimes Salsa Fresca – literally ‘fresh sauce’, whereas the kind of liquid sauce you dip your tortilla chips in is called salsa roja – literally ‘red sauce’, and is made with cooked tomatoes. In fact there are a whole load of different salsas out there, including salsa verde, salsa negro and salsa taquera – for more information, do check out this fascinating Wikipedia article on salsas.

Actually variations on my salsa recipe have already appeared a few times on Easy Peasy Foodie, but I wanted this lovely Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca recipe to have its own entry on my blog, so it could be more easily found and so I could link to it from other recipes.

Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca (Pico de Gallo)

This version is the version I usually make to go with Mexican dishes I am making. Normally Pico de Gallo contains chillies – usually fresh serranos, jalapeños or habaneros, according to my useful  Wikipedia article, but I am a total wuss when it comes to chillies – especially fresh ones, so I usually leave them out – I like the freshness and zing you get with chilli-less salsa, and personally find it contrasts well with the food I serve it with – which does usually have a little chilli in it!

Leaving the chilli out also makes this recipe much more child friendly, but if you like a little heat in your life, or if your kids just so happen to be chilli nuts, then by all means add in a little (or a lot of) fresh chilli – I’ve put it as an optional in the recipe.

Mexican Pulled Pork Tacos with Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca (Pico de Gallo)

This recipe would go brilliantly with many of my Mexican Inspired recipes, but especially with my Mexican Pulled Pork Tacos. Add in some Mexican Roasted Sweet Potato Cubes and/or my Mexican Spiced Cauliflower Rice and you have yourself a delicious meal.

Alternatively this salsa goes brilliantly with my Spicy Mexican Lamb Stew, Homemade Chicken Fajitas or my Slow Cooked Beef Chilli. And, although a classic Mexican recipe, this Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca actually makes a lovely accompaniment to Indian Curries and Middle Eastern Dishes as well.

Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca (Pico de Gallo)

Oh and incidentally the name Pico de Gallo means Rooster’s beak, which is said to be because you make a beak shape to pick up the salsa using your fingers and thumb (well I don’t generally use my fingers, but apparently that was the traditional way!)

Mexican Pulled Pork Tacos with Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca (Pico de Gallo)

 

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Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca (Pico de Gallo)
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Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca (Pico de Gallo)

Pico de Gallo, AKA Salsa Fresca is made using fresh tomatoes, onions, coriander and lime...and usually chilli too, but I have missed the chillies out for this easy peasy, family friendly version. Serve with all your Mexican favourites, but especially good on my Mexican Pulled Pork Tacos!
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Course Dip, Side Dish
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Total Time 5 minutes minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 56kcal
Author Eb Gargano

Ingredients

Metric - US Customary
  • 1 red onion diced
  • Juice of 1 lime (or ½ lemon)
  • 200 g cherry tomatoes (ideally the really good ones), quartered
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 10 twists black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons fresh coriander (cilantro), plus extra for garnish

Instructions

  • Mix the red onion and lime/lemon juice together, then add in the other ingredients and mix again.
  • Sprinkle a little extra coriander on top and serve.

Notes

In my version of Salsa Fresca I don’t use chillies, but if you like your salsa a little hotter try using ½ - 1 fresh chilli (e.g. serrano, jalapeño or habanero), deseeded and diced finely.
Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

Nutrition Facts
Easy Peasy Salsa Fresca (Pico de Gallo)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 56 Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Fat 3g5%
Sodium 588mg26%
Potassium 166mg5%
Carbohydrates 6g2%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 2g2%
Vitamin A 260IU5%
Vitamin C 18.3mg22%
Calcium 17mg2%
Iron 0.5mg3%
* % Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet
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Pico de Gallo, AKA Salsa Fresca is made using fresh tomatoes, onions, coriander and lime...and usually chilli too, but I have missed the chillies out for this easy peasy, family friendly version. Serve with all your Mexican favourites, but especially good on my Mexican Pulled Pork Tacos!

 

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  1. Corina says

    24th August 2017 at 9:55 am

    This is lovely and fresh Eb! I actually make a very similar version but without the coriander whenever I make chicken fajitas. The coriander must be really good in it and definitely something I’ll add next time if I have it. It’s a great #CookOnceEatTwice recipe although I have to admit that we are often tempted to finish it off all at once. If there’s any left one of us will just sit and finish it out of the bowl!

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    • Eb Gargano says

      24th August 2017 at 3:51 pm

      Thanks Corina…oh you have to try it with the coriander – works so well and would go so well with your chicken fajitas too, I’m sure. And so, so nice the next day for lunch…though like you I find it hard not to just polish off the whole bowl in one sitting! Eb x

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  2. Michelle Frank | Flipped-Out Food says

    25th August 2017 at 1:43 pm

    I love the freshness and vibrancy of pico de gallo, although the hubster and I are chili-heads: we load ours up with jalapeños. Your version would be an excellent pairing for an already-spicy dish, though! I like the big chunks: it looks like your pico has awesome texture and flavor.

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    • Eb Gargano says

      29th August 2017 at 10:19 pm

      Thanks Michelle…I find I generally do have salsa with spicy things (well, spicy for me!) so I love this cooling salsa as a contrast 😀 Eb x

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