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Easy Red Salsa
This easy red salsa recipe shows you how to make a fresh, flavorful salsa using ripe tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and lime juice that’s perfect for chips, tacos, or grilled dishes. You’ll learn simple steps for chopping and mixing the ingredients so you get bold, balanced flavor with minimal prep time. Follow this guide for a quick homemade salsa everyone will love.
This salsa is my favorite to enjoy with Mexican-themed foods. It is also vegan and gluten-free. It has the right amount of spice with the right amount of fresh flavors. With the hemp and chia addition, it goes from fabulous to super-fabby!
Easy Red Salsa Ingredients:
- 1-28-oz can diced tomatoes, no added salt
- 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons hemp seeds
- 2 tablespoons chia
- 3 teaspoons lime juice
- ½ teaspoon rock salt
- ⅓ cup canned green chilies (1-4.5oz can), chopped (or add a few squirts of hot sauce of choice to heat you like)
- ⅓ cup fresh packed cilantro
- ⅓ cup green onions, washed and chopped
Easy Red Salsa Directions:
- Reserving the juice, strain tomatoes and place in a medium bowl.
- Place the tomato juice from the can in a food processor. Add in the garlic, hemp seeds, lime juice, chia, and salt. Blend on high for about 40 seconds until blended.
- Wash and coarsely chop cilantro, and add this together with chilies and green onion to the diced tomato bowl.
- Add a ½ cup of the diced tomato mixture to the hemp/chia mix in the processor and blend on low for 5 seconds. Add in the blended hemp/chia mix to the remaining diced tomato mixture.
- Pour mixture into serving bowl and refrigerate for 20 minutes. If you want it thicker, add ½ tablespoon of whole seed chia and leave to thicken for another 20 minutes. Will keep in the fridge for 3 days. May be frozen.
- Makes about 3 cups.
- Note: If you are running out of time, simply buy a 16 oz jar of premade salsa, pour half into a food processor, and add the same amount as above of lime juice, hemp seeds, chia, and cilantro; pulse 5-7 times, and add back into the remaining salsa. It’s a fast, super simple salsa version.
Team this recipe up with our Vegan Hemp Seed Sour Cream as a condiment for any Mexican entrée. Who knew sour cream and salsa could be superfood snacks?!
ENJOY.
What is the difference between red salsa and salsa roja?
Red salsa and salsa roja are essentially the same thing. “Salsa roja” is simply the Spanish term for red salsa, which is typically made with tomatoes, onions, chili peppers, garlic, cilantro, and lime juice.
Can I make red salsa without cooking it?
Yes, you can make fresh red salsa without cooking by finely chopping or blending raw tomatoes, onions, peppers, cilantro, and lime juice. This creates a bright, fresh flavor compared to roasted or cooked versions.
How long does homemade red salsa last in the fridge?
Homemade red salsa typically lasts about 3 to 5 days when stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. For best flavor and freshness, consume it within the first few days.
- By Ann Barnes
