Name: Peach Salsa Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4 ripe peaches; 1/2 medium red onion; 1/2 jalapeño pepper; 1 handful fresh cilantro; 1 lime; Kosher salt

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This fresh peach salsa recipe is perfect for summer potlucks. Serve with tortilla chips, fish, black beans, tacos, and more!

Ahh, peaches. Another sign that summer is really here. Growing up, we looked forward to my mom’s peach pie as the quintessential summer dessert. But peaches with red onion and jalapeños? I can’t say this fresh peach salsa recipe frequented the traditional Midwestern diet of my childhood. However, after the first bite of this stuff, I’d go as far as promising that our household will be serving this for years to come!

Have you ever tried a peach salsa recipe? If not, you’re in for a treat! Not only is the blend of the sweet juicy peaches with the spicy red onions incredibly delicious, but it’s quite versatile. You could serve it with chips or crackers as an appetizer. It’s the perfect peach salsa for fish, or in a burrito or taco. As a sweet and salty fiend, I was in heaven with this fresh peach salsa recipe. I can’t wait to share the quick and easy way we served it – it’s my new go-to recipe for a fresh summer entree!

How to make this peach salsa recipe

This peach salsa recipe takes less than 15 minutes to make and requires no special ingredients. To make homemade peach salsa, you first need to peel and dice the ripe peaches. Then finely chop the red onion and jalapeño pepper, making sure to de-seed the pepper if you don’t want super spicy salsa. Roughly chop some cilantro, then mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl with a squeeze of fresh lime juice and a sprinkle of kosher salt.

You can eat this fresh peach salsa recipe right away! Or you can let it rest for a few minutes on the counter before digging in. This gives the salsa ingredients time to come together and gives it a better flavor.

This fresh peach salsa recipe will keep in the fridge for a few days, but the peaches will soften a bit over time so you’ll want to eat this salsa fast! Before serving the leftover salsa, give it a good stir to mix up all the juices that have pooled on the bottom of the container.

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How to peel peaches

This peach salsa recipe calls for peeling the peaches: which can actually be tricky! Using a standard vegetable peeler can be difficult depending on the ripeness of the peaches and can also be time consuming. Here’s what we use: a peach peeler! It’s a special vegetable peeler that is serrated and used for slippery fruits like peaches. Get it: Serrated peeler | Amazon

If you prefer not using a peach peeler, here’s another a simple way to peel the peaches! For this one you need no special tools: just boiling water! You’ll drop the peaches into boiling water for a minute, which releases the skin and makes it easy to peel (it doesn’t cook the peaches). Here’s what to do:

Prepare a large pot of boiling water.
Drop a peach into the pot so that the water fully covers it, and boil for about 1 minute.
Remove the peach from the water with a fork, and drop in the next peach.
As the second peach boils, use a sharp knife to remove the thin skin of the peach (it should peel off in large sheets with your fingers). Repeat until all peaches are peeled.

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This recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and plant-based.