Fresh Homemade Pico De Gallo made with just a few simple ingredients for the perfect flavor boost to any healthy meal or serve as a delicious salsa with chips!

Fresh Homemade Pico De Gallo made with just a few simple ingredients for the perfect flavor boost to any healthy meal or serve as a delicious salsa with chips!

Fresh pico de gallo is one of those things I literally make every week in the summer to have in our fridge.  Loaded with fresh tomatoes, crisp white onion, spicy jalapeños, a good squeeze of lime juice with lots of cilantro, it’s seriously just SO dang good!  Pico de gallo is a lot like salsa, except with raw chopped ingredients rather than blended like most salsas.  Pico also makes a great topping for so many dishes!  Tastes great on tacos, you can mix it in with your eggs, throw it in some guacamole, I mean the possibilities are endless!

My true love for pico de gallo started on our honeymoon in Mexico 6 years ago.  I mean I’ve had pico before, but OH. M. GEEEEEEE. there is nothing as good as authentic Mexican pico de gallo!  I legit put it on everything while we were there and have made it at home ever since that trip.  While nothing tastes as good as what I get in Mexico, this recipe is a close second!

Fresh Homemade Pico De Gallo made with just a few simple ingredients for the perfect flavor boost to any healthy meal or serve as a delicious salsa with chips!

Here’s What You’ll Need

  • tomatoes – I personally like to use grape tomatoes (or tomatoes on the vine) when making my pico as they chop easily without being too juicy because I can’t stand too much liquid in my pico (makes it mushy!)  Roma or plum tomatoes other great options with a lot of flavor, you’ll just want to remove the inner pulp and seeds to get rid of that extra juice
  • white onion – you’ll want to use a sharp white onion for this, it has the best flavor with all these ingredients
  • jalapeño – for a kick of spice!
  • cilantro – remove the stems and chop up the leaves, cilantro (in my opinion) is a MUST in this recipe!
  • lime juice – you’ll need the juice of 1 lime and definitely make sure to use fresh lime juice, not the bottled stuff at that can taste bitter
  • salt – feel free to season, taste, and then season again, if needed – don’t be afraid of salt!

Classic pico de gallo uses equal amounts of tomato and white onion, chopped jalapeño for a little spice, along with cilantro, lime juice and salt for those delicious boosts of flavor!

How to Make Pico De Gallo

This is seriously SO easy to make.  Simple chop all the ingredients and mix everything together in a bowl, that’s it!  Taste and season with additional salt or extra lime, as needed.  You could also add in some lime zest for a little zip in flavor!  After making this, I like to let the pico sit for about 20 or 30 minutes just to let all those flavors marinate before serving, but if you can’t wait that’s okay too.  Believe me, I get it.  This pico will last in the fridge for up to 3 days in a sealed, airtight container.

Fresh Homemade Pico De Gallo made with just a few simple ingredients for the perfect flavor boost to any healthy meal or serve as a delicious salsa with chips!

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How to Serve Pico De Gallo

  • Use as a dip with chips or toasted bread
  • Top chicken, fish, or steak
  • Spoon it on tacos, fajitas or burrito bowls
  • Serve on omelettes or fried eggs (SO good with eggs!)
  • Mix it in guacamole for more texture and flavor
  • Don’t forget the margarita! 😉

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Homemade Pico De Gallo

Fresh Homemade Pico De Gallo made with just a few simple ingredients for the perfect flavor boost to any healthy meal or serve as a delicious salsa with chips!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 6 Servings

Ingredients 

  • 1 quart grape tomatoes, or 3 to 4 roma tomatoes
  • 1 white onion, chopped
  • 1 jalapeño, seeded and diced
  • 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
  • Juice of one lime
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
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Instructions 

  • In a medium bowl, mix together tomatoes, onion, jalapeño, cilantro, lime juice and season with salt.
  • Let the pico sit for about 15 to 30 minutes before serving to let the flavors marinate or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/6th of recipe | Calories: 34kcal | Carbohydrates: 7.7g | Protein: 1.4g | Fat: 0.3g | Sodium: 140.6mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4.4g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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11 Comments

  1. maria garcia says:

    many times i tried this recipe in my own way and it tastes so good

  2. Lisa says:

    How do I determine a quart? They are tomatoes from my garden. How would this work with habanero?

    1. Kelly says:

      I’d say you’d want about 2 to 2 1/2 cups of chopped tomatoes 🙂

  3. Megan McGrane says:

    This looks so fantastic. And a perfect use of the fresh tomatoes at the end of summer. Can’t wait to try it.!

  4. Don says:

    I’ve usually drain the tomatoes before I add them to the Pico de Gallo just to reduce the amount of liquid. You can also salt them while they are draining. When first made the heat is very noticeable, but when left uncovered for thirty minutes it gets absorbed into the tomatoes and basically disappears.

  5. Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says:

    omg I know exactly what you mean! Our honeymoon was in Mexico too and their pico de gallo CHANGED MY LIFE!