Easy Pico De Gallo Recipe

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Easy Pico De Gallo Recipe: Doing this one simple step during the process will MAKE this your favorite homemade pico recipe! 

Easy Pico De Gallo Recipe

My girlfriend Kate came over the other day, and we had cooking on the agenda to create some recipes for the Slightly Homemade Dinners cookbook.  A Catalina Taco Salad (yes, yum… right?) was on the list, and we needed some pico for garnish.

I looked at her and said,

Does our grocery store even have fresh pico?

She followed with,

No, but we can totally make our own… really easy.

So we rolled with it, and I’m SO thankful that we did. It was incredible.

There’s a Secret

I’ve never really disliked pico, but I didn’t realize how much better making fresh pico at home could be… than pico that’s pre-made at the store, or even served in restaurants.  It seems as if a lot of pico is runny and soupy, which is… well, ok. But when Kate told me the secret step to amazing pico, is to scoop out the seeds and juices from the middle… it became a GAME CHANGER.

By doing this, it creates a whole new CRISP texture that’s incredibly hard to beat.

Now we ended up putting most of this pico on top of the taco salad that we made, but we completely finished it off with a bag of tortilla chips, in no time.

5 from 2 votes

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Easy Pico De Gallo Recipe

Fresh tomatoes, cilantro, onion with a pinch of salt and dash of lemon juice is all it takes to make this easy pico de gallo recipe. Pair with chips for the ultimate appetizer!

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword appetizer recipe healthy, easy dip recipe, simple appetizer, simple pico de gallo

Prep Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 6 servings (makes about 3 cups)

Calories 16 kcal

Author Jessica

Ingredients

• 5 roma tomatoes
• 2 Tablespoons fresh cilantro chopped
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 small white onion peeled and diced
• juice of 1 lime or 3 Tablespoons of prepared lime juice

Instructions

1. Slice the Roma tomatoes in half, scoop out and discard seeds.

2. Dice tomatoes and onions in small pieces

3. Mix in the cilantro, salt, and lime juice. Serve!

Recipe Notes

Super important to discard insides of tomatoes. This helps reduce juices and capture the texture desired.

Nutrition Facts

Easy Pico De Gallo Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 serving (about 1/2 cup))

Calories 16

% Daily Value*

Sodium 390mg 16%

Potassium 149mg 4%

Total Carbohydrates 3g 1%

Sugars 2g

Vitamin A 8.8%

Vitamin C 10.2%

Calcium 0.9%

Iron 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Don’t be afraid to serve a side of this pico and chips as an appetizer at a party, or even as a side dish for your family dinner on a busy weeknight. You can make this recipe super quick and even eat on it for days as a snack!

Recipes that serve multiple purposes are my FAVORITE!

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