Salsa Pico de Gallo

Name: Salsa Pico de Gallo
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: Mexico
Ingredients: juice of 1 lime; 4 serrano chillies, finely; sea salt; chopped (or thin finger chillies if serranos are not available); big handful of coriander, roughly chopped; 2 white onions, finely chopped; 5 tomatoes, skinned, deseeded and finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Let's Eat

By Tom Parker Bowles

Published 2013

About

The classic, crunchy all-purpose salsa, this is never far from the Mexican table. It’s refreshing, too, perfect for cutting through some of the fattier local favourites.

Ingredients

2 white onions, finely chopped
5 tomatoes, skinned, deseeded and finely chopped
4 serrano chillies, finely

Americas
Mexico
Side dish
Central America
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Mix the onions, tomatoes, chillies and lime juice in a bowl; add salt to taste. Leave for an hour, add the coriander, then serve.