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by Sandyon May 5, 2022
Perfect for Cinco de Mayo, mix your favorite salsa ingredients together with diced watermelon and mango, for the best watermelon salsa recipe.
Happy week of Cinco de Mayo, Friends!Over the weekend we ate a lot of watermelon, in several fruit salads, and in a couple new delicious recipes! Although we love this Watermelon Salsa recipe, we do love to set out several salsas for holiday meals. One of our other favorites is Best Avocado Salsa Verde and Quick Mango Salsa Recipe.
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Watermelon Salsa Recipe
ThisWatermelon Salsa Recipe, so good with the perfect chip (or pita cracker)! You could even skip the main dish, and go right to the dessert with a Mexican Flan Cake! :) Oh, and it’s delicious served with this Best Grilled Chicken Thighs recipe!
How do you make salsa?
Perfect for a any party or Cinco de Mayo celebration, how do you make salsa? Fresh salsa like this recipe consists of dicing and chopping your favorite ingredients.
- Fresh lime
- Sugar (or honey)
- Garlic salt and pepper
- Watermelon, cucumber, mango, red onion, and jalapeno
- Fresh basil leaves (so good!)
- Tortilla or pita chips, for serving
For this recipe, think sweet and savory! The sweetness of mango and watermelon and cucumber, mixed together with your favorite salsa spices and ingredients–so good!
How do you make watermelon salsa?
- Stir together the lime zest, lime juice, sugar (or honey); lightly salt and pepper.
- Add the watermelon, cucumber, mango, jalapeno, onion and basil (or cilantro) and toss gently.
- Chill the salsa until ready to serve.
- Add the garlic salt just before serving. Serve with pita chips or corn chips, or serve on top of steak, chicken, pork, or fish.
Serve it on a fish taco board! What do you think about serving this Taco Tuesday Epic Fish Taco Board for dinner guests?
Last night it was just the 5 of us, all together for dinner in our backyard enjoying the summer landscape, pets brushing up against our legs in a curling fashion under the patio table.
Coming together
Coming together to enjoy a meal with our kids, and engage in long conversations, is always special. I love it when they ask questions about Paul’s and my early lives. I savor these days quite fondly as we’re able to dine together.
The day is coming when we will be scattered. I hate that word, but I do anticipate this dreaded time. On the other hand, we’ve prayed for and encouraged our kids for years to follow their passions, and soar with their dreams!
Juicy Watermelon Salsa
Back to juicy, sweet watermelon. Some salt their watermelon. Some eat it plain.
It’s also delicious to eat a hunk on the rind. Or even salted!
Always delicious fresh in a fruit salad.
At this meal we enjoyed the salsa on our steak and also as an appetizer with pita chips! It’s great on chicken and fish, too!
And perfect for Cinco de Mayo!
So summery – fresh! ENJOY!
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Prep Time: 15 minutes mins
Total Time: 15 minutes mins
Yield: 8
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ teaspoons lime zest, from about 1 lime
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice, from about 3 limes
- 1 tablespoon sugar, or use honey
- Freshly ground pepper
- 3 cups seeded and finely chopped watermelon
- 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced
- 1 mango, peeled and diced
- 1-2 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- 8 fresh basil leaves, finely chopped (optional: use cilantro)
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- Tortilla or pita chips, for serving
Instructions
Stir together the lime zest, lime juice, sugar (or honey); lightly salt and pepper.
Add the watermelon, cucumber, mango, jalapeno, onion and basil (or cilantro) and toss gently.
Chill the salsa until ready to serve.
Add the garlic salt just before serving. Serve with pita chips or corn chips, or serve on top of steak, chicken, pork, or fish.
Notes
Reposted from May 2017
Cuisine: Mexican
Course: Appetizer
Author: Sandy / Reluctant Entertainer
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John —Reply
Salsa is a Mexican vegetable appetizer made up of finely chopped elements in various combinations, as the ingredients used to create salsa can vary. It often contains ingredients that may not initially seem like the best option for a salty dish, such as fruits or berries. Thanks for the recipe.Anamika @ Supplement Crunch —Reply
This salad is gorgeous! I love, love, love all that color! thanks to share your all salad recipe.Debbie —Reply
Could you freeze this? I know that the watermelon would turn to mush if completely defrosted but I am thinking about serving partially frozen.
Sandy —
No I would not freeze the watermelon! :(
leanne power —Reply
This looks amazing but we dont always get Mangos where I live – what do you recommend instead and also where do yuo get your gorgeous plates
Sandy —
You could use peach or pineapple, or tomatoes! :)
Tonia —Reply
So gorgeous, Sandy! I want to sit at that table and chat with friends and family!
patty —Reply
I make pineapple salsa it is so refreshing.
Stephanie Joudrey —Reply
How long would this store for?
Sandy —
I’d serve it within 4 hours of making it, Stephanie, to keep the crispness of the watermelon!
I’ve seen some great looking fruit salsas over the years and have never tried them. I think I’ll have to give this one a try.
What a beautiful salsa – I would want the whole bowl to myself! We used to take weekend car rides, too. Just head out in any direction and see where it took us. We usually ended up at some park or the home of friends or family, or somewhere casual to eat. Super casual, always fun.
Senika @ Foodie Blog Stalker —Reply
Watermelon salsa + mango? Sounds amazing! I’m in love with your dishes, pictures and your ability to tell a story with each post. :)
Kirstin —Reply
I don’t remember much special about watermelon when I was little but when my girls were little we would make watermelon Ice, which they loved and it was a yummy treat for them
