Fresh Homemade Pico De Gallo made with just a few simple ingredients for the perfect flavor boost to any healthy meal or serve as a delicious salsa with chips!

Fresh Homemade Pico De Gallo made with just a few simple ingredients for the perfect flavor boost to any healthy meal or serve as a delicious salsa with chips!

Note: This post first appeared on September 9, 2015. It has been updated with bright new photos, but is still the same delicious recipe!

Fresh pico de gallo is one of those things I literally make every week in the summer to have in our fridge. Loaded with fresh tomatoes, crisp white onion, spicy jalapeños, a good squeeze of lime juice with lots of cilantro, it’s seriously just SO dang good! Pico de gallo is a lot like salsa, except with raw chopped ingredients rather than blended like most salsas. Pico also makes a great topping for so many dishes! Tastes great on tacos, you can mix it in with your eggs, throw it in some guacamole, I mean the possibilities are endless!

My true love for pico de gallo started on our honeymoon in Mexico 6 years ago. I mean I’ve had pico before, but OH. M. GEEEEEEE. there is nothing as good as authentic Mexican pico de gallo! I legit put it on everything while we were there and have made it at home ever since that trip. While nothing tastes as good as what I get in Mexico, this recipe is a close second!

Fresh Homemade Pico De Gallo made with just a few simple ingredients for the perfect flavor boost to any healthy meal or serve as a delicious salsa with chips!

Here’s What You’ll Need

Tomatoes – I personally like to use grape tomatoes (or tomatoes on the vine) when making my pico as they chop easily without being too juicy because I can’t stand too much liquid in my pico (makes it mushy!) Roma or plum tomatoes other great options with a lot of flavor, you’ll just want to remove the inner pulp and seeds to get rid of that extra juice
White onion – you’ll want to use a sharp white onion for this, it has the best flavor with all these ingredients
Jalapeño – for a kick of spice!
Cilantro – remove the stems and chop up the leaves, cilantro (in my opinion) is a MUST in this recipe!
Lime juice – you’ll need the juice of 1 lime and definitely make sure to use fresh lime juice, not the bottled stuff at that can taste bitter
Salt – feel free to season, taste, and then season again, if needed – don’t be afraid of salt!

Classic pico de gallo uses equal amounts of tomato and white onion, chopped jalapeño for a little spice, along with cilantro, lime juice and salt for those delicious boosts of flavor!

How to Make Pico De Gallo

This is seriously SO easy to make. Simple chop all the ingredients and mix everything together in a bowl, that’s it! Taste and season with additional salt or extra lime, as needed. You could also add in some lime zest for a little zip in flavor! After making this, I like to let the pico sit for about 20 or 30 minutes just to let all those flavors marinate before serving, but if you can’t wait that’s okay too. Believe me, I get it. This pico will last in the fridge for up to 3 days in a sealed, airtight container.

Fresh Homemade Pico De Gallo made with just a few simple ingredients for the perfect flavor boost to any healthy meal or serve as a delicious salsa with chips!

How to Serve Pico De Gallo

Use as a dip with chips or toasted bread
Top chicken, fish, or steak
Spoon it on tacos, fajitas or burrito bowls
Serve on omelettes or fried eggs (SO good with eggs!)
Mix it in guacamole for more texture and flavor
Don’t forget the margarita! 😉

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