Easy Blender Salsa (With Fresh Tomatoes!)

Easy blender salsa is made with fresh tomatoes for fresh and delicious dip you’ll want to put on everything! Serve this fresh homemade salsa with your favorite tacos, or all on it’s own with chips to dip it’s a great alternative to the salsa at your favorite Mexican restaurant.

 

Why We Love Blender Salsa

• Fresh Salsa Flavor– Nothing beats fresh salsa on the table. This easy blender salsa recipe makes a family favorite appetizer, snack or side dish, and it’s also great for Cinco De Mayo or served at a BBQ. Make fresh restaurant-style salsa at home!
• Quick And Easy– No special skills are needed, just chop, blend and enjoy this simple blender salsa with a huge chip!
• Customize This Salsa– Like your salsa a little more spicy, prefer a chunkier salsa or not a fan of cilantro? You can easily customize this easy salsa recipe to your own favorite way to enjoy, including the heat level.

Ingredients For Blender Salsa

•  tomatoes I used tomatoes on the vine. Can also use beefsteak or other larger tomato varieties like plum, roma, or beefsteak.
• jalapeño pepper seeded and diced, can adjust less or more jalapeño for preferred spicy level. See below in the recipe card for more info about how to adjust.
• onion
• garlic – fresh garlic flavor is best in this recipe, but 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder can be used in a pinch
• rice vinegar apple cider vinegar or white vinegar can also be used
• salt
• lime juice or lemon juice
• cilantro chopped finely, fresh cilantro is optional

How To Make Easy Blender Salsa

1. Chop the tomatoes into about eight pieces each, removing the green stems.
2. Peel the outside of the onion and chop and dice it into large pieces. Peel the garlic cloves.
3. Carefully slice the top stem of the jalapeño and remove. Slice the jalapeño in half longways and carefully remove the seeds and the white membrane inside the pepper. Roughly chop the remaining jalapeño into pieces. See notes for more information about prepping jalapeño. If you’ve never prepped a jalapeno, see further instructions here. It is recommended to wear gloves while preparing a jalapeno.
4. Add the jalapeno, onion, garlic, vinegar and lime juice to a blender (you can use a regular blender (or a more powerful blender like a Vitamix, Nutribullet or Ninja) or food processor. A hand chopper meant for dicing vegetables can also be used, but will be a chunkier salsa more like pico de gallo.

5. Blend or pulse on low to medium speed with quick pulses to chop until pieces are small, at least pea-sized.

6. Cut the tomatoes into roughly 8 pieces. Add to the blender a handful at a time, pulsing the blender to chop tomatoes. Blend more for a smooth salsa.

7. Add salt, can add more to taste. Stir in cilantro if desired then enjoy!

How Do I Make This Salsa Mild?

This salsa is pretty mild to begin with, but if you’re still a little unsure here are a few tips to make sure it’s mild.

• Remove the jalapeño seeds and the white membrane The seeds and the membrane are inside the jalapeño. This is where most of the heat is in the pepper. I use a spoon to remove the seeds in a jalapeno. Here’s how to deseed a jalapeño.
• Look for green jalapeño. A red jalapeño will be spicier than a green.
• Use half of a jalapeño- you can start with half of the pepper diced and added to the blender. Then taste and decide if you need more.
• Add bell pepper– Bell pepper is not spicy at all, but will give the salsa fresh flavors. You can use green, yellow, orange or red bell pepper, none of them are spicy.
• Leave out the pepper– Yes you can leave out the jalapeño peppers altogether if you prefer. You can also leave it out until the end. Then you can remove a portion of the salsa without pepper, and add the jalapeño for the remaining salsa in the blender. This can be a great way to compromise with those who don’t like any heat.

How Do I Make The Salsa Spicier?

You can easily make this salsa a little spicier if you prefer, here are a few tips.

• Start with deseeding an extra jalapeño and adding an extra half. You can then add more or less as you desire.
• Roasted green chilies is another great option to kick up the spice a little more. Green chillis come in a variety of heat levels, and can also be purchased canned at different spice levels. You can add a diced green chilli a spoonful at a time. or mix in a can of Rotel at your preferred spiciness level. This gives the salsa great flavor.
• If only making this salsa spicier for one person, try adding some red pepper flakes or a dash of hot sauce to their portion. This will give it an extra kick without making the heat level go up on the whole batch!

If you’d like to experiment with other types of hot peppers in this salsa, you can find more information about different types of hot peppers for salsa here.

How Do I Fix Salsa That Is Too Watery

Sometimes if your tomatoes are especially watery, or if you left the salsa in the fridge for a while the salsa can become too liquidy. Adding a tablespoon of tomato paste stirred into the salsa can help thicken it without sacrificing flavor.

You can also try bulking up the salsa a little more by chopping a bell pepper and pulsing it into the salsa. This pepper isn’t spicy or watery, can add a little more bulk to the salsa. I like to use red bell pepper (which is a sweet pepper, not spicy) but you can also use yellow, orange or green bell pepper.

How Long Does Fresh Homemade Blender Salsa Last?

Store leftover blender salsa in a covered airtight container. You can expect this salsa will last about 5-7 days. Honestly though it’s usually long gone before that!

This salsa can be made the night before to prep ahead also.