Mango Salsa
Posted May 04, 2025
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This mango salsa recipe the perfect blend of sweet and salty. It’s irresistibly flavorful and easy to make in 10 minutes with 8 ingredients.
This mango salsa recipe is a delicious, healthy dip to serve alongside your favorite Mexican recipes.
Made with 8 fresh ingredients like sweet mango, red onion lime juice and cilantro, it is a flavor-packed dish perfect to serve with salty tortilla chips.
This is a mild mango salsa (perfect for families with kids), but you can make it spicy by adding diced jalapeño. It’s also a great topper for chicken or fish!
Mango Salsa: Ingredients & Substitutions
- Fresh mango. Fresh is best, but you can use frozen. Let it thaw in a colander to drain excess water, then chop it to use in the recipe. Or, try this pineapple salsa recipe!
- Red onion. Yellow or white onion are good substitutes for red.
- Lime juice. fresh or bottled both work well.
- Honey. You can omit the honey if your mango is very sweet.
- To add heat: finely dice a jalapeño pepper and mix it into the recipe.
How to Make Mango Salsa
We’ll walk through how to make mango salsa, and don’t forget to watch the video.
This first step is to finely dice the mango and red onion and chop the cilantro. This is the most time consuming part of the recipe. You can save time by dicing the mangos and storing them in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 1 day in advance.
Once the ingredients are diced, add them to a medium-sized bowl with a lid. I suggest beginning with ¼ teaspoon sea salt and adjusting the amount if necessary after chilling.
Then, stir to combine the ingredients. Once stirred, secure the lid to your bowl and transfer the mango salsa to the refrigerator to chill for at least 1 hour.
When ready to serve, stir, taste and adjust salt as necessary.
Serve
Transfer the mango salsa to a serving bowl. Then, garnish with extra cilantro, onions, etc. and serve chilled.
We like to serve mango salsa alongside our favorite Mexican recipes like ground beef tacos, chicken enchiladas, and chicken quesadillas.
It’s also a delicious topper for fish or chicken!
Store
Store leftover mango salsa in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-5 days. I don’t recommend freezing this recipe.
Mango Salsa Recipe FAQS
It’s a great side or appetizer to your favorite Mexican recipes. It also pairs very well with grilled chicken, or fish.
Add a diced jalapeño pepper to the recipe to make it spicy.
Yes, you can double the ingredients and mix it in a large bowl.
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Mango Salsa Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh mango (finely diced)
- ¼ cup red onion (finely diced)
- ½ cup cilantro (chopped)
- 2 Tablespoons lime juice
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
Instructions
- Finely dