Just make it at home!

Or go super healthy and serve it with crudites!

Salsa recipe restaurant style

Youve seen the jars sold alongside corn chips at the grocery store.

Salsa recipe for restaurant style salsa. Salsa in a ceramic bowl with corn chips.

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Youve devoured inordinate amounts of it at your favourite Mexican restaurant.

And now its time to make it at home.

Its healthier, its cheaper and it tastes SO GOOD!

Close up of ceramic bowl with salsa with corn chips

Flavour, flavour, flavour homemade salsa has flavouryou simply cannot buy in a jar!

What goes in salsa

Here are the ingredients in my salsa recipe.

Thekey things that add great flavour to salsaare cumin, cilantro/coriander, garlic, onion and jalapeno.

Ingredients in salsa

Canned green chiles are a popular Tex-Mex ingredient in America thats not (yet) available here in Australia.

I bring back dozens every time I visit the US, thats how much I love it!

Using crushed canned tomato in this recipe isnt just about convenience.

How to make salsa - restaurant style

If youre keen to make a recipe using fresh tomatoes, trythis onefrom Jo Cooks.

I made it over Christmas and it is terrific!

Once youve gathered your ingredients, its as simple asplonk and blitz.

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Make it as chunky or smooth as you like.

Also, the chunkier the salsa, the more it separates when sitting around.

So itholds up better the smoother it is.

Close up of corn chip scooping up homemade salsa (Salsa recipe - restaurant style)

Its one of those foods I call incidentally healthy.

Meaning its not a stripped back diet version of the way its supposed to be.

Think of all the guilt free snacking possibilities!

Close up of corn chip scooping up homemade salsa (Salsa recipe - restaurant style)

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(Just ignore all the photos of the corn chips all over this post.

Think carrot sticks. )

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