This is one of my most-often made recipes lately – we put salsa on EVERYTHING, and although this has a bit of bite, my boys love it as much as the grownups do!
Domestic Chicky’s Quick & Dirty Salsa
- 2 Cans Ro-tel Tomatoes, original (you can vary the heat by combining mild or hot), drained
- 1/2 onion (I used purple in the picture above), cut into chunks
- 1 handful Cilantro (mostly leaves, but a bit of stems too)
- 1t salt
- 1-2t minced garlic
- few grinds fresh black pepper
Put the onion, cilantro, salt, pepper and garlic in a food processor or blender. Pulse til finely chopped. Add tomatoes. Pulse again til desired texture is acheived (we like ours on the not-so-chunky side). Serve with tacos, fresh tortillas & butter, mix into avocados for guacamole, chips, nachos, or my personal favorite, Wheat Thins (I know, but it’s SOO good!). You can use other brands of tomatoes with chiles, but nothing beats ro-tel!
*If you have ever been to Chevy’s Restaurant (or Anchos in Riverside CA), and you love their Salsa, try this, and add a drop of mesquite liquid smoke – it will be a dead ringer!
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I love love love cilantro. So I’d add the handful and then top it with more.
Mmmm, it looks delicious…and so easy! Chevy’s is my ultimate favorite salsa stop. I have tried to mimic their salsa but never have. I will definitely be trying this out!
Sounds delicious & I love that it is so easy! I tried to make salsa from scratch once. . .what a disaster!
ooohweee lil’ doggy…thanks…daddy-o always makes salsa from scratch…but uummmm…takes tootooo long…love the fast dinner reciepe…thanks kitten cat!
Wow, that sounds easy…and good!
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Wow that looks yummy! Can’t wait to try it. So glad you’re back! I’ve missed your posts!~
This sounds almost exactly like my go to salsa. I use fresh tomatoes, cause I’m a stickler like that, and some lemon juice too. Corn if I’m feeling funky. Delish. Thanks for sharing!
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Mmmmm. I make something very close to this and it is so easy and great. I am going to try the liquid smoke thing.
Hi Chicky! Thanks for the blog comment. This salsa recipe looks delish – I’ll definitely be trying it. Your blog is super cute. Glad to “meet” you in bloggy land! =) ~Keri (Forever Folding Laundry)
Yum! That’s similar to a salsa recipe I make, but I don’t use Rotel – I just use canned whole tomatoes and add in those skinny chili peppers. I LOVE me some Rotel, though! I’m going to do it that way next time!
You always take the best pictures!
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That salsa looks soooooooo good! Yum!
It’s always interesting to see recipes similar to your own. I make mine almost the same way. I add a can of regular tomato like the person above does. I also add a little lime juice. Seeing this makes me want to make some. yum!
Great recipe, nice and simple, the way I like it. I’ve saved it for later. Thanks.
This looks amazing. I found it through stumbleupon. I’m giving it the thumbs up in my toolbar and trying it out this weekend.
Yay…you’re back!
Can’t wait to try this salsa…on my way to the grocery now as a matter of fact, ran in to get the ingredients list
I attempted homemade salsa once before and used jalepeno peppers instead of the milder peppers it called for by mistake. It was so hot we couldn’t eat it! I’m sure this will turn out much better!
This sounds YUM! I’m a chips and salsa junkie! =)
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I’m making this tonight for our TACO night from my Menu Plan Monday!!! =)
This looks super yummy! Just discovered your blog and adding it to my list.
Yum! I’ll have to try that. Thanks for the tip!
You have to love it when it is this easy. If only all things in life were this easy.