Name: Pico de gallo
Prep time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 3 plum tomatoes, finely chopped; ½ onion, finely chopped; 1 fresh jalapeño, finely chopped; 10 sprigs fresh coriander, finely chopped; ½ lime, juice only; ½ tsp sea salt flakes; tortilla chips, to serve

Prepare: less than 30 mins
Cook: no cooking required
Serve: Serves 4
Dietary: Egg-free Vegan Vegetarian

This fresh tomato salsa – known as pico de gallo in Mexico – is delicious as a side dish, a topping for tacos, or a dip to serve with tortilla chips. There are different versions, but when made with red tomatoes, white onion, coriander and green chilli, it is sometimes called ‘salsa mexicana’ or ‘salsa bandera’, because it has the colours of the Mexican flag.

By Karla Zazueta

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Ingredients

3 plum tomatoes, finely chopped
½ onion, finely chopped
1 fresh jalapeño, finely chopped
10 sprigs fresh coriander, finely chopped
½ lime, juice only
½ tsp sea salt flakes
tortilla chips, to serve

Method

Put the tomatoes, onion, jalapeño and coriander in a bowl and mix well. Add the lime juice and salt and mix again.
Chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.
Serve with tortilla chips.

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