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Peach Salsa

Peach Salsa

Have you noticed the beautiful peaches and nectarines in the market lately? I find them so hard to resist, and often buy more than I can eat. Here's a quick and easy salsa, made with fresh peaches, jalapeños, lemon, ginger and mint, that goes beautifully with the grilled meats of summer. Try serving this with grilled pork, chicken, or fish. Perfect. Also makes a great dip for chips.

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Peach Salsa Recipe

This recipe calls for peaches, but you could easily use nectarines. Habaneros work well in this salsa, in place of the jalapeños, but watch out, they're hot!

Ingredients

  • 4 ripe but firm yellow peaches, chopped (skin on or off, your choice, skin on makes for better color, but if skin is too thick or fuzzy you may want to peel first)
  • 2-3 Tbsp chopped shallots or onions
  • 2-3 jalapenos, chopped (stem, seeds and ribs discarded)
  • Juice of a lemon
  • 2 Tbsp chopped fresh mint
  • 2 Tbsp grated ginger
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • Salt and black pepper to taste

Method

1 Put the chopped peaches, shallots, and jalapeños in the bowl of a food processor. Add the remaining ingredients. Pulse 2-3 times, just enough to get most the pieces small and to well combine the salsa. Do not liquefy it.

2 Place salsa into a bowl and cover. Let stand for an hour before serving to give the ingredients time to meld.

Serve with chips, with fish, pork, or chicken.

Makes about 2 cups.

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25 Comments

What a fabulous sounding recipe and so versatile.
:-) Mandy

Posted by: Mandy Frielinghaus on July 26, 2010 4:27 AM

Love fruit salsa's as a side for meats, especially seafood! Thanks for the peach recipe!

Posted by: Jane @ Sweet Basil Kitchen on July 26, 2010 5:09 AM

In fact, I have noticed them and this is a perfect recipe!

Posted by: Belinda @zomppa on July 26, 2010 5:16 AM

This looks so good...it makes me wish my husband would eat stone fruit! Though I could gobble this up on my own, do you have any ideas about other fruits that could work? Melon? Tart berries, perhaps?

I'm of the opinion that you can make salsa with practically anything. Look at our salsa recipes for ideas. ~Elise

Posted by: newlywed on July 26, 2010 6:00 AM

It's fantastic! I adore a good sweet and spicy combo!

Posted by: Sommer @ A Spicy Perspective on July 26, 2010 6:02 AM

A while back I made a mango salsa as an accompaniment with grilled chicken and it was a perfect summer combination. I also have a tendency to buy one too many peaches so I'm pretty sure this lovely salsa is going to come in handy!

Posted by: Val on July 26, 2010 6:48 AM

Can't wait to dig in...

Posted by: RV on July 26, 2010 8:21 AM

This is so beautiful and very healthy!

Posted by: anncoo on July 26, 2010 9:10 AM

I went to a neighborhood meeting and pot luck last week, were someone had brought something like this salsa, only they had added avocados. I asked who had made the salsa but was never able to find out. Have you ever heard of adding avocados to your peach salsa?

I was once in a class taught by Diana Kennedy, the grande dame of Mexican cooking, who prepared a guacamole made with peaches, avocados, grapes, and pomegranate seeds. So yes, avocados will work fine with the peaches in salsa. ~Elise

Posted by: BDG on July 26, 2010 10:56 AM

I don't have a food processor. Suggestions on how to work around that?

Easy. Mince the ingredients with a knife. Food processor just saves a little time. ~Elise

Posted by: Jenny on July 26, 2010 11:34 AM

This will be on the menu for this weekend's BBQ. I think I just might try it with a little Balsamic and possibly grill the peaches first.

Thanks for the recipe!

Posted by: Carey on July 26, 2010 11:35 AM

Thanks for the recipe. I have a peach tree with an abundance of peaches that I don't know what to do with. This is another great way to use them. I'm going to try canning peaches for the first time so we will see how it goes. Do you have any recommendations on where I can go to find information on canning fruit? Thanks!

We add ascorbic acid and sugar to cut fruit and store ours in the freezer. Instructions here. ~Elise

Posted by: Cynthia on July 26, 2010 1:34 PM

Great minds think alike! I just posted a peach and cucumber salsa on Willow Bird Baking :) So refreshing and bright!

Posted by: Julie @ Willow Bird Baking on July 26, 2010 1:57 PM

I can't get enough of the peaches and nectarines this summer (or any summer). Love the idea of mint in this - I think basil would be great too.

Posted by: Kathy - Panini Happy on July 26, 2010 2:19 PM

Oh this is going on some endive with some goat cheese...mmm delicious!

Posted by: Carolyn on July 26, 2010 2:43 PM

What a wonderful recipe for this time of
year. I can think of many things for which
this would be a wonderful accompaniment.

Posted by: Carmen Henesy on July 26, 2010 2:51 PM

Hi there! I am a lucky girl to read your blog tonight. I just bought some delicious peaches, nectarines, grapes and pears from Whole Foods yesterday. I will definitely have to get some of the other ingredients in your recipe and make some.

Posted by: becky on July 26, 2010 8:06 PM

I often come home with fresh peaches thinking I'm going to make a salsa with them and end up eating most of them out of hand! Will have to get some discipline and get it done, sounds amazing! I absolutely love mango salsa, so peach should be a no brainer!

Posted by: Traveling Culinary Artist on July 27, 2010 7:52 AM

I love all kinds of salsas but never thought of peach salsa. I usually make regular tomato salsa and mango salsa.

Posted by: Magda on July 27, 2010 1:19 PM

I'm going to make this salsa and serve it with Jerk Chicken and I think it will go splendidly. Thanks so much for the recipe!

Posted by: SaraQ on July 30, 2010 10:56 AM

Yum! This sounds simple, and fresh (I love fresh tasting salsas). I love that you put jalapenos in it, too, to give it a little bit of a kick :)

Posted by: Michelle G on August 1, 2010 10:23 AM

Can you can this by any chance? (Hot water processing.)

Thanks!
Ingrid

Hi Ingrid, this salsa is made with uncooked ingredients, so it doesn't lend itself to canning. ~Elise

Posted by: Ingrid on August 6, 2010 9:03 AM

Saw this on Facebook...had to come and check it out! This sounds so great; we love fruit and heat together. Does the ginger give it an Asian taste?

Will make this tomorrow or the next day with some grilled chicken. Thanks, Elise, as always.

Posted by: Janey on August 10, 2010 5:18 PM

That looks fantastic, but we rarely -- OK, never -- have peaches left over! I'll have to hide some from Long-Suffering Husband in order to make this. He'll be happy when he sees the results.

Posted by: Nick Shein on August 10, 2010 5:40 PM

DEEE-licious! (even though I had to make some substitutions based on what I had in the fridge and garden! I used parsley instead of mint, half lemon/half lime juice, and omitted the ginger. Also used agave syrup instead of sugar.)

I served it over lemon-peppered chicken breasts with basmati rice, and spinach sauteed with garlic and red pepper flakes. Dearest husband said, "Great meal!" Thanks, Elise.

Posted by: jane on August 27, 2010 5:07 PM

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