Spicy Peach and Jalapeño Salsa Recipe with Homemade Tortilla Chips

Looking for a fruity salsa recipe to serve with homemade tortilla chips? This peach and jalapeño salsa is easy to make and full of flavor.

Serve it before your meal on Taco Tuesday, or as a quick appetizer for your next gathering with friends.

This spicy peach salsa is chock full of summertime freshness. It is a mixture of red onion, jalapeño peppers, cilantro, lime juice, peaches, strawberries, and sea salt.

Just look at all this color. This strawberry peach salsa tastes as good as it looks, too!

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Ingredients for the peach and jalapeño recipe

To make this spicy salsa recipe, you’ll need the following ingredients:

Salsa ingredients:

• 1 cup of diced peaches
• 1 cup of diced strawberries
• ¼ cup of finely chopped fresh cilantro
• Zest and juice of 1 lime
• 3 tablespoons of chopped Vidalia onion
• 1 tablespoon of minced fresh jalapeño pepper (more if you like it spicy)
• Pink sea salt to taste
• Lime wedges and cilantro sprigs to garnish

Homemade tortilla chips ingredients:

• 6 flour tortillas
• Canola oil for frying
• Extra pink sea salt

How to make the jalaneño recipe

This recipe is simple to make and ready in just 30 minutes.

Dice the veggies and fruit

• Start by dicing your onion, pepper, peaches, and strawberries into medium-sized pieces.
• Add the jalapeño pepper, diced more finely.
• Mix well.

• Mix the fruit and veggies well.
• Add in the lime juice, chopped cilantro, and pink sea salt.
• Mix to combine.
• Place in the fridge for 20 minutes to cool.

How to make homemade tortilla chips

Who knew that flour tortillas could be made into tortilla chips in just a few minutes? Here is how you do it:

• Cut the flour tortillas into triangles.
• Heat the canola oil in a deep frying pan over medium-high heat.

• Place the tortilla triangles in the oil.
• Cook for about 10 seconds and flip them over.

• Remove to drain on paper towels.
• Season with pink sea salt and serve with the chilled peach and jalapeño salsa.

Pro tip: You can tell when the tortilla chips are done when they start to turn color. Don’t crowd the pan. Cook them batches – they only take a few seconds on each side.

Serving the peach jalapeño salsa and tortilla chips

Bring out the chilled salsa! Garnish with cilantro sprigs and slices of lime. I LOVE the taste of this mixture. It is both sweet and tangy and just full of the taste of summer!  

Serve the chilled Strawberry peach jalapeño salsa with the homemade tortilla chips. This combination will be the hit of your party!

This salsa makes the perfect appetizer, but can also be used in so many ways. I also love to spoon it over fish or other proteins.

See it here with grilled pork tenderloin. What a great combination! Enjoy!!

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Admin note: This article for jalapeño salsa recipe first appeared on the blog in June 2016. This post has been updated with new photos, a printable recipe card, and a slideshow video featuring other International recipes.

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