The Best Restaurant-Style Salsa

This is the best restaurant-style salsa recipe! It’s pretty straightforward to make, and you can’t help but dunk chip after chip!

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.

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.

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-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.

Ají (Colombian-Style Tomato and Onion Salsa)

Like Mexican salsas, there are countless variations of this Colombian sauce: some made with hot chilies, some with avocados, some with pumpkin seeds, even some made with hard boiled eggs. But, as with Mexican salsa, there is one that immediately comes to most people's minds when they hear the word. In this case, it's the tomato and onion-based ají.

Basic Salsa Verde (Mexican Tomatillo Salsa)

A basic salsa verde made with simmered tomatillos and cilantro.

Salsa Ketchup

Adding ketchup, citrus, and spice transforms store-bought salsa into the perfect accompaniment for fries, tater tots, taquitos, and beyond.

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.

Hearts of Palm Salsa

Inspired by salada de palmito, a popular side dish in Central and South America, this fresh tomato salsa has creamy, tender hearts of palm.