This homemade smoked salsa recipe blends together fresh tomatoes, jalapeño, onion, garlic, cilantro, and lime juice for a bold and smoky dip. It's great with tortilla chips, spooned on tacos, and everything in between.
If you're searching for an easy pellet grill recipe, you're in the right place! This delicious salsa involves minimal prep work and clean up is a breeze. Just prep the veg, smoke on the pellet grill, blend, and serve!
You'll love the touch of smoky flavor the pellet grill gives these fresh ingredients. This salsa is easy to make and great for any occasion. We made it all throughout the winter months but can't wait to use juicy in-season tomatoes in the summer.
Smoked salsa is perfect with tortilla chips or served with your favorite Mexican dishes like smoked brisket tacos, slow cooker barbacoa tacos, ground beef tacos, breakfast tacos, and chimichangas.
Looking for more fresh salsa recipes? Try my roasted tomatillo salsa or spicy pico de gallo next.
Ingredient notes
- Tomatoes: Fresh tomatoes are a must. I'd suggest roma tomatoes, hot house, or beefsteak tomatoes.
- Onion: Any type of onion will work! Yellow onion adds a nice sweetness, white onion adds a crisp bite, and red onion adds a bright flavor.
- Garlic: Fresh garlic adds extra flavor to your smoked salsa. If you aren't a fan, simply leave it out.
- Jalapeno: Fresh jalapeño peppers brings the heat and slightly tangy taste. For a spicer salsa, use a serrano pepper instead.
- Olive oil: Use any neutral tasting oil to toss the veggies in before smoking.
- Lime juice: Fresh lime juice adds acidity and helps balance everything out.
- Cilantro: Fresh cilantro adds a nice fresh, herbaceous flavor. Use as little or as much as you like.
- Salt: Just a pinch really makes all the flavors pop!
How to smoke salsa on pellet grill
Find the exact measurements and full directions for how to make smoked salsa in the recipe card below.
- Preheat pellet grill smoker: By the way, my smoked green beans, smoked baked beans, or smoked potato chips also smoke at 225F!
- Prep the ingredients: As the smoker grill preheats, chop and prepare the vegetables.
- Smoke the salsa: Place grill pan on smoker, close the lid, and smoke for about 90 minutes.
- Blend in food processor: Once cooked, remove from smoker, let cool, then place in food processor or blender. Add remaining ingredients and pulse until desired consistency is reached.
- Serve or store in fridge: Taste and adjust salt or lime juice amounts, if needed. Serve immediately or store in the fridge until ready to serve.
Tips for making smoked salsa
- We typically use disposable aluminum pans for cooking on our smoker, but a grill basket with holes to allow the smoke through works great too!
- For a milder salsa, make sure to remove the seeds from the jalapeno. Alternatively, you can omit the jalapeno or use a poblano instead.
- Make the salsa ahead of time and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for about 24 hours before serving. Letting the salsa chill and sit helps all the flavors come together.
Related recipes
Want more easy dip recipes? Try my homemade version of chipotle corn salsa or my 5-minute homemade guacamole for your next taco night! If you love sweet and spicy salsas, you'll love my mango habanero salsa and spicy peach salsa. And lastly-no party, game day tailgate, or bbq is complete without my cowboy caviar.
I hope you love this easy smoked homemade salsa recipe as much as we do! Next time you're craving salsa, skip the store bought stuff and make it yourself. If you give it a try, let me know what you think by leaving a rating and comment.
Pellet Grill Smoked Salsa
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat the smoker to 225F. As the smoker preheats, prep the ingredients. Quarter the tomatoes, cut the onion in half, slice the jalapeño in half, peel the garlic, then toss with olive oil in a disposable aluminum pan.
- Place the pan in the smoker and close the lid. Smoke for 90 minutes. Remove from smoker and let cool.
- Transfer the smoked ingredients along with the fresh cilantro, lime juice, and salt to a food processor or blender. Pulse until salsa reaches desired consistency.
- Enjoy salsa immediately or transfer to an airtight container and let chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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