Quick & Easy Mango Salsa

Mango Salsa

Last week I was craving mangos (in the winter, go figure), and when I went to my local grocery store to see what was available, what I found wasn’t very appetizing. The fresh mangoes were very bruised (probably from their long journey from a faraway tropical country), and the frozen mangoes seemed as if they had been on the freezer shelf for months. I then went searching for an alternative at Wal-Mart, and lo and behold, Canned Diced Mangoes from Del Monte!

I have my experience with canned mangoes (so much that there are two Mango Pie recipes on this blog), and at first, I wasn’t sure about buying these Del Monte Canned Mangoes, but I was pleasantly surprised when I did. These didn’t have the taste of metal that we’ve come to dread (when you grow up around mango trees, you get to know a little bit about this wonderful fruit).
The first thing I made with them was a sauce whose recipe was given to me by a friend from Cancun a long time ago. Can you believe I ate the whole thing by myself?! “At least it has fruit”, I thought to myself. It is a quick and easy salsa that you can prepare using homemade salsa or any store-bought chunky salsa; it can be done in a matter of 2 minutes. This is not necessarily “traditional” Mexican fare, but it pairs well with several Mexican dishes, especially seafood.

How to make Mango Salsa

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DIRECTIONS:

• Pour salsa into a medium-sized bowl. (Please check the ingredients list below)

• Drain the mangos and gently stir into the bowl with the salsa. Enjoy.

• To make it your own, just mix in the ingredients of your choice from the above list.

Mango Salsa

Mely Martínez - Mexico in my Kitchen

Mango Salsa is a quick and easy salsa that you can prepare using homemade salsa or any store-bought chunky salsa; it can be done in a matter of 2 minutes. This is not necessarily “traditional” Mexican fare, but it pairs well with several Mexican dishes, especially seafood.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Total Time 5 mins

Course Salsas

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 1 /2 Cups each one

Calories 226 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ¾ cup of chunky salsa from a jar or you’re your own
• 1 can 15oz diced mangos drained or 2 large mango diced.

Other Ingredients to make it your own:

• 1 Habanero pepper finely diced
• ⅓ cup cilantro finely chopped
• ¼ cup fresh mint finely chopped
• ½ cup red onion finely diced
• ½ tablespoon of lemon juice.

Instructions

 

• Pour salsa into a medium-sized bowl.
• Drain the mangos and gently stir into the bowl with the salsa. Enjoy.
• To make it your own, just mix in the ingredients of your choice from the above list.

Notes

*You can also use dried pepper flakes or any other type of pepper.

Make the salsa a few minutes before serving.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 226kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 11gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 1419mgPotassium: 2417mgFiber: 14gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 7539IUVitamin C: 125mgCalcium: 178mgIron: 4mg

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¡Buen provecho!
Mely,

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