Name: Chopped Tomato Salsa (Pico de Gallo)
Yield: Makes 2 cups
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 3 small Roma or vine-ripened tomatoes, chopped; 1 small white onion, chopped; ¼ cup tomato sauce; 1 serrano pepper, stemmed and chopped; Juice of 1 lime; 1 jalapeño pepper, stemmed and chopped; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro

Preparation info

Makes
2 cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Muy Bueno

By Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack

Published 2013

About

I call this la bandera (flag) salsa because it has the three colors of the Mexican flag: green, white, and red. This happens to be the salsa that I notice at almost all salsa bars in both restaurants and fast food taquerias. Your salsa will taste the best if you use fresh ingredients during their peak season, summer and fall. The longer the salsa sits the tomatoes start releasing their own juices and make the salsa too