Description
Quick Mexican-inspired zesty salsa featuring creamy avocado and tangy lime highlights summer’s freshest ingredients. Colorful chopped produce provides bright flavors you’ll crave at backyard gatherings and festive meals.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 avocado, diced
- 1 cup (170 g / 6 oz) mango, diced
- 1 cup (150 g / 5.3 oz) strawberries, diced
- 1 jalapeño, seeded and diced
- 2 tbsps (30 ml / 1 fl oz) red onion, finely diced
- 2–3 tbsps (10–15 g / 0.35–0.53 oz) cilantro, diced
- ¼ tsp (1.5 g / 0.05 oz) salt, plus more to taste
- Juice of 1 small lime
- Multigrain pita chips for dipping
Instructions
- Preparation: Craft a uniform dice of strawberries, mangoes, avocados, and jalapeños into precise 1/4-inch cubes, ensuring consistent texture and visual appeal.
- Chopping: Delicately mince red onion and cilantro leaves into fine, even pieces to distribute robust flavors throughout the salsa.
- Combining: Gently transfer the diced fruits, vegetables, and herbs into a medium mixing bowl, creating a vibrant, multicolored composition.
- Seasoning: Liberally drizzle fresh lime juice over the mixture, infusing the salsa with bright, tangy undertones and enhancing the natural fruit flavors.
- Mixing: Sprinkle kosher salt judiciously, then tenderly fold ingredients using a soft spatula to preserve the delicate produce’s integrity and prevent bruising.
- Harmonizing: Allow the salsa to rest for 10 minutes, permitting ingredients to meld and develop a sophisticated, balanced flavor profile.
- Finishing: Garnish with additional cilantro leaves, adding a fresh, aromatic dimension and visual vibrancy to the final presentation.
- Serving: Pair the tropical salsa with multigrain pita chips, or elevate grilled salmon, fish tacos, and cooked shrimp with this zesty, refreshing topping.
Notes
- Precision Matters: Uniform 1/4-inch dicing ensures consistent texture and allows each ingredient to shine equally in every bite.
- Freshness is Key: Use ripe, peak-season fruits for maximum flavor intensity and natural sweetness that elevates the entire salsa.
- Marination Magic: Letting the salsa rest for 5-10 minutes allows ingredients to meld, creating a more complex and harmonious taste profile.
- Versatile Serving: This salsa transforms from a simple appetizer to a vibrant accompaniment for grilled proteins, adding brightness and zest to multiple dishes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 102
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 70 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg