Name: Easy Pico De Gallo Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
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)

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Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 6 servings (makes about 3 cups)

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.

Easy pico de gallo recipe - the cilantro and lime mixed with the tomatoes and onions are to die for! So fresh with one little trick.

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.

Easy Pico De Gallo Recipe - With using this technique, it makes an incredible fresh pico!

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.

Easy Pico De Gallo Recipe

Jessica Burgess

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!

4.50 from 4 votes

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Prep Time 20 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 6 servings (makes about 3 cups)

Calories 16 kcal

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

Slice the Roma tomatoes in half, scoop out and discard seeds.
Dice tomatoes and onions in small pieces
Mix in the cilantro, salt, and lime juice. Serve!

Notes

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

Nutrition

Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.

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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!

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Easy Pico De Gallo Recipe