Freshly made, pico de gallo is a fabulous accompaniment or even a great appetizer with good corn chips, The secret is to get the ratios of tomato, onion and jalapeno peppers just right. You need ripe Roma tomatoes, a large jalapeno and a medium white onion along with a few limes. Once made, the mixture needs to meld together for at least a couple of hours for it to taste great. What makes it work, are the knife cuts. Make sure all the tomatoes are cut to about the same size, same with the onion and finely cut the jalapeno and the cilantro. Add about a teaspoon of salt and about half a teaspoon of pepper, then squeeze limes till you get the flavor just right, then cover and refrigerate. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
- 4 Roma tomatoes
- 1 large Jalapeno
- Half a medium white onion.
- Half a cup of chopped cilantro
- Salt
- Pepper
- Limes
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