Homemade Blender Salsa is so fresh and could not be MORE easy! Watch the How To Video below.
It’s absurd the amount of chips and salsa consumed in our household. My Aunt shared this recipe with us, and it’s now our favorite salsa recipe. The best part is that you can make it year round since you can use canned tomatoes. When tomatoes are in season, they make this recipe even that much better. So pick up your favorite bag of chips, all the ingredients, and let’s get blending!
Here’s the ingredient line up. If tomatoes are in season, be sure to use them up in this recipe. If not…no worries, this recipe is still so good without fresh tomatoes.
Ingredients for Homemade Salsa:
- 2 – 16 oz. cans of stewed tomatoes (you can substitute with 1/2 of fresh tomatoes)
- 1 – 4 ounce can of chopped green chiles
- 1 garlic clove minced (one 1/2 teaspoon)
- 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped and seeded
- 1 bunch of chopped cilantro (add as much or as little as you like)
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 1/2 of a lime, juiced
- 1/2 teaspoon of cumin
- 1 teaspoon of sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- pinch of pepper
How To Make Homemade Salsa:
- Add all the ingredients into your blender and blend to your preference. Serve with your favorite chips and enjoy!
The great thing about this recipe… is that you can control the texture whether you like salsa on the chunky side or a little more smooth. As you can see in the picture, we like ours on the smoother side. Do you have a good blender? We’re crazy about our Blendtec Blender. It makes this recipe a breeze.
If you like your salsa more on the hot side, you can leave the seeds in the jalapenos. Or you can add in a little hot sauce.
Recipe FAQ’s:
Why is my homemade blender salsa foamy? If after blending your salsa it looks foamy (bubbly) do not worry you have not ruined your salsa, this tends to happen because as you are blending air is being incorporated into your mixture which tends to create the foaming you are seeing, let it sit and the foam (bubbles) will start to dissipate.
How do I thicken my salsa? If you find that your salsa has come out too runny since this recipe is a blender recipe and not a cooked recipe you can strain some of the liquid out. To prevent the salsa from being runny in the future you can eliminate 1/2 a cup of the liquid from the tomatoes before adding into the blender.
Why is my homemade blender salsa not red? Do not fear if your salsa is not red (as you think it would be due to the tomatoes) you have not done anything wrong. With blending the salsa air is incorporated and that extra air during blending is what causes your salsa not to look red.
How long does homemade salsa last? Your homemade salsa will last anywhere from 4-6 days in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
Hope this recipe becomes your family’s new favorite!
Homemade Salsa
Homemade salsa is a must especially with tomatoes fresh from the garden. Using your blender makes this salsa recipe quick and easy.
Ingredients
- 2 16oz. cans stewed tomatoes you can substitute 1/2 fresh if available
- 1 4oz. can chopped green chiles
- 1 garlic clove minced (one 1/2 teaspoon)
- 1 jalapeño pepper chopped and seeded
- 1 bunch cilantro chopped, add as much as you like
- 4 green onions chopped
- 1/2 lime juiced
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch pepper
Instructions
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Add all ingredients into a blender and blend to your preference. Serve with your favorite chips. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
For a thicker salsa remove 1/2 cup of the juice from the canned tomatoes before combining all the ingredients. Diced fresh tomatoes will work in this recipe too.
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We made a quick video to show you how easy it is to whip up!
More really good salsa recipes:
- cowboy caviar
- fresh mango salsa
- fresh blender salsa *you are here
- pineapple salsa
- pico de gallo
- cranberry jalapeno salsa
Making this today…because you can NEVER have too many chips and salsa. Looks like this recipe is a keeper and I've been looking for a good salsa one…and of course, if it's on Kami's blog, it is guaranteed to be a good one.
What the Pace? That looks amazing! Can't wait to make it!
looks Delish!
One of my New Year's goals this year was to homemake salsa, and I've been looking for a good recipe. I'm so excited to try it!
This looks soooo good. Cilantro has got to be one of the best herbs growing on this good earth. I had sinus surgery earlier this week and can't taste anything that isn't spicy right now….so this looks really, really good!
My mouth is watering now!!!
I loved the post on your little guy turning two! He is honestly so cute Kami. What a fun collage of pictures of him. Hope you all had fun celebrating!
It is just the best.
Thank you for this! Is there anything better than a good salsa recipe?
Can't wait to give it a try.
Nothing like homemade salsa. Mine uses both fresh and canned tomatoes together. So yummy!
LOOKS SO GOOD!! I'm going to bookmark this and make it when I have my kitchen back. I really like fine pureed salsa and this looks perfect!
It's a thousand times better with fresh picked garden tomatoes, we can't get enough at my house. I can hardly wait until my garden tomatoes grow! 😀
our recipe is a mix of fresh and canned too, i think i'll try yours!
your recipes are a hit every time!
thanks.
could this be the recipe i have been searching for?!?!?! i am going to see!
homemade salsa is simply the best. I am going to make some of this yummy salsa with our garden tomatoes – almost ready!!
I made this today to have with my homemade chicken breakfast burrito! Great recipe! Loved it!
And if before blending the ingredients YOU ROAST THE TOMATOES (I do it in a cast iron pan) til the skin is charred….OMG you’ll LOVE IT.
sorry! I meant cast iron skillet
I made this salsa today and it is AWESOME! I love cilantro, so this recipe is great. It’s easy to make. It’s a little sweet if you put to much sugar so be careful.
I have a very similar recipe minus the green chiles and sugar. Sometime I throw in some lime juice. I also will mix up my heat depending on the desired taste. I’ll sometimes swap the chiptole peppers for the jalapenos for a more smoky flavor or habanaro for more heat. If you can find roasted tomatoes, those are wonderful! I will use garden grown tomatoes in season and roast them myself, but forget the store ones, they have no flavor, in season or not. Canned tomatoes are very consistent in flavor.
It is so easy and tastes so good, I won’t ever buy premade salsa again.
This recipe is amazing! But I have one question my blended salsa came out brown and not red, Why? What did I do wrong? I followed the recipe like it said.
Hi Chrissy! Shoot! I’m not sure what to tell you. I’m glad it tasted good! I would have to look at it and taste it to help you figure it out.
Yes, ma’am. I’ll have some. Definitely pinning this. The fact that you can just throw everything in a blender makes it so easy. We eat a lot of salsa, too, so it would be great to have fresh on hand.
this looks really good. I just printed it out. I am making it this week.
The salsa really does not need the extra sugar because the tomatoes come with sugar naturally. I sell mine to diabetics so I skip the sugar. My other buyers don’t want the extra sugar either. But, it is all preference, right? Love nobiggie!
I love salsa! I could eat it everyday, even though it gives me wicked indigestion. This seems so easy to make. I maybe taking it to a super bowl party next week.
Oh good! I hope you love the recipe!
This is a great recipe, tatstes great, love making my own salsa.
Simon