Pico De Gallo
I know it's spring in most of the country, but we're on the verge of summer in Texas. And once it's summer, Texans eat pico de gallo by the 10-gallon hat full; we love it!
Although, we usually shorten the name to pico, no de gallo necessary!
What is pico, exactly?
The loosest definition is an uncooked, coarsely chopped salsa-like condiment that includes tomatoes, onion, cilantro and then anything else your heart desires.
Which means you can put anything in a pico and call it pico!
Ain't it great?
I made this assortment last summer:
Here's what I put in mine:
MUST HAVES:
* Chopped homegrown/farmer's market tomatoes (this is the key ingredient. you can use store bought, but only the uninitiated will eat it)
* Chopped sweet Vidalia Onions
* Cilantro
* Fresh lime juice from the limes off my tree. Fancy!
* Jalapenos. If you want less heat, seed those fire-pokers first.
FOR FUN:
* Chopped mango
* Chopped avocado
* Chopped anything else you gotta hankerin' for.
Tomatoes take up approximately â…”rds of my pico-makin' portions. The other â…“ is made up of the rest of the stuff.
There are no rules.
Start choppin' your ingredients and see where you end up.
I store the fresh pico overnight in a leak-proof container, so that I can flip it upside down at least once during the process, so the tomato juice marries with everything else I've thrown in.
Pico makes a great hostess gift if you're headed to a BBQ (and who isn't?!).
It's a fun "thanks for taking care of the dog while we were on vacay" gift.
Heck, it's a great gift to yourself to accompany that ice cold beer and tortilla chips after a long day of what-evering.
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My fav way to present pico is in a Ball canning jar.
But you could put it in whatever you wanted.
Now, who's ready for summer eatin'?
Visiting and pinning from Pin It Monday! I have a big garden planted and will definitely be making some of your pico this summer!
I have a jealous over you big garden. Eat some for me.
YUM! I love this stuff--thank you for the recipe!
HAppy to pass along the YUM!
Looks delicious:) I can never pass up pico~ I have never made it but I will definitely be trying your recipe:) Lynn @ Turnips 2 Tangerines
Omgosh, it's so easy to make. Once you make it yourself, you'll always think the other stuff is inferior.
Oh my that sounds so good. Need a bag of chips! Thanks for linking up 🙂
EXACTLY!
I'd like to invite you to my Friday Flash Blog, where you can share your best blog entry of the week! The party goes on ALL weekend. And who knows, you may just get featured next week.
Jennifer
Thanks, I popped on over!
I love Pico de gallo! Just dropping by to let you know you've been FEATURED at the Circle of Faith link party! Thanks so much for linking up, hope your having a great weekend!,
-Kayla 🙂
Wheeee, featured! Thanks, momma!
What a party last week on Friday Flash Blog! Thanks for joining us. I hope you’ve visited some of the other community members and you're having a splendid week.
Jennifer
My pleasure!
Can this be canned?
I have no idea. Because pico is made up of all fresh raw (uncooked) ingredients, I would venture a "no" guess, but I'll defer to anyone who cans to give us a definitive answer.