This 5-Minute Blender Salsa is fresh, flavorful, and incredibly easy to make with just a handful of ingredients. Made with canned tomatoes, this salsa tastes like it came from your favorite restaurant!
This blender salsa is one of those recipes that gets made on repeat in our house. It’s a quick and easy recipe that makes restaurant-style salsa with bright, fresh flavor. All you have to do is add the ingredients to a blender and blend.
It’s also the salsa my family asks for me to make again and again. We almost always have a batch in the fridge for snacking with chips or adding to tacos, nachos, burrito bowls, or even over eggs for breakfast. Once you make it, it quickly becomes a go-to recipe that you’ll keep coming back to.
Ingredient notes and substitutions
- Red onion: Feel free to use more or less to taste.
- Garlic: I like to use 3 cloves, but you can add more or less to taste.
- Tomatoes: You’ll add the tomatoes with the juice in the can.
- Jalapeno: The jalapeno adds flavor but no spice. If you want the salsa to have some heat, you may want to add non-pickled jalapeno as well.
- Sugar: The sugar doesn’t add noticeable sweetness but helps to balance out the flavors and acidity.
How to make blender salsa
Here you’ll find instructions and step-by-step photos showing how to make this recipe. The full recipe, including ingredients, is given below.
Step 1: Add all of the ingredients to a blender or food processor.
Step 2: Process a few times until you have the desired consistency of salsa.
Ways to use this salsa
- Serve with tortilla chips for an easy snack
- Spoon over tacos or burritos
- Add to nachos or quesadillas for extra flavor
- Use in burrito bowls or rice bowls
- Stir into eggs or breakfast burritos
Storage
Store the salsa in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It will keep for up to 1 week when properly stored in the fridge.
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Easy 5-Minute Blender Salsa (Restaurant Style)
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- ¼ of a red onion
- 2-3 cloves garlic peeled
- 28 ounce can whole peeled tomatoes
- 6 ounces sliced pickled jalapeno half of a 12 ounce can
- 1 lime juiced
- ½ large bunch cilantro if it’s a small bunch, use all of the leaves
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender or food processor.¼ of a red onion, 2-3 cloves garlic, 28 ounce can whole peeled tomatoes, 6 ounces sliced pickled jalapeno, 1 lime, ½ large bunch cilantro, 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 teaspoon granulated sugar, Pinch of salt
- Process a few times until you have the desired consistency of salsa.
Notes
- Red onion: Feel free to use more or less to taste.
- Garlic: I like to use 3 cloves, but you can add more or less to taste.
- Tomatoes: You’ll add the tomatoes with the juice in the can.
- Jalapeno: The jalapeno adds flavor but no spice. If you want the salsa to have some heat, you may want to add non-pickled jalapeno as well.
- Sugar: The sugar doesn’t add noticeable sweetness but helps to balance out the flavors and acidity.
- Nutrition values are estimates.
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