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
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 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.
- ¾ cup of chunky salsa from a jar or you’re your own
- 1 can 15oz diced mangos drained or 2 large mango diced.
- 1 Habanero pepper finely diced
- 1/3 cup cilantro finely chopped
- ¼ cup fresh mint finely chopped
- ½ cup red onion finely diced
- ½ tablespoon of lemon juice.
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Pour salsa into a medium-sized bowl.
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Drain the mangos and gently stir into the bowl with the salsa. Enjoy.
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To make it your own, just mix in the ingredients of your choice from the above list.
*You can also use dried pepper flakes or any other type of pepper.
Make the salsa a few minutes before serving.
¡Buen provecho!
Mely,
More recipes:
Hot Piquin Salsa
Restaurant Style Red Fried Salsa
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