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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!
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!