Make this easy, refreshing, irresistibly delicious mango salsa recipe in less than 10 minutes. Bursting with flavors from fresh and sweet, juicy mangoes, zesty lime, and colorful ingredients makes this one of the best accompaniments for any meal.
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What to eat with mango salsa?
- Serve this as a dip with tortilla chips, just like you serve chips and chunky avocado dip.
- It will be great as a side with any Mexican dishes. My favorite would be serving as a side with enchilada burritos, guacamole, and sour cream.
- You can serve mango salsa as a salad or a quick healthy snack.
- Mango salsa is perfect for fish tacos, shrimp tacos, tilapia, or salmon, or even with tostadas and quesadillas.
- For summer parties, serve mango salsa with grilled chicken, fish, shrimp skewers, or grilled pork and steak.
- You can also serve as a side in your rice bowl.
- Use this salsa to give a tropical twist to burgers and sandwiches.
- This mango salsa recipe will be a super hit, crowd-pleaser dish for summer potluck and picnics.
Ingredients
This salsa uses basic minimal ingredients from your kitchen, including fresh, sweet, and ripe mangoes, red and green bell pepper, red onions, cilantro or coriander leaves, salt, and juice of lemon or lime.
Variations
Mango pineapple salsa: Add 1 cup of chunks of pineapple to the recipe to make a delicious tropical salsa.
Mango avocado salsa: Add one avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced, to the above mixture.
Mango habanero salsa: Love spicy mango salsa? Then add finely chopped habanero to the salsa mixture.
Mango corn salsa: Add a cup of corn to the salsa mixture. Kids are going to love this version.
Tomato mango salsa: Add finely chopped 1 or 2 tomatoes or cherry tomatoes to make tangy and fruity salsa.
Mango lime salsa: Along with lime, add freshly grated lime zest to the salsa to make it even more flavorful.
Mango cilantro salsa: The recipe is the same as above. If desired, you can increase the amount of cilantro if you like prominent herbs flavors.
Qdoba mango salsa: Add chopped cucumber and jalapeno with a pinch of sugar along with mangoes, onion, bell pepper, cilantro, and lime.
How to make mango salsa?
Combine mango, onion, red bell pepper, capsicum, cilantro, and salt in a bowl. Drizzle lemon juice.
Using a large spoon, mix everything. Let this sit for 10 to 20 minutes to get the best flavor from the salsa.
Serve this mango salsa recipe as a dip for tortilla chips.
Spoon it over grilled chicken, fish, or pork.
Tips
- Because my kids love mangoes and mango recipes, I have not added jalapeno to avoid the heat. Instead, I added green bell pepper. If you are not serving this for kids, add jalapeno, habanero, or serrano to make it spicy.
- Also, check out our simple and easy peach salsa, 5-minute chunky avocado dip.
Recipe FAQS
Salsa tastes the best when made fresh and served within 24 hours. However, you can refrigerate for 4 to 5 if there are any leftovers which I doubt as they are so delicious and addictive.
Homemade mango salsa can also be kept in the freezer for two months. Note that the texture will change as the fruit and veggies won't be firm as when made fresh. A little more water may be released from veggies and fruits in the conatiner once the salsa returns to room temperature. Drain the extra juice before using it as a dip for chips.
Any ripe mangoes will work for mango salsa. See that they are fresh, sweet, and juicy. Unripe ones will not taste good for salsa. Frozen mangoes can be used, but the texture of the salsa will be different from the fresh ones.
Yes! You can make this salsa ahead of time and store it in an airtight conatiner in the refrigerator. This also gives a chance for flavors to mingle.
Salsa is a mixture of fresh vegetables like onion, pepper, lime juice, jalapeno, cilantro, and herbs, while chutney is a condiment that uses vinegar along with vegetables and sometimes garlic to enhance the dish's flavor.
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Easy Mango Salsa Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 Fresh and Ripe Mangoes, diced
- 1 Small Red onion, chopped
- 1 Green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 Red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 tablespoon Coriander leaves, chopped
- Juice of 1 lime or lemon (adjust to taste)
- ¼ teaspoon Salt (adjust to taste)
Instructions
- Combine mango, onion, red bell pepper, capsicum, cilantro, and salt in a bowl. Drizzle lemon juice.3 Fresh and Ripe Mangoes, diced, 1 Small Red onion, chopped, 1 Green bell pepper, chopped, 1 Red bell pepper, chopped, 2 tablespoon Coriander leaves, chopped, Juice of 1 lime or lemon, ¼ teaspoon Salt
- Using a large spoon, mix everything. Let this sit for 10 to 20 minutes to get the best flavor from the salsa.
Notes
- Because my kids love mangoes and mango recipes, I have not added jalapeno to avoid the heat. Instead, I added green bell pepper. If you are not serving this for kids, add jalapeno, habanero, or serrano to make it spicy.
- Salsa tastes the best when made fresh and served within 24 hours. However, you can refrigerate for 4 to 5 if there are any leftovers which I doubt as they are so delicious and addictive.
- I have used small red onion. If using large ones just add ½ red onion.
Beth
I love the combination of sweet and spicy flavors in this salsa. I'm putting this on my fish tacos!