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Mango Salsa

4/7/2014

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   A while back, maybe in the summer, I was at a good friends house, and she was talking about mango salsa. I told her I loved mango, but I couldn't imagine anything more disgusting than mango salsa. She insisted I would like it, and made a batch for me to taste. Um......I felt like I had wasted a lot of years hating something that is so delicious it's crazy! I think when I heard "mango salsa" I imagined regular salsa with mangoes thrown into the mix. That would be yucky. But that is not what this is, no sir-ee. 
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Mango Salsa

Ingredients
  • 2 ripe mangos, peeled, pitted, and cut up (about 1 1/2 cups). You can dice it, or cut bigger pieces (that's what I do). 
  • 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped
  • 2-3 Jalapeño peppers, minced (include ribs and seeds for a hotter taste if that's your thing)
  • 1 red pepper (or any bell pepper), diced
  • 3 Tbsp fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
  • 2 limes, juiced
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

  1. Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl. 
  2. Season to taste with salt and pepper if desired. 

   This salsa is fairly forgiving to each person's personal taste. I add a lot more cilantro than I mention above, and will often use 4-5 jalapeño peppers because I like the heat. I also used mini sweet peppers (cut into rings) for this batch. I also cut my mango pretty big, but I like to eat this on salad, so I wanted bigger pieces. In conclusion, add more of less of things you like and don't like! 
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To cut a mango, hold the fruit up so you can see the stem, and cut down & around the pit (the mango shape mimics the pit shape, so you know where the flat sides of the pit are). Then cut each half you've into strips, and each strip into chunks. Don't forget to peel the extra skin off the pit, and slice that fruit off too!
   That night at my friends house we ate the salsa with corn chips, but I will eat it on it's own, on salads, and even on meat. This mango salsa is crazy-town yummy! 
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   Wait, random, but did anyone else know this was national grilled cheese month!?! I realize this has nothing to do with mango salsa, but how very exciting! :)  I need to think up a few new ones for this month, I guess! In the meantime, my sandwich category has a few ya might like!
4 Comments
Sarah
4/6/2014 10:06:03 pm

Mmmmm being half egyptian we lived on mangoes!!! love them!!! my dad always has a bag of the fired stuff kicking around his lazy-z-boy haha!! Grilled Cheese Month!!! yes make lots and lots of grilled cheese!!! and on a side note!! the boys loved their treats.. colin wanted to even give me a bite which i was good and said : no thank you!! haha

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Amy-Lyn
4/7/2014 08:52:52 am

Mmmm, lucky you eating mangoes growing up! I never had them at all until I was a young teenager, then I was hooked! And I'm glad the boys liked the treats! :)

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Sharon
4/7/2014 04:23:50 am

I will definitely try your version - mine is a little different. PS - all the kids in Tanzania eat the skin of the mango - there is nothing but a perfectly clean pitt when they're done having one as a treat.

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Amy-Lyn
4/7/2014 08:57:06 am

I would like to try your version! What's different about it??? Do tell! And I can't believe the kids in Tanzania eat the skin too! I guess (perhaps) lack of having a paring knife handy, and being used to eating it that way (like how we eat an apple) would make it just how it is. My kids scrape the fruit out with their teeth when I cut it up for a snack.

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