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The World’s Best Pico de Gallo

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World's Best Pico de Gallo

It is hard for our family to ever get its fill of fresh Pico de Gallo. So we all work as a team to chop up a huge batch every week or so.

Our daughter Rebekah started this tradition several years ago. Dad brags to everybody she makes the “world’s best pico de gallo” — and the title stuck.

No single serving sizes for us! We make several quarts at a time, often doubling (or – if company’s coming – tripling) the recipe below.

World's Best Pico de Gallo

Even then, it seldom lasts us more than 48 hours. Store-bought Pico just can’t compare to the taste and texture of the stuff the kids and I mix up in our own kitchen. This is especially true during the summer months, when we incorporate ingredients grown in our own garden.

Ingredients:

  • 8-15 Roma tomatoes
  • 1-2 red onions (or yellow if you’re out of red :-))
  • 4-6 jalapeños
  • 2 bunches cilantro
  • 4-5 garlic cloves (optional)
  • juice from 8-12 limes
  • salt (to taste)

Pico de Gallo

Directions:

  1. Dice the tomatoes very small. Roma tomatoes give the best consistency and flavor, in my opinion, though we’ve tried other varieties with less favorable results. We don’t bother seeding the Roma tomatoes, but would definitely seed any other kind.

    dicing tomatoes

    Yummy Pico de Gallo

  2. Dice jalapeños finely, as well. Unless you like super-hot salsa, you’ll want to halve, seed, and rinse your peppers before chopping. Also, be sure to wash your hands thoroughly with soap after this step, to avoid getting oil from peppers into your eyes when later you wipe away tears from cutting onions. (Experience talking – you don’t want jalapeño juice anywhere near your eyes!)

    seeding jalepenos

    Our favorite Pico de Gallo recipe

  3. Next, dice the onions. My daughter uses red onions in her pico, but it tastes yummy with sweet noonday onions, too. I use whatever kind I have on hand. Put diced onions in a large bowl with the diced tomatoes and jalapeños.

    dicing onions
  4. Rinse and chop your cilantro finely. Add to other ingredients.

    chopping cilantro
  5. Stir in minced garlic, if desired (I love garlic, but my daughter likes to leave it out). Add the juice from your limes, as well, plus a little salt to intensify the taste. I seldom measure this step. Instead, I just give my salt shaker a few shakes, stir it in, then follow up with a taste test. Then repeat this step until I’m satisfied with the taste (and have had a head start on the Pico).

    World's Best Pico de Gallo

    World's Best Pico de Gallo

Ideas for using up the World’s Best Pico de Gallo:

  • Grab a spoon and eat it straight. It’s that good!
  • Scoop it up with restaurant style tortilla chips.
  • Warm some up with a jar of Cheese Whiz for some spicy queso.
  • Add a few spoonsful to fresh, chopped avocado for quick and easy guacamole.
  • Use it together with some grated cheddar as an omelet filler (or topper).
  • Pair with soft corn tortillas and pulled pork for some yummy street tacos.
  • Mix 2 cups of Pico with a can of black beans (rinsed and drained) and a can of shoe peg corn (also drained) for a savory side salad.
  • Spoon onto a baked potato with a dollop of sour cream.

World's Best Pico de Gallo

World's Best Pico de Gallo

World's Best Pico de Gallo

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  1. Amy says

    September 10, 2019 at 1:53 pm

    I love that you posted a recipe, how fun! And this one looks suuuuuper yummy-thank you?. Keep up the recipes!

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    • Jennifer Flanders says

      September 10, 2019 at 7:19 pm

      Thanks for the encouragement, Amy. I’ve tried to put most of our family favorites on the blog, so my adult children can access them easily once they leave home. Hope you like this one as much as we do!

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