Sweet and Spicy Pineapple Salsa
Sweet and Spicy Pineapple Salsa is your answer to summer snacking. It’s perfect with chips or your favorite grilled meat while being kind to your waistline!
Some recipes are legendary.
I’ll never forget the first time I got my hands on this Pineapple Salsa recipe: After devouring a huge bowl at my brother’s house, he promised to track down the original source and email me a copy.
Later that day, an email arrived. Attached was a scanned PDF of a hand-written – no, hastily-scrawled – recipe entitled Benny’s Pineapple Salsa.
Who is Benny? How did he come to make such amazing Pineapple Salsa? Did I ever meet him? These questions and more are unanswered, while one truth remains: This salsa is worth tracking down.
Dramatic overtones aside, this Pineapple Salsa is summer’s answer to all your eating questions.
You want something healthy and fresh but interesting, something sweet but safe for swimming suits. You want a snack, or you’re having a party, or it’s REALLY HOT outside. Pineapple Salsa helps in all these instances, and more.
Want to cut some corners? You can buy a 2-pound package of pineapple spears, all peeled and sliced and nice.
You’ll still have to dice them up, but it’s a handy shortcut if you’re short on patience. If you are more into the process than the result, my friend Allie has a great video that shows you exactly how to peel and core a pineapple like a pro.
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Sweet and Spicy Pineapple Salsa
Ingredients
- 2 pounds pineapple diced
- 10 Roma tomatoes diced
- 1 bunch cilantro finely chopped, about 1 cup
- 1 cup red onion finely chopped
- 3-4 jalapeno peppers seeded and finely chopped (about ½ cup or more to taste)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice from 2 limes
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Hot pepper sauce to taste, optional
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine pineapple, tomatoes, cilantro, red onion, and jalapenos. Add lime juice and toss to coat.
- Season to taste with salt, pepper, and hot pepper sauce, if using. Allow flavors to blend at room temperature for 30 minutes, or chill until serving time. Serve with tortilla chips.
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Pineapple is my favorite salsa and what I love is how versatile it is, but diving in with a bag of chips is where it’s at.
You and me, Janette. . We are on the same page.
So why do I never make any kind of salsa, let alone one as absolutely delicious as this? I really love how you got the recipe – isn’t that just great?! I really hope you find out who Benny is some day!!
You know Helen, I asked my sister-in-law (my brother’s wife) who Benny might be and she had no idea. So things don’t look good. But you never know. :) This really is a great version, and the story is even better. Hope you’re doing well!
This salsa looks amazing and I can see why you wanted to track it down. Love how fresh and summery- and such a great shortcut too. Pinned! Oh and thanks for the shout!
Thank you, Allie! You are such a sweetheart! And of course I linked to your pineapple video, I love helping out my readers! :)
Perfect for salsa.. both in flavour and in produce! Yum!
Thank you so much, Thalia!!
I just came in from mowing, and I’d give a million bucks for a big bowl of this salsa and some chips right now! Looks nom, can’t wait to try it, and I love the story about Benny.
Thank you Gin, I seriously wish we lived in the same zip code because I could sure use a million dollars! Ah Benny, I wonder who the heck that is. :)
LOVE this colorful salsa! :)
Hi Meggan! This salsa just looks so wonderful, and I love the diced tomatoes shortcut! I really loved this post and wanted to let you know that I[ve included it in my guide to canning pineapple. Thanks again for sharing Benny’s recipe, he’ll never know how many people appreciate it :-). Here’s my guide to canning pineapple: http://livepeachy.com/how-to-can-pineapple/
Nice recipe, however I find it a slap in the face to the chef who’s recipe this is that you replaced fresh chopped tomatoes with a crappy can. Don’t get me wrong, there is a time and a place for a can of tomatoes, but a fresh salsa is not that place.
Hi Jordan, I’ve been meaning to change out the can of tomatoes for fresh in this recipe. Thank you for reminding me! I totally agree.