Pico de Gallo
August 18, 2011 § 18 Comments
My affinity for spicy foods came at a young age so naturally so did my love for Mexican food. By age four I was already eating raw onions like candy and requesting that my Mom put Tabasco in my grilled cheese sandwiches. As I got older my parents began taking me out to dinner at Mexican restaurants which is where I fell in love with guacamole and pico de gallo salsa.
Since I already made homemade guacamole at the beginning of the Summer, I figured it was about time that I tried making homemade pico de gallo.*Cue me running around the kitchen grabbing ingredients and chopping like a crazy woman*
Voila! Delicious pico de gallo that tastes super fresh and has a bit of heat! 
Pico de Gallo
“A delicious harmony of vine-ripened tomatoes, onion, cilantro, lime, jalapeno, and Tabasco. Don’t worry, you can adjust the amounts of jalapeno and Tabasco to suit your taste preferences! Serve pico de gallo over chicken and fish or enjoy with tortilla chips.”
Ingredients:
- 3 pounds (~8 medium) ripe tomatoes, diced with all pulp and seeds removed
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 jalapeno pepper, minced with all seeds removed
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro, minced
- juice of 1 lime
- 1 teaspoon Tabasco
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- season to taste with salt, pepper, and cumin
Directions:
- Throw all ingredients in a large bowl, mix well.
- Refrigerate for at least one hour before serving to allow the flavors to combine.
- Dig in!
Do you think you can handle it?! 
Fabulous! I love the photo of the pico de gallo in the little pastry cups!
Yum! I am loving all these tomato recipes! Great pics
Handle it!? OWN IT! I love pico de gallo! I’m surprised to see the sugar in there, huh! It looks sooo good. THANKS for helping out with my mad cravings for Mexican food at 10:30am!
I added the sugar because my taste-tester (my Mom) said the pico de gallo was a little too acidic for her taste. The sugar really is optional, though.
Your pics look stunning!
Tabasco on grilled cheese is the best! This looks like the perfect pico- light and refreshing!
Glad to hear I’m not the only one who likes Tabasco on my grilled cheese!
Mmmm – that looks perfect all scooped up in that chip! I want it!
LOVE spicy food too. I got that from my dad, everyone else in my family hates it. haha. this looks super tasty as usual girl
I LOVE spicy foods! There’s nothing like fresh pico de gallo. I’ll have to try your recipe!
I adore spicy foods—I swear it runs in my genes. Both my brother and my dad down hot sauce like it’s their job!
Ooooh! I’ve got to try this! It’s quite convenient that I was already planning to make Mexican food tomorrow night.
Delicious! I love fresh pico!
Mmm, being that I was born and raised in California, I looooove Mexican food.
Guacamole = crack
Whoa 8 tomatoes?! What a great way to use up all the tomatoes in the garden! Not that I would know, I don’t have a garden.
But you have those lovely key lime trees!
When I was younger I loved spicy foods but now not so much, unless I’m trying to clear my sinuses. I too love raw onions in salsa.
I’ve made something almost identical to this before, but I usually only make enough for my mom and myself for a couple days (so we don’t make ourselves fat on the awesome!). I like to put a med-sized onion in with 2 tomatoes and cut out the flesh of the whole lime and the cilantro and pulse them in a blender before mixing the other ingredients.