I made pico de gallo for the first time. :)

[Michael_in_TX]

Yes, I know, I know..... I live in Texas and have for nearly five full decades. My "signature dish" is grilled chicken tacos. I have never made pico de gallo until today. I, sheepishly, have always picked up a 14 oz container of pico from HEB, which...arguably is quite good! But it recently has gone up in price and is currently at $5.14.

So today I tried my hand at making it. Wow, so good! I can't believe I've been buying store-bought all this time (even if it is HEB. I promise we are not a cult.).

Here's what I did:

• Take a roma tomato and cut off the sides, trying not to get any of the wetter, seeded, inner part. Dice those outer sides into small cubes. Discard the inner parts and any seeds.
• Dice up an equal amount of white onion to the diced roma tomato.
• Mix the two together in a bowl or deli container.
• Chop of some cilantro (pronouncing it as Steven Raichlen does; this helps the flavor tremendously) and mix it in until it looks right.....about 2-4 tbl.
• Hit the mixture with a squeeze of avocado oil (or EVOO) and squeeze of lime juice.
• Mix and you're done.

Not only is this so flavorful, it is so fresh. And it takes just minutes to make. I've never buying store-bought pico again!

(I will probably try some finely diced jalapenos or serranos next time as well.)

[Attjack]

I remember making it the first time when my garden was overflowing. Man, that stuff is good.

[bmillin]

Try something similar - finely diced white onion, finely diced jalapeno, cilantro and some salt to taste. It goes great on tacos.

[STEbbq]

The peppers will take it to the next level. My wife does pico de gallo this way and it is amazing.

[surfdog]

I ALWAYS add peppers to mine. Walk out to the garden, see what looks good and go from there.

Store bought can be decent, but never as good as fresh…especially if everything is home grown.

[Panhead John]

Been making my own for years, always use jalapeños.

[surfdog]

Panhead John I use either jalapeño or Serrano…depending on which looks best on any given day. The Serrano peppers from my GFs garden are made of fire though. LOL

[Jerod Broussard]

Molcajete? (I used the voice keyboard since me no spell Español) I had one delivered directly from Mexico that my ex used to make pico de gallo and guacamole. Dang thing weighed about 10 pounds.

[Michael_in_TX]

Yep, that's the right spelling. And yes, those things are not light. I've been thinking of getting one myself. The pestle makes quick work of any spices and the motor part is wide and tall enough to keep stuff from getting out.