Homemade Pico de Gallo Salsa

One of the easiest summer cookout and BBQ dishes to throw together is a big bowl of Pico de Gallo. Whether it’s scooped up with crunchy, salty tortilla chips or spooned on top of a juicy burger, Pico is the perfect pick. You can jazz it up however you want, but basic Pico de Gallo […]

By Aimee Tucker

May 11 2012

Photo Credit : Aimee Seavey

You can jazz it up however you want, but basic Pico de Gallo starts with just 6 ingredients — tomatoes, onions, jalapeno, cilantro, lime juice, and sea salt. You can adjust the level of heat or cilantro to suit your taste, swap out the jalapeno for a serrano chile, or add some diced fresh pineapple for extra sweetness.

ico de Gallo Salsa Ingredients — Homemade Pico de Gallo Ingredients
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Fresh Pico de Gallo is best eaten the day it’s made, but I don’t think you’ll have a problem watching it disappear.

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Aimee Tucker

Aimee Tucker is Yankee Magazine’s Home Editor and the Senior Digital Editor of NewEngland.com. A lifelong New Englander and Yankee contributor since 2010, Aimee has written columns devoted to history, foliage, retro food, and architecture, and regularly shares her experiences in New England travel, home, and gardening. Her most memorable Yankee experiences to date include meeting Stephen King, singing along to a James Taylor Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood, and taking to the skies in the Hood blimp for an open-air tour of the Massachusetts coastline.

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