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Pico de Gallo

Pico de Gallo
19 min · 7 min 30s active · makes ~715 g · Easy

Fresh pico de gallo with charred jalapeños, lime juice, and cilantro. Raw tomato salsa ready to serve four.

Ingredients
0/7 gathered · 4 servings
4piece
1piece
2piece
1clove
15g
2piece
1tsp
Tools
8 items
Serveware
1 item
Procedure
21 steps
1 of 21

Halve each tomato through the equator.

Plum tomatoes · 4 piece
⏱ 30s
ResultHalved plum tomatoes
2 of 21

Use a small spoon or your fingers to scrape out and discard the seeds and watery pulp from each tomato half.

⏱ 30s
ResultDeseeded plum tomatoes
3 of 21

Cut the deseeded tomato halves into small, even dice, roughly 5 mm across.

⏱ 1 min
ResultFinely diced tomatoes
4 of 21

Tip the diced tomato into a large bowl.

⏱ 5s
ResultFinely diced tomatoes
5 of 21

Slice off the top and root of the onion and pull away the papery outer skin.

White onion · 1 piece
⏱ 20s
ResultPeeled onion
6 of 21

Halve the peeled onion through the root, then finely chop both halves into small pieces.

⏱ 1 min
ResultFinely chopped white onion
7 of 21

Add the finely chopped onion to the bowl with the tomato.

⏱ 5s
ResultFinely diced tomatoes and finely chopped white onion
8 of 21

Halve the jalapeños lengthways.

Jalapeño chilli · 2 piece
⏱ 15s
ResultHalved jalapeño
9 of 21

Scrape out the seeds and white membrane from each jalapeño half and discard them.

⏱ 20s
ResultDeseeded jalapeño
10 of 21

Finely chop the deseeded jalapeño halves into tiny pieces.

⏱ 40s
ResultFinely chopped jalapeño
11 of 21

Add the finely chopped jalapeño to the bowl.

⏱ 5s
ResultFinely diced tomatoes and finely chopped white onion and finely chopped jalapeño
12 of 21

Crush the garlic clove with the flat of the knife to loosen the skin, then pull it away.

Garlic · 1 clove
⏱ 15s
ResultPeeled garlic clove
13 of 21

Mince the peeled garlic clove as finely as you can, rocking the knife over it repeatedly until it is almost a paste.

⏱ 30s
ResultMinced garlic
14 of 21

Scrape the minced garlic into the bowl.

⏱ 5s
ResultFinely diced tomato mixture
15 of 21

Gather the coriander leaves and roughly chop them.

Coriander leaves · 15 g
⏱ 30s
ResultRoughly chopped coriander
16 of 21

Add the chopped coriander to the bowl.

⏱ 5s
ResultFinely diced tomato mixture
17 of 21

Halve the limes and squeeze their juice through the juicer into a small bowl, discarding any pips.

Lime · 2 piece
⏱ 30s
ResultFresh lime juice
18 of 21

Pour the lime juice over the ingredients in the large bowl.

⏱ 5s
ResultFinely diced tomato mixture
19 of 21

Sprinkle the salt evenly over the bowl.

Salt · 1 tsp
⏱ 10s
ResultFinely diced tomato mixture
20 of 21

Stir everything together gently but thoroughly so the salt and lime juice coat all the ingredients evenly.

⏱ 20s
ResultTossed pico de gallo
21 of 21

Leave the salsa to stand at room temperature for 10 minutes so the tomatoes release their juices and the flavours come together.

⏱ 10 min
ResultRested pico de gallo
Total Time19 min
Serving
  1. Spoon the pico de gallo into a serving bowl and bring it to the table straight away.
Nutrition
per serving
Estimated · pre-cooking · 86% ingredients covered
NutrientPer serving
54kcal
1g
0.6g
10g
6g
3g
585mg
Ingredients0/7
Tools0/8