I can’t be alone when it comes to my unconditional love for mangos. I buy a
Mango’s are by far my favorite fruit. I’m obsessed with it in all forms – frozen, fresh, and in my favorite side, this easy mango salsa! This recipe is a fresh and tropical twist to the traditional tomato salsa & I promise you’ll love it!
Every time I visit my parents, they buy all the ingredients and guilt me into making it. But they don’t have to push too hard — I’m always willing to whip it up since it’s delicious and pairs nicely with a variety of main dishes.
We typically make this mango salsa with fish or shrimp tacos, but it would be BOMB on a bed of greens with chicken or salmon for a
How to cut a mango for mango salsa:
I’ll let you in on a little secret, AKA how to peel a mango perfectly.
Start off by cutting straight through the right and left of the middle seed, leaving you with two halves, plus the middle. I tend to cut or rip the skin off the outside of the seed piece and cut off as much fruit as I can.
For the halves, carefully cut lines vertically, then horizontally, creating a checked pattern without piercing the skin. You want to glide the knife against the skin without pushing through it.
Then push on the middle of the halves from the skin side, inverting the fruit. At this point, you can take your knife and cut pieces off the skin or use your thumb to slide the pieces off, depending on the tenderness of the fruit.
For this recipe, you’ll want to cut the mango pieces into small bites, much like the tomato pieces you’d see in traditional salsa. Think pico de gallo chunks.
And there you go, you have yourself the perfect chopped mango! Now onto the salsa recipe…
Simple Homemade Mango Salsa
Ingredients
- 3 mangos
- 4 jalapenos
- 1/2 red onion
- 1/2 bunch of cilantro
- 1 lime, juiced
- garlic pepper, salt, pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine chopped mangos, jalapeños and onion in large bowl
- Strip cilantro from stems and finely chop, then add to large bowl
- Add in the juice from 1 lime, and mix in garlic pepper, salt and other desired seasoning
- Stir well