Bring the flavor of your favorite Mexican restaurants home with this quick and easy Pico de Gallo recipe! This gorgeous salsa fresca (literally translated “fresh sauce”) features plump tomatoes, piquant white onion, spicy jalapeno, herby cilantro, and tart fresh lime juice for a zippy homemade salsa condiment you’ll want to put on EVERYTHING.

Update: This recipe for pico salsa was originally published in September 2014. I made edits to the content below to include more information about making restaurant style pico de gallo at home. 
About this easy pico de recipe
Everyone should have at least one go-to recipe for homemade pico (or any other salsa you prefer). It is entirely too easy — and tastes WAY better than store purchased — to not make it yourself. Once you try this recipe and you see how easy-peasy it is, I can pretty much guarantee that you will not be able to go back to the store-bought variety. Homemade is always so much better! This chunky salsa is fresh, a smidge sweet, a tad spicy, a little salty, a touch zippy, slightly acidic, and definitely mouthwatering.
Not to be dramatic, but I ALWAYS have a container of this stuff in my refrigerator. This pico recipe makes roughly 2 ½ cups and I KID YOU NOT when I say I will devour it ALL within 2 days. It’s seriously THAT good.
Why you’ll love this homemade pico
Is it just me, or does refrigerated store-bought salsa always seem a little lackluster (and also, we...