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Canned Tomato Salsa

Categories Appetizer/Snacks, Easy Recipes, Gluten Free, Healthy Recipes, Main Course, Sauces, Side Dish

This canned tomato salsa only takes a few ingredients and a few minutes to make! It delicious and perfect with chips, burritos, tacos, nachos, eggs or whatever you would normally eat salsa with. It uses canned tomatoes, canned green chilies, onions, garlic, salt, sugar, vinegar and cilantro is optional. I make this recipe when I need salsa in a hurry but don’t have any on hand.

This salsa will last in your refrigerator for a few days and like other salsas it tastes even better the longer it sits in the refrigerator. This recipe is mild but if you want more heat, add a jalapeno to the ingredients.

You can make this salsa picante style where it is more liquid and doesn’t have large chunks or you can make it thicker with a few chunks or really chunky all variations will work with this recipe and all are delicious. Directions for each style are below.

What you need to make canned tomato salsa:

Makes ~2 cups of salsa

  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 small onion – white or yellow
  • 1 – 14.5 ounce can of diced tomatoes – drain the juice for thicker salsa or leave it in for thinner.
  • 1 – 4 ounce can diced green chilies
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro or 1 tablespoon dried cilantro – optional

Instructions

For thinner picante style salsa:

  1. Add the garlic, onion, tomatoes, green chilies, vinegar, salt, sugar and cilantro to a blender or food processor.
  2. Blend until smooth.
  3. Serve.

For thicker salsa:

  1. Drain some of the juice the tomatoes are in.
  2. Dice the garlic, onions and cilantro and add everything to a food processor and pulse a few times until ingredients are at a desired consistency.
  3. Serve.

For a really chunky salsa:

  1. Drain juice from canned tomatoes, dice garlic, onions and cilantro and add all ingredients to a bowl and stir together.
  2. Serve.

For my other salsa recipes and recipes that use salsa in them check these out:

Fresh pico de gallo RECIPE HERE
Peach and pineapple tomato salsa RECIPE HERE
Cream Crock pot Salsa Chicken RECIPE HERE

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Canned Tomato Salsa

Super easy and delicious salsa you can make with canned tomatoes.
Prep Time5 minutes
Course: Sauce, Side Dish
Cuisine: Salsa, Sauce, Side dish
Keyword: Salsa, sauce, Tomatoes
Servings: 2 cups

Ingredients

  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 small onion – white or yellow
  • 1 – 14.5 ounce can of diced tomatoes – drain the juice for thicker salsa or leave it in for thinner.
  • 1 – 4 ounce can diced green chilies
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro or 1 tablespoon dried cilantro – optional

Instructions

  • For thinner picante style salsa:
  • Add the garlic, onion, tomatoes, green chilies, vinegar, salt, sugar and cilantro to a blender or food processor.
  • Blend until smooth.
  • Serve.
  • For thicker salsa:
  • Drain some of the juice the tomatoes are in.
  • Dice the garlic, onions and cilantro and add everything to a food processor and pulse a few times until ingredients are at a desired consistency.
  • Serve.
  • For a really chunky salsa:
  • Drain juice from canned tomatoes, dice garlic, onions and cilantro and add all ingredients to a bowl and stir together.