3-Minute Salsa Recipe
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I’m a woman who loves her salsa. I have gone as far as ordering my favorite brand direct from Mexico when I couldn’t find it stateside anymore. The case (with 24 bottles) didn’t last more than 6 months.
This easy Homemade Salsa recipe is ready in just 3 minutes using a blender. It’s a mix of tomatoes, jalapenos, garlic, onion, cilantro, and green chile.
After dropping some serious dough on bottled tomatoes and accompanying veggies and spices (as well as going through that stash too quickly) I decided I needed to make my own for pennies on the dollar.
Money saved on salsa goes straight to saving for bigger and better kitchen appliances…. like Blendtec blenders.
Make sure to PIN 3-Minute Salsa!
I am also a woman on the go so I wanted to make this as quick and painless as possible in terms of assembly. As you have probably already guessed, 3-Minute Salsa is ready in just 3 minutes.
How does this magic work? I use tomatoes and green chiles in the can (prep saved) and then I add in fresh onion, fresh garlic, fresh jalapeno, and fresh cilantro. Talk about a solution.
My Blendtec blender does the rest in just a few pulses and voila, fresh salsa tastier than anything you can get in a jar. By using canned tomatoes and green chiles, you save loads of time on roasted and peeling.
Salsa is a Spanish word that translates to “sauce.” Any sauce, really. That said the salsa we associate it with here in the states is the Mexican adaptation of the tomato and chile mixture also known as salsa roja or salsa picante.
Both are loosely structured in terms of recipes, but the one constant is the need for acidity.
Once the salsa is prepared, serve it with whatever you like! I love chips and salsa snack, but you can also incorporate it into your favorite breakfast burritos, over crock pot breakfast casserole, it can be spooned over a great steak, added to your burgers, or put it on homemade nachos. The options are endless.
If you are craving fresh tomatoes and chilies and happen to have an abundance of them, you can easily substitute those in for the canned version. That said, I will warn you that the 3-minutes it takes for the original
recipe might balloon into the 45-minute area.
I love being able to use a blender for this salsa because it is such a great time saver.
Blenders aren’t just for smoothies and blended drinks, with a Blendtec you can also make a variety of salsas, sauces, and spreads, as well as mix together dough and batters.
Simple to use and simple to clean, Blendtec’s touch screen has pre-programmed options for making these items in addition to the ability to operate manually using a slider function.
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Serve salsa on top of some of our Mexican food favorites:
3-Minute Salsa
Ingredients
- 4-6 garlic cloves coarsely chopped
- 1-2 jalapenos stems and seeds removed, cut into quarters
- 1/2 red onion cut into quarters
- 1/2 cup cilantro loosely packed and stems included
- 28 ounces diced tomatoes drained
- 8 ounces diced green chiles drained
Instructions
- Place garlic through cilantro into your blender. Pulse several times until finely chopped.
- Add drained tomatoes and green chiles. Choose the “sauces” option for 5 seconds. Do not over mix, otherwise the power of your blender will result in juicing instead of a chunky salsa.
- If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was!
that salsa looks amazing!! I love that it only takes a few minutes too!!!
Yummy! There’s nothing like homemade salsa, that’s for sure! Thanks so much for linking up with us at the #homematters linky party! We hope to see you again this coming Wednesday!
Salsa is one of those things I buy all the time and then I think…why am I buying this if it’s so easy to make?!? Thanks for the suggestion of using canned tomatoes and peppers!
I have heard great things about blendtec but I haven’t tried one before. I use a ninja but if it ever kicks the bucket I may give one of these a go.
Yummy! I love good salsa! I need a good blender to make my onw!
That looks like some very tasty salsa. I wouldn’t mind something to make salsa so quickly.
That kind of flavor in three minutes? I’m all for THAT!
I hadn’t heard of this brand before. Sounds like a great tool to have in the kitchen.
I would love a Blendtec! I think that’s what I’ll ask Santa for, for Christmas this year. 🙂 I love fresh salsa!
This looks like the salsa one of our favorite Mexican restaurant serves. The Blendtec really dices up all the ingredients perfectly!
That looks tasty. That is one sweet blender! We could use a new one too.
This salsa looks delicious! I have heard great things about Blendtec.
This looks great, my husband would love this!
Quick and delicious, just the way I like it!
Thanks for the giveaway!
We eat lots of salsa over here! YUM!
Great giveaway!
Perfect for drop in guests…who doesn’t love salsa?!?! And in three minutes!
That looks heavenly. I’ll take 3 minute over 45 minute salsa, thank you!
I would love a fancy blender like that one! My old one isn’t doing the job anymore.
I love our Blendtec and your salsa recipe looks so healthful and tasty. On my “to do” list. Thanks Jessica.
Homemade salsa is so awesome. I have tried so many at the stores and find myself always disappointed. I enjoy the tomato taste with a little kick and salt.
I love making my own salsa! Thanks for give away, I keep hearing about this amazing blender 🙂
Thanks for sharing this salsa recipe, I love a good salsa! And this blender – I MUST have it!
