Better than Restaurant Pico de Gallo

Whenever I go to a Mexican restaurant, I always load whatever I’m eating with pico de gallo. Did you know pico de gallo is healthy? And did you know it’s extremely easy to make? I know that now and my life is much better because of it.

Here are my top five favorite uses for pico de gallo:

1.  Rather than spending a lot of time making a salsa or buying one full of preservatives, make a batch of pico de gallo and use this in place of salsa for tortilla chips.
2. Use it on top of enchiladas, tacos, quesadillas or nachos to make them taste extra fresh and yummy.
3. Top a salad with pico de gallo instead of dressing. Eating healthy means a lot of salads, so this helps to change things up a bit
4. Grill a chicken breast and top it with pico de gallo. If you’re like me and make a big batch for the week, this makes dinner extremely easy.
5. Stir pico de gallo into some brown rice for an easy side dish.

Now I’m sure you’re curious how to make it, so here we go. Pico de gallo has only 4-5 ingredients, plus salt and pepper to taste. I say 4-5 because the jalapeno is optional. I opt out because I have kids who aren’t fans of spicy food and I’m a spice wuss. At least I’m confident enough to admit it.

Start by chopping equal parts roma tomato, red onion and cilantro. Make the pieces as large or small as you like, but try to make them uniform. If you’re adding a jalapeno, remove the seeds and finely chop it. Stir this all together and squeeze in the juice of two limes. Now add salt and pepper to taste. That’s it!

This is easy and versatile enough to whip up every week. And this is one of those fabulous recipes that gets better as it sits. Since I love the stuff so much, I’d love to know your favorite uses for pico de gallo.

Pico De Gallo

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This extremely versitile, Mexican-style dip is even healthy!

Servings	Prep Time
4	5 minutes

Servings Prep Time 4 5 minutes

Pico De Gallo Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Print Recipe This extremely versitile, Mexican-style dip is even healthy! Servings Prep Time 4 5 minutes Servings Prep Time 4 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 Red Onion
• 3 Roma Tomatoes
• 1 Bunch Cilantro
• 1 Jalapeno Pepper (optional)
• 2 Limes (juiced)
• Salt and Pepper to taste

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Units:MetricUS Imperial

Instructions

1. Uniformly chop the onion, tomatoes and cilantro and add to a medium-sized bowl.
2. Remove the jalapeno seeds and finely chop the jalapeno. Add this to the medium bowl with the other veggies.
3. Juice two limes and add the juice to the veggies.
4. Combine and add salt and pepper to taste.
5. Store this in the fridge for up to a week.

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