This fire-roasted homemade pineapple salsa recipe is absolutely delicious and goes amazingly well on pork, chicken, steak, or fish.
Servings: 4cups
Prep Time: 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 10 minutesminutes
Ingredients
1peeled, cored, and thickly sliced pineapple
1peeled and thickly sliced sweet onion
2seeded jalapeños
2tablespoonsolive oil
1/3cuppineapple juice
Juice of 1 lime
¼cuppacked fresh cilantro
Sea salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Preheat the grill to high heat (450° to 550°).
Coat the pineapple, onion, and jalapeños in olive oil and evenly spread everything out on a hot pre-heated grill for 3-5 minutes per side or until dark grill marks are formed and everything is roasted. Everything should be cooked but not mushy.
Put the vegetables and fruit into a blender along with the pineapple juice, lime juice, cilantro, salt, and pepper and pulse on high speed until it is smoothed out but still slightly chunky.
Serve.
Notes
Chef Notes:
Make-Ahead: You can make this up to 2 days ahead of time.
How to Store: Place covered in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. This recipe will not freeze well.
You definitely do not have to grill or roast anything in this recipe. If you prefer to keep it raw simply add everything to a blender or food processor and pulse until it is slightly chunky.
To change up this recipe you can sub the pineapple for mango.
If you are looking to add much more spice to this recipe try using a serrano or even a habanero pepper.