I have not heard of Blendtec before. It is definitely way more then a blender. I love how simple your Salsa recipe was i can not wait to try it.
I entered the giveaway, I’d love to win! I like the taste of salsa, but not the texture.
I live for salsa year round! This looks fantastic and totally scrumptious.
Huge salsa fan here! I make the best salsa chicken so I need
To give this a try I bet it would be 100x better than the store bought stuff! It looks heavenly!
I love this salsa!! I can eat my weight in this stuff! I keep salsa in the fridge and top so many dishes with it. It adds great flavor. 🙂
You can’t beat a good homemade salsa. I’m all entered for the giveaway, thanks for hosting.
3 Minutes?! I’M IN! I eat salsa like it’s my job.
This looks so yummy, great Sunday afternoon snack.
Salsa can’t get much quicker or better than that!
I have this blender and I LOVE it!! It’s one of my favorite appliances!
Homemade salsa is one of my weaknesses. I love love love salsa with everything!
The problem I have with salsa is that I could eat it as a meal…and yours looks like a bowl of salsa I’d want right now! Fabulous!
Salsa in just 3 minutes? Count me in! This sounds really delicious 🙂
I need a new blender in the worst way! My salsa is more like a 10 minute salsa because mine just slowly chugs away.
It looks like yummy salsa. And I would love a new blender.
I absolutely love homemade salsa! That blender looks awesome.
love chips and salsa. this looks so good i will try this recipe soon.
I love this salsa recipe and make one very similar! However I’ve never tried it in a blendtec before!
that looks like an awesome blender. I have a good one, but I think that might be better
OH MY!!!! This is an incredibly yummy looking salsa and that giveaway!!!!!! Oh I have fingers & toes crossed!! This would be amazinggggggg to win!!!!
We go through salsa like crazy around here! It’s so much more cost-effective to make your own, especially if you consume it by the gallon!
Wow, that’s impressively fast! Thanks for the giveaway!
I’ve never made salsa in a blender, but it looks awesome. We’ll have to try it!
Your Salsa looks amazing. I bet it is very fresh tasting. I will have to try this recipe as soon as i can.
Great recipe lady. This would go over well in my household.
I LOVE my Blendtec blender, it’s the best one I’ve ever owned. I also love salsa but I have never made my own, now I think I’m going to have to with this recipe, yum!
I love home made salsa. It’s so good. I’ve heard that Blendtec is an amazing blender.
Your salsa looks amazing! I love using Rotel tomatoes for this.
Oh my, I felt like I could smell this amazing salsa as I was reading the post! Homemade is always best!
I love salsa, and I love any kind of easy recipe! This looks delicious. I need to pull out my blender and make some.
Yum! This salsa sounds amazing. Thanks for the giveaway. I’ll be sure to enter.
Best giveaway ever! I definitely need to try this salsa!
That’s one hard core blender. I use a blender all the time, and this would be great for me.
I love salsa. It would be great to have a Blendtec for making salsa and many other things. Thanks for the chance to win.
OMGoodness this salsa looks incredible. I wish I had chips and dip right into the screen!
I love myBlendtec! Great salsa and so quick!
Add me to the list of salsa lovers. And your recipe looks like a winner. A Blendtec is on my wish list. An awesome brand!
This looks yummy and what an awesome giveaway!
I am a salsa fanatic too!@ Now if I only had a Blendtec Designer 725. Entering 🙂
I love salsa and your recipe will be made in my house soon. I could make so many different recipes if I had a blendtec!
This looks awesome! I may try it with some organic fire roasted tomatoes. My wife and I use a BlendTec blender for our twins’ purees and we love it.
Cheers!
Love fresh salsa so I’ll definitely try this one!
That’s a great sounding salsa to only take 3 minutes to make. I’m going to try it!
yeah!! thanks for the fun giveaway. Your salsa looks amazing too!
Another great recipe and thanks for the giveaway!
Blender salsa is the best kind of magic. I love my Blendtec!
LOVE a great salsa, and the texture has to be just right! Yours looks like I would love it, must be the Blendtec.
I’d never thought of it that way…make salsa, buy blenders. I’ll tell my husband that to justify my next kitchen purchase;)
This salsa looks so easy and delicious! I LOVE my high powered blender. There is nothing like it.
I REALLY need a good blender
Oh my goodness … I cannot wait to try this. LOVE fresh salsa!
The blender is the most-used appliance in my kitchen, and salsa is what comes out of most often. I would be so happy with a bowl of this salsa and some freshly fried tortilla chips!
Me too! I love making my own tortilla chips, so much better than store bought.
I love it when I can whip up something super delicious in no time flat. We go through lots of chips & salsa in our house 🙂
We love salsa here and almost always make our own! Crossing my fingers on your giveaway, and I am heading over to check out their site now!
There’s nothing better than a good salsa except maybe making it in 3 minutes. That’s great!
Love love love Salsa!!! Thanks for offering another great giveaway!!!
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You are welcome, Evelyn! Thank you for coming by!