Homemade Pico De Gallo Quick and Easy Recipe

The perfect homemade pico de gallo recipe! It’s quick and easy to make and has so many purposes, you can make it to snack on and also use it to top your favorite tacos or enchiladas. Made with fresh roma tomatoes, jalapeños, onion, cilantro, onion and citrus.

Homemade Pico de Gallo

With temps reaching in the high 110’s here in Phoenix lately I’ve been making a lot of weekend pool snacks.  

For a pool party with friends or a relaxed Sunday with my family my favorite go-to recipe is my homemade pico de gallo.  I’ve been making this same recipe for years!  It’s fool proof.

My daughter loves this pico de gallo, all the bold flavors are right up her alley.  You won’t be disappointed in this recipe and your family and friends will be begging you for more as they scrape the bottom of the bowl with tortilla chips in total food bliss.

It’s a total crowd pleaser!

What’s Pico De Gallo?

Pico de gallo is a type of salsa commonly used in southwest and Mexican cuisine cooking.

You’ll leave it chunky, so it’s in a rough chopped state vs blended together.

Cool and refreshing, with pops of heat from the jalapeño, savory from the salt, and the perfect tartness from two types of citrus used.  

The great thing about this pico de gallo is how versatile it is.  So, it’s the perfect healthy topping for these chicken street tacos with chipotle aioli.  After a couple days of sitting in your fridge you can pulse it up to make a smoother restaurant style salsa.  

Ingredients for Pico De Gallo

For an easy pico de gallo recipe, the ingredients are pretty basic! You’ll want to make sure it’s seasoned just right though, that means it needs salt to boost the flavor.

Here are all the ingredients that are in this pico de gallo.

• Roma Tomatoes – I always use these because they are one of the least juicy tomatoes, less liquid is better in pico de gallo
• Jalapeños – Adds a nice kick of spice
• Lemon Juice
• Lime Juice
• Cilantro – Don’t go stingy on the cilantro
• Red Onion
• Salt

Pico De Gallo vs Salsa

One of the biggest differences between pico de gallo is the form it takes.

Pico de gallo is prepared by chopping everything up, and leaving it just like that. It also has very little liquid in it. Whereas salsa is pulsed through a blender or food processor to have a thinner liquid consistency.

Their ingredients remain the same.

More often pico de gallo is used as a filler, like in tacos and enchiladas as one of the main components where salsa is more practically a dip with chips.

Although, I prefer pico de gallo for chips than salsa! What about you? Are you team pico de gallo or team salsa?

Wondering what you can serve this with? Try serving it at a party paired with these Frozen Strawberry Margaritas (plus there is a how to video)! And if you are looking for something to pair it with for dinner then I suggest chicken street tacos or skillet chicken cream cheese enchiladas.

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