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Easy Homemade Blender Salsa Recipe

Kathleen

by Kathleen Pope Mar 19, 2024

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This Easy Homemade Blender Salsa recipe is quick and easy and comes together in minutes! A restaurant style salsa that is fresh, flavorful and healthy. Made with fire roasted tomatoes it’s so much better than store-bought salsa! It’s fast and easy to make in your blender or food processor! 

Why haven’t I made this stupid easy blender salsa sooner? Within a few minutes I had not one, but four jars of salsa and the ingredients cost less than my store bought. Plus it’s so fresh! And it’s the perfect, healthy, quick after-school snack!

If you love Mexican recipes, try my authentic Cheesy Enchiladas, or this Chipotle Copycat Chicken or this creamy Poblano Soup.

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I am not a fan of jarred salsa, because they are usually sweeter than I like and the texture seems almost slimy.

My sweet friend, Kimberly has made her own homemade salsa for years and it’s always SO delicious! She has given me permission to share it with you — you can thank me (and by extension her) later.

I’ve bought the same refrigerated fresh salsa for years, but it’s $5 a container, sometimes I amaze myself at how resistant I can be to change.

WHY BLEND THE SALSA?

Blending the salsa is a matter of preference; blender salsa or molcajete (the original Mexican blender) salsa grinds up the vegetables, herbs and spices small. In my opinion I love a good blended salsa as you can get a large amount onto your chips! But then again, I love a good chunky pico de gallo salsa as well. So many choices!

INGREDIENTS FOR EASY HOMEMADE BLENDER SALSA

  • 14 oz can Organic Diced Roasted Tomatoes
  • 10 oz can Original Rotel
  • 10 oz can Mild Rotel
  • ยฝ small red onion, rough chopped
  • 1 – 3 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
  • 1 jalapeno, washed & chopped (seeded for mild, leave seeds for spicy)
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • ยฝ teaspoon salt
  • ยฝ teaspoon ground pepper
  • 1 medium lime, juiced
  • fresh cilantro, small to medium handful, washed and chopped 

MAKING HOMEMADE BLENDER SALSA

Simply pour all of your ingredients into a blender or if you have one and want to be a bit more authentic and rustic, try blending in a molcajete (mortar and pestle); however you’ll have to do it in batches. 

Pulse a few times until chunkier ingredients are chopped small. Pour into jars and store in fridge! 

SHELF LIFE OF BLENDER SALSA

Easily “mock” can the blender salsa but pouring it into jars and storing in the refrigerator for up to about 1 week.

This is a great article on how long salsas will last. Not that it will last that long, we went through 3 jars in just 2 days! It made a total of four 13 oz jars of salsa.

I save my Bonne Mamon preserves jars, they are so cute with their red and white checked tops.

They are just large enough and have a nice wide mouth for dipping, storing or pouring. Plus you can easily dress them up for a cute hostess gift!

CAN I USE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOMATOES?

Absolutely you can use different tomatoes. Kimberly’s original recipe calls for regular diced tomatoes, I had roasted diced tomatoes in my pantry, so that is what I used.

Try roasted, regular, no salt…whatever you’d like. 

Easy Blender Salsa

Now, her original recipe called for 1 can of Rotel, but somehow I thought she meant two cans (can you say, squirrel — haha), however since I don’t like my salsa spicy, it worked out great and gave a bit more volume!

So you see, play with your recipes, add what you like to make it taste delicious to YOU! That’s the beauty of cooking!

Speaking of Rotel tomatoes, I used one original and one mild, change that up too!

HOW DO I MAKE THE SALSA SPICIER?

Well, the easiest way is keeping the seeds in your jalapeno! That is what brings the heat.

Simply, wash, slice off the top and rough chop your whole jalapeno seeds and all! By now, you know I’m a SPICY HOT WIMP! So you know I carefully scraped out every last seed! LOL! 

Kimberly suggested using Rotel with Chipotle peppers as a change up — spicier but delicious! I’ll have to give it a try, for my family that is, because I can guarantee it’ll be too hot for me! 

ORGANIC HOMEMADE BLENDER SALSA

As much as I can, within reason, I try and use organic canned goods. In this instance I went with the cans of Rotel, but I thought through how you can do a bit of a swap up.

Instead of using Rotel, try using 3 cans of diced tomatoes (14 oz ea) plus 3 cans (4 oz ea) of organic diced green chilies (mild or a mixture of hot and mild) plus about ยฝ teaspoon each of onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, cumin and a little extra salt. 

What are you waiting for? Grab the ingredients and some delicious organic tortilla chips and whip up some of this Easy Homemade Blender Salsa, you won’t be sorry! 

You may want to make yourself one of my famous, secret ingredient, by-the-pitcher margaritas to go along with your salsa!

OTHER WAYS TO USE BLENDER SALSA

  1. Add salsa to shredded chicken, beef or pork for a delicious Mexican flavored meat. 
  2. Pour over chicken breasts or thighs and bake. Or pour over baked or grilled chicken. 
  3. Serve alongside my Creamy Queso Dip!
  4. Make this gorgeous super simple guacamole!

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Blender salsa in a bowl, with a tortilla chip dipped in.

Easy Homemade Blender Salsa

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Author: Kathleen Pope
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 52 oz
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This Easy Homemade Blender Salsa recipe is quick and easy and comes together in minutes! A restaurant style salsa that is fresh, flavorful and healthy.

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Equipment

  • Granite Mortar and Pestle by HiCoup – Natural Unpolished, Non Porous, Dishwasher Safe Mortar and Pestle Set, 6 Inch Large
  • Ninja Professional Countertop Blender with 1100-Watt Base, 72oz Total Crushing Pitcher 

Ingredients 
US Customary – Metric

  • 14 oz Organic Diced Fire Roasted Tomatoes or regular diced tomatoes
  • 10 oz Original Rotel
  • 10 oz Mild Rotel
  • ยฝ small red onion rough chopped
  • 1 – 3 cloves garlic peeled and smashed
  • 1 jalapeno washed & chopped (seeded for mild, leave seeds for spicy)
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • ยฝ teaspoon sea salt
  • ยฝ teaspoon ground pepper
  • 1 medium lime juiced
  • cilantro small to medium handful of fresh cilantro, washed and chopped
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Instructions

  • Simply pour all of your ingredients into a blender and pulse a few times until chunkier ingredients are chopped small. Pour into jars and store in fridge! 
  • Or if you have one and want to be a bit more authentic and rustic, try making it in a molcajete (mortar and pestle); however you’ll have to do it in batches. 
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HOW LONG WILL BLENDER SALSA LAST
Easily "mock" can the blender salsa but pouring it into jars and storing in the refrigerator for up to about 1 week. This is a great article on how long salsas will last. Not that it will last that long, we went through 3 jars in just 2 days! It made a total of four 13 oz jars of salsa.
CAN I USE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOMATOES?
Absolutely you can use different tomatoes. Try fire roasted, regular, no salt…whatever you'd like.  I used one can of original and one mild Rotel tomatoes, change that up too!

HOW DO I MAKE THE SALSA SPICIER?

Well, the easiest way is keeping the seeds in your jalapeno! That is what brings the heat. Simply, wash, slice off the top and rough chop your whole jalapeno seeds and all! Try Rotel with Chipotle peppers, more of a kick!

ORGANIC HOMEMADE BLENDER SALSA

Instead of using Rotel, try using 3 cans of diced tomatoes (14 oz ea) plus 3 cans (4 oz ea) of organic diced green chilies (mild or a mixture of hot and mild) plus about ยฝ teaspoon each of onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, cumin and a little extra salt. 

MORE WAYS TO USE BLENDER SALSA

  1. Add salsa to shredded chicken, beef or pork for a delicious Mexican flavored meat. 
  2. Mix a few spoonfuls into homemade or store bought guacamole for extra flavor, texture and spice.
  3. Pour over chicken breasts or thighs and bake. Or pour over baked or grilled chicken fresh. 
  4. Serve alongside my Creamy Queso Dip! See post for more delicious Mexican recipes!

Nutrition

Serving: 4oz | Calories: 5kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.03g | Saturated Fat: 0.003g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 35mg | Potassium: 25mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 47IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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  1. Bonnie Strickland

    Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    5 stars
    We loved it with chips, but it gives chili beans the extra flavor of tomatoes and cilantro. I shared it with my daughter and she said it was the best homemade salsa she’s ever eaten. Because it makes so much, I put in small containers to freeze. Definitely a keeper.

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    • KathleenKathleen Pope

      Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 3:11 pm

      I love hearing this Bonnie, we go through it so quickly we never have frozen it, thanks for letting me know it worked out well! Thank you so much for your kind words!

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  2. Lynn Spencer

    Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 5:44 am

    This is my favorite kind of salsa…much prefer it over the chunkier kind. Thanks

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    • KathleenKathleen

      Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 4:47 pm

      Me too Lynn!!

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      • Bonnie Strickland

        Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 9:16 pm

        5 stars
        This is a keeper. I decided to have shrimp fajitas and chilie fritters for supper tonight. Avocados were bad and I didnโ€™t have any salsa. I did a search and found this recipe. I always have rotel, canned tomatoes and all the other ingredients, so I made a half recipe. I was great. So after supper I used the remainder of the ingredients for this coming weekend. I did not add the jalapeรฑo as I know either the mild or original Rotel is a little hot for my taste. Very satisfied.

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        • KathleenKathleen Pope

          Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:59 am

          Love to hear that Bonnie, so glad that you loved it. We love it too!

          Reply
  3. Julie @ Back To My Southern Roots

    Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 12:35 pm

    Looks delicious! This would be eaten up super fast around here.

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