Instead of buying salsa for your next shindig, I beg you to pull out a knife, a cutting board, and the few basic ingredients needed to make your own fresh, delicious Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo.
When I think of summertime these are some of the things that comes to mind_
1. Kids running through the yard and throwing themselves on a wet Slip ‘n Slide.
2. Popsicle juice dripping down little fingers gripping a wooden stick.
3. Loose fitting white dresses that keep you cool in the hot sun.
4. Munching on huge wedges of ice cold watermelon while chillin’ by the pool.
But most of all…
5. Watching the tomato vines in our garden finally blossom and be overrun with juicy heirlooms in a variety of colors and sizes. Rarely are they perfect in shape, but their flavor? Indescribably delicious.
Sure you can buy a plastic tub or jar of pico de gallo at the grocery, but there’s nothing like making it fresh. Big chunks of ripe tomatoes, bite size pieces of red onion, handfuls of chopped cilantro, and zesty lime juice all blended to create a signature flavor. You can follow “my” pico recipe below, but I highly recommend you just take the idea and make it to your taste. Spoon it over grilled chicken or fish or just go classic and scoop it up with crunchy tortilla chips.
What tastes more like summer than that?
This recipe is part of Food Network’s Summer Fest. Click the links below to view all the other fabulous recipes!
Jeanette’s Healthy Living_ Juicy Summer Heirloom Tomato Fruit Salad
Dishing: Homemade Tomato and Herbs Pasta Sauce
Taste With The Eyes_ Pomodorini e Mozzarella Ciliegine
The Sensitive Epicure_ Tiny Insalata Caprese
Weelicious: Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo
Napa Farmhouse 1885_ Slow-Roasted Tomatoes with Bruschetta
Red or Green?: Nachos with Fresh Tomatoes, Pinto Beans and Chiles
Domesticate Me_ Spaghetti with Cherry Tomato Sauce, Mozzarella and Basil
Blue Apron Blog_ Marjoram-Garlic Chicken with Jersey Tomato Panzanella
The Heritage Cook_ Caprese Salad and Caprese Pizza
Daily*Dishin: Garden Vegetable Fresh Pasta Sauce
Pinch My Salt_ 20 Tomato Recipes
Feed Me Phoebe_ Bloody Marias
Dishin & Dishes_ Pesto Rosso (Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto)
Devour: Five Fresh Tomato Salsa Recipes
FN Dish_ Tomato Recipes Worthy of a Dinner Party
Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo
Ingredients
- 2 cups heirloom tomatoes, seeded and chopped (about 4 medium tomatoes)
- 1 small red onion
- 1 chili pepper seeds removed and minced
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- limes
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl.
- Allow to sit for 30 minutes so flavors combine and serve as a dip with tortilla chips or on top of grilled chicken or fish.
[…] e Mozzarella Ciliegine The Sensitive Epicure: Tiny Insalata Caprese Weelicious: Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo Napa Farmhouse 1885: Slow-Roasted Tomatoes with Bruschetta Red or Green?: Nachos with Fresh […]
[…] e Mozzarella Ciliegine The Sensitive Epicure: Tiny Insalata Caprese Weelicious: Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo Napa Farmhouse 1885: Slow-Roasted Tomatoes with Bruschetta Red or Green?: Nachos with Fresh […]
Perfect! a suggestion… at the end add a little olive oil, yummy
This is so yum! I just made it tonight to go with your slow-cooker pulled pork tacos….also so yum. Thank you.
I want to eat pico de gallo on EVERYTHING during the summer 🙂
[…] Eyes: Pomodorini e Mozzarella Ciliegine The Sensitive Epicure: Tiny Insalata Caprese Weelicious: Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo Napa Farmhouse 1885: Slow-Roasted Tomatoes with Bruschetta Red or Green?: Nachos with Fresh […]
[…] Weelicious: Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo […]
Love that colourful click…love them with wheat tacos…happy to know you through summer fest
[…] Eyes: Pomodorini e Mozzarella Ciliegine The Sensitive Epicure: Tiny Insalata Caprese Weelicious: Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo Napa Farmhouse 1885: Slow-Roasted Tomatoes with Bruschetta Red or Green?: Nachos with Fresh […]
[…] e Mozzarella Ciliegine The Sensitive Epicure: Tiny Insalata Caprese Weelicious: Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo Napa Farmhouse 1885: Slow-Roasted Tomatoes with Bruschetta Red or Green?: Nachos with Fresh […]
[…] e Mozzarella Ciliegine The Sensitive Epicure: Tiny Insalata Caprese Weelicious: Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo Napa Farmhouse 1885: Slow-Roasted Tomatoes with Bruschetta Red or Green?: Nachos with Fresh […]
[…] Eyes: Pomodorini e Mozzarella Ciliegine The Sensitive Epicure: Tiny Insalata Caprese Weelicious: Heirloom Tomato Pico de Gallo Napa Farmhouse 1885: Slow-Roasted Tomatoes with Bruschetta Red or Green?: Nachos with Fresh […]
love the addition of the heirlooms – perfect for summer!
I love pico! I love that you used heirlooms!! I will have to try that next time! 😀
This is my absolute favorite type of salsa. Love the use of heirloom tomatoes!
I love your images of summer! Now all I need is my own garden of tomatoes to tend to!
Perfect timing – we are up to our elbows in 9 varieties of heirloom tomatos, and while I’ll can enough tomato sauce and salsa to last the year, we have plenty of tomatos to try something new!!