Pico de Gallo

Name: Pico de Gallo
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 2 cups (480 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 2 medium (~12 oz) 1/4-inch pieces (340 g) Tomato; 1 small (~4 oz) white chopped (113 g) Onion; 2 medium (~1 oz) finely chopped Serrano; 2 cloves finely chopped Garlic; 1/2 cup loosely packed chopped (20 g) Cilantro; about 1 Tbsp (15 ml) Lime Juice; generous 1/2 tsp (3 g) Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Rick Bayless recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Rick Bayless.

TABLE SALSA · TACOS & CHIPS

A table salsa for tacos & chips.

Rick Bayless' pico de gallo for tacos, chips.

On the jar

PICO

Method: shake
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 7

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Lime Juice 15 ml

Ingredients

Tomato2 medium (~12 oz) 1/4-inch pieces (340 g)
Onion1 small (~4 oz) white chopped (113 g)
Serrano2 medium (~1 oz) finely chopped
Garlic2 cloves finely chopped
Cilantro1/2 cup loosely packed chopped (20 g)
Lime Juiceabout 1 Tbsp (15 ml)
Saltgenerous 1/2 tsp (3 g)

Method

Pour liquids to the printed fill-lines, bottom to top.
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Mexican–Mexican-American chef of Frontera Grill and Michelin-starred Topolobampo in Chicago; James Beard Outstanding Chef and Best Chef: Midwest. Regional Mexican research over four decades.

Originally published as Salsa Mexicana (Pico de Gallo).

Adapted from a recipe published by Rick Bayless in Rick Bayless.

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Rick Bayless (published as “Salsa Mexicana (Pico de Gallo)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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