Best 4 Christinas Fresh Salsa Recipes

HOMEMADE SALSA

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a food processor and pulse in 1 second bursts until all ingredients are finely chopped.
• Serve with tortilla chips. Note that salsa always tastes best after it's been refrigerated for a few hours, so if time allows let the flavors marinate together before serving.
• Store in refrigerator up to 1 week.

PICO DE GALLO (FRESH SALSA)

Steps:

• Prep the ingredients: Roughly chop the tomatoes, chili peppers, and onions. Be careful while handling the chili peppers. Use a plastic baggie or disposable gloves to handle them, or wash your hands thoroughly with soap and hot water after handling and avoid touching your eyes for several hours. Set aside some of the seeds from the peppers. If the salsa isn't hot enough, you can add a few for more heat.
• Make the salsa: Place all of the ingredients in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the blade. Pulse only a few times, just enough to finely dice the ingredients and not enough to purée. If you don't have a food processor, you can finely dice by hand.
• Adjust seasonings: Place in a serving bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste. If the chilis make the salsa too hot, add some more chopped tomato. If it's not hot enough, carefully add a few of the seeds from the chilis, or add a little more ground cumin. If you like, let the salsa sit for an hour (room temperature or chilled) for the flavors to combine.
• Serve: Serve with chips, tortillas, tacos, burritos, tostadas, quesadillas , or pinto or black beans. The salsa will keep refrigerated for up to 5 days.

CHRISTINA'S FRESH GUACAMOLE

Steps:

• Mash up avacados in a bowl, make them as smooth or as chunky as you like. (We like it fairly chunky).
• Peel and dice red onion.
• Chop up fresh Cilantro, stems and all.
• Dice jalepeno(s), de-seed if desired *Remember that the seeds give more heat* I leave them in because we love our mexican food spicy!
• Add everything into a large bowl and stir, add in salt and freshly ground black pepper to tase, add the juice of the two limes.
• Stir to combine, taste to see if it is hot, salty or sour enough, adjust to your taste, if you want more heat add the hot sauce -- once it is to your liking cover with plastic wrap and put in the fridge untill you are ready to serve.
• This goes well with my salsa recipe, and tastes great with tacos, burrito's, nachos, tortilla chips or even carrot and celery sticks.

FRESH FRUIT SALSA WITH CINNAMON CRISPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon.
• Lightly brush both sides of each tortilla with water. Lightly sprinkle about 1/2 teaspoon sugar-cinnamon mixture over each side of each tortilla. Cut each tortilla into 8 wedges; place on cookie sheet.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet; place on wire rack. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, grate peel from orange; squeeze orange to make about 1/4 cup juice. In medium bowl, mix orange peel, orange juice and remaining salsa ingredients.
• If desired, garnish salsa with strawberry fan. Serve salsa with cinnamon crisps.