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Avocado Pico de Gallo – A Yummy Starter!
Whip up a lightning-fast appetizer by chopping up ripe tomatoes, crunchy onions, buttery avocados, and fragrant cilantro into equal-sized pieces. Mix them all up, and voila!
It doesn’t take more than a bunch of simple, fresh ingredients to make Avocado Pico de Gallo, and it tastes so DELICIOUS every time… especially with a handful of tortilla chips and a cold drink! It makes the perfect accompaniment to grilled steak, in a burrito, on a taco, or topping for a rice bowl. Toss in some diced Serrano peppers if you like an extra kick of heat, but just a single pepper or two will be more than enough.
Why eat Avocado Pico de Gallo?
With so many vegetables as its ingredients, it’s not hard to believe pico de gallo with avocado is full of health benefits. Avocado Pico de Gallo is low-carb(13 carbs) and keto-friendly.
Avocados contain an abundance of nutrients that are essential for optimal health, and regularly consuming avocados could help improve overall diet quality.
Onions and garlic may prevent the hardening of your arteries, fight bacteria, and protect against heart disease.
Tomatoes are juicy and sweet, full of antioxidants, and may help fight several diseases
Cilantro may provide health benefits in the form of reducing the risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and seizure severity, as well as raising energy levels and healthy hair and skin.
Chile Peppers improve digestive health and metabolism and provide joint pain relief.
Why Eat this Avocado salsa? Because it’s delicious, healthy and so easy to make!
For this Recipe, you will need:
- Avocado – Large ripe avocado, peeled and cubed
- Tomatoes – Plum (Roma) tomatoes are traditional but any other tomatoes can be used. Deseed tomatoes.
- Onions – Red onion, or white onions, diced
- Chile Peppers – Serranos, or jalapeños, stemmed, deseeded, and diced
- Garlic – Minced garlic
- Cilantro – Just the leaves of cilantro, chopped
- Lime – freshly squeezed
- Salt to taste
Combine all ingredients in a bowl, and salt to taste. Let sit for 10 minutes for flavors to meld together.
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Serve this salsa with Crispy Potato Tacos, Chimichanga, Baked tortilla Chips, and more!
ADD-INS
- Get ready to win the ultimate salsa showdown! Want to kick it up a notch? Add some black beans, sweet corn kernels, diced cucumbers, and sliced bell peppers to your mix. Your taste buds will thank you!
- Your rice bowl needs a little “oomph,” and there’s no better way to do it than adding some Avocado Pico de Gallo! It’s like a fiesta for your taste buds!
Storing
Pico de Gallo with avocado is good in an airtight container for 2 days
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Avocado Pico de Gallo
Ingredients
- 2 plum tomatoes cored and diced
- 1/2 red onion diced
- 1/2 tsp minced garlic
- 1 red or green serrano seeded and minced
- 2 tbsp cilantro finely chopped
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
- 1 large ripe avocado seeded, peeled, and diced
Instructions
- Gently toss tomatoes, onions, serranos or jalapeños, garlic, cilantro, avocado, and lime juice in a small bowl; season with salt. Let sit, uncovered, to let the flavors meld, for about 10 minutes.
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