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 Pico de Gallo | Status Approved | | Name |  Pico de Gallo | | Category | Condiments, Sauces & Marinades | | Serves/Yields | 4 | | Difficulty | Easy | | Prep. Time | 10 min | | Introduction | | Pico de gallo (from Spanish, literally rooster's beak), is known in the United States as a fresh condiment made from chopped tomato, onion, and chiles (typically serranos or jalapeños). Other ingredients may also be added to the salsa, such as lime juice (lemon in Mexico), cilantro (coriander leaves), avocado, cucumber, and radish. In Mexico, pico de gallo is actually a fruit salad tossed in lime juice and sprinkled with a salty chile powder, while fresh salsa is better known as salsa mexicana because the colors red (tomato), white (onion), and green (chile) are the colors of the Mexican flag.
Pico de gallo can be used in much the same way as other Mexican salsas or Indian chutneys, but since it is less liquid, it can also be used as a main ingredient in dishes such as tacos and fajitas. | | Ingredients | | 4 ripe plum tomatoes , seeded, finely chopped (about 1 pound)
1 small white onion , finely chopped
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
4 fresh jalapeños, seeded, finely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
salt to taste | | Directions | | Step: 1 | Mix tomatoes, onion, cilantro, jalapenos and lime juice. Add salt to taste. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, and serve the same day made. Makes 2 to 2-1/2 cups. |
Time submitted: Monday, July 03. 2006 at 16:42:55 Contributed By: guido
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