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The Perfect Pico de Gallo

I’m an “all the itas” kinda girl. Fajitas, margaritas…. you get the picture. Being a huge lover of all things Mexican or even Tex-Mex in the food category, I love a good pico de gallo recipe – but I’ve never had great experiences with homemade versions. They just can’t seem to hold a candle to the restaurant style that I love. 

So much to my surprise, I accidentally made my own recipe one night that’s completely different from any I’d ever seen out of pure necessity. See… I wanted pico, but I didn’t have all the ingredients that are basically known for pico de gallo, so I improvised. And it was so damn good that I don’t think I’ll ever going back to making it the “right” way. 

The perfect pico de Gallo that's easy and OH so good! It's better than any homemade version I've ever tried - and just as good as my favorite local place! #recipe #texmex #picodegallo #mexicanrecipes #food #foodblogger

Before the food police comes to banish me from blogging (*cue the bad cop show music*) – I’m going to go ahead and confess: I used lemon juice instead of lime. Because honestly… I forgot to buy limes – but did buy lemons. So I used what I had. And it was AH-mazing. No one ever knew!

OH! And I’ve found that cherry tomatoes are the best kind because the seeds are so small! So now that my confession time is over, let’s get to the recipe. 

The perfect pico de Gallo that's easy and OH so good! It's better than any homemade version I've ever tried - and just as good as my favorite local place! #recipe #texmex #picodegallo #mexicanrecipes #food #foodblogger
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The Perfect Pico de Gallo

Course Snack
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword pico de gallo, pico de gallo recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

The perfect pico de Gallo that's easy and OH so good! It's better than any homemade version I've ever tried - and just as good as my favorite local place! #recipe #texmex #picodegallo #mexicanrecipes #food #foodblogger

The Perfect Pico de Gallo Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of diced tomatoes (I’m telling you – cherry tomatoes were amazing here. I had a bajillion of them from my garden so we used them. HUGE hit!)
  • 1/2 finely diced Vidalia onion
  • 1 finely diced fresh jalapeño pepper (if I’m feeling crazy, I might even do 1 & 1/2!)
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro (feel free to use as much or as little as your cilantro loving heart can handle)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • juice of 1 lemon (or lime if you’re not a rebel like me!)

Instructions:

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and let sit for at least an hour before serving. If you can wait that long. Trust me, if you do wait, you’ll be rewarded with the perfect pico de gallo.  

And if you never tell the pico police that you didn’t use lime, they’ll never know 😉 

 

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About Gina Luker

Gina Luker is a writer, photographer and lover of all things quirky. She's usually found with a drill in one hand and a cocktail in the other while blogging along the way. She's addicted to coffee, polka dots, rock stars, Instagram, and everything aqua.

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  1. Robin says

    July 28, 2018 at 11:20 pm

    5 stars
    Looks perfect to me!

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