Restaurant Style Salsa

Salsa made at home, just like you get in restaurants! Minutes to make and so much better than store bought.

Charred Salsa Verde

Smoky, spicy, sweet, bright, and complex, this is the one salsa to rule them all. It only has four real ingredients and you can make it in 20 minutes.

Salsa Quemada (Roasted Tomato and Tomatillo Salsa)

Salsa Quemada is a smoky fire-roasted Mexican salsa featuring tomatoes, tomatillos, garlic, and chiles. It's a delicious table salsa, perfect for dipping tortilla chips.

Roasted-Tomato Salsa

Roasting a set of standard salsa ingredients first may add some time to an otherwise quick process, but it's all for good as the end result retains a freshness while gaining a tomato intensity, some sweetness, and a more mild heat the melds seamlessly throughout.

Basic Salsa Verde (Mexican Tomatillo Salsa)

A basic salsa verde made with simmered tomatillos and cilantro.

Tomatillo Salsa Recipe | Grilling

While the original recipe has the tomatillos cooked stovetop in a skillet, it's easily adaptable to the grill, and I actually find it cleaner and easier to make this over the flames.

Roasted Tomato-Mint Salsa From 'Tacolicious'

When I make salsa at home, it's usually super simple: fresh tomatoes, onions, garlic, cilantro and lime, and a spoon to eat it with. This version, from Sara Deseran and Joe Hargrave's restaurants-cum-cookbook, Tacolicious, isn't much more complicated, but is much more interesting. It's the salsa that welcomes you on arrival to the Tacolicious restaurants, and will be the standard in my kitchen from now on.

Pico de Gallo (Authentic Mexican Salsa)

Learn how to make Pico de Gallo! This is an authentic Mexican salsa recipe made with tomatoes is incredibly easy. Use it for tacos, burritos, enchiladas, quesadillas, nachos, as a dip for chips or as a side for basically any Mexican dish! This can be made ahead by 1 day.

Orange-Tomatillo Salsa

Sick of tomatoes but still craving salsa? This sweet and tangy orange-tomatillo salsa will do you just right.

Hot and Creamy Salsa Verde

Fresh, tangy, and spicy, this salsa verde was just what was called for to fulfill a longing after a week of excellent Mexican eats in Austin.