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Strawberry Salsa

A colorful salsa with sweet strawberries, tangy citrus and a little bit of spice!
Bowl of bright green and red Strawberry Salsa served with tortilla chips.
Prep time: 20 minutes
Chill time: 30 minutes
Makes: 2 cups
Nutrition Facts: View label

Ingredients

1 ½ cups chopped fresh strawberries (about 1 pint or 10 to 12 ounces before trimming)
½ jalapeño pepper, finely chopped
¼ cup finely chopped onion
2 Tablespoons chopped cilantro
1 ½ teaspoons lime juice

Directions

  1. Wash hands with soap and water.
  2. Rinse fresh fruits and vegetables under running water before preparing.
  3. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Flavors will blend if refrigerated for 30 minutes or more before serving.
  4. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.

Notes

Comments

I made this Strawberry Salsa recipe for my youth cooking class and every single person liked it. Everyone said the flavor was amazing and the strawberry flavor was not too overpowering. They said it was a nice balance of strawberry flavor with the onion and cilantro. Refreshing, easy recipe and very colorful. Will be making a lot over the summer. 

We just tried this recipe using some rhubarb that they had available through the food bank.  We added about 1/4 cup of diced rhubarb and a tablespoon of honey.  It was SOOO good.  If you add the rhubarb I would change the cilantro to mint.  YUM.  This was the first time that rhubarb has been widely available at the food bank so we were excited to experiment.  It would also be great on the Fruit Pizza recipe and the Any Berry Sauce.  

I made strawberry salsa for an after school garden club wanting to offer participatns a tasting opportunity that included foods represented in their garden, but not yet ready to harvest. We used lettuce leaves as "wraps" and put grated beets and carrots as well as sliced radishes inside. Strawberry salsa went inside as well.  It was super colorful and the kids (and adults) loved it!

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