This homemade Mexican Restaurant Style Salsa recipe is made with canned tomatoes, garlic, onion, and seasoning. It’s bursting with  flavor, has a wee bit of heat,  and comes together in  about 5 minutes! 

A food processor filled with restaurant style salsa. Cherry tomatoes and jalapeno pepper sit next to the processor.

This easy salsa recipe is my go to recipe whether I’m serving it up with chips or as a side with tacos, burritos or quesadillas.  It’s quick and easy to make and it tastes so authentic you won’t be reaching for the jarred salsas again.

A gray platter filled with tortilla chips. A white bowl filled with red sauce sits next to the chips.

The recipe for this homemade restaurant style salsa is a versatile one.  Add as much or as little heat as you like.  I like mine a little garlicky, so I add two cloves of garlic.  If you aren’t a fan of garlic, then go with a single clove.  If you prefer a chunkier salsa, just don’t blend as much.  And as far as heat goes, add as little or as much jalapeño as you can handle.   

Restaurant Style Salsa Recipe 

Salsa recipes don’t get much easier than this one.  

  • Diced tomatoes 
  • Fire roasted tomatoes  
  • Canned Rotel Original
  • Garlic
  • Onion
  • Jalapeño
  • Fresh cilantro leaves
  • Onion powder
  • Cumin powder
  • Lime
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Find printable recipe with the measurements below.

How to Make Restaurant Style Salsa

  • Add of the ingredients in a food processor or blender and blend to desired consistency

A gray platter filled with tortilla chips and a white bowl of restaurant style salsa.

Mexican food is a favorite of mine. You too!?  I love going to a Mexican restaurant and diving into their chips and salsa before the meal comes!  Once you learn how to make restaurant style salsa at home, you won’t need to go out to your local Mexican restaurant for a fix.  You can easily whip up a batch of this Restaurant Style Salsa at home on a whim.

A gray plate filled with tortilla chips. A white bowl filled with homemade restaurant style salsa.

This Restaurant Style Salsa is always popular and is great with tortilla chips or serve it with your favorite Mexican dish (tacos, burritos, quesadillas, etc).  I especially love it with omelets and scrambled eggs!

More Homemade Salsa Recipes

A food processor filled with restaurant style salsa.
Yield: 8 servings

Restaurant Style Salsa

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

This homemade Restaurant Style Salsa recipe is made with canned tomatoes, garlic, onion, and seasoning. It's bursting with  flavor, has a wee bit of heat,  and comes together in  about 5 minutes! 

Ingredients

  • 1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes (I use Muir Glen Organic No Salted Added)
  • 1 14.5-ounce can fire roasted tomatoes (I use Muir Glen Organic)
  • 1 10-ounce can Rotel Original
  • 2 small cloves garlic
  • 1 small onion, roughly chopped
  • 1 jalapeño, seeded and roughly chopped (leave the seeds in if you want more heat)
  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 1 teaspoon coconut sugar or honey
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • Tortilla chips for serving

Instructions

  1. In a food processor, add the canned tomatoes, garlic, onion, jalapeño, cilantro, onion powder, cumin, lime juice, coconut sugar, salt and pepper, to taste.
  2.  Pulse to blend until smooth.
  3. Serve with tortilla chips.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 36Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 166mgCarbohydrates: 8gFiber: 2gSugar: 6gProtein: 1g

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