Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Pico De Gallo Recipe is a vegetarian Mexican appetizer made with roma tomato, red onion, and cilantro in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: Not specified
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 6
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
- 4 medium roma tomato (deseeded, diced (about 2 cups))
- 1/2-3/4 cup red onion (finely chopped)
- 1/4 cup cilantro (finely chopped)
- 1 jalapeno (deseeded and finely minced (optional))
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- salt (to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
Method
- Chop all the ingredients. In a bowl add diced tomatoes, onions, jalapeno, cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper.
- Stir everything together. You can wait for 10-15 minutes for all the flavors to blend. For more intense flavor, chill for up to 1-2 hours before serving. Serve it with tortilla chips.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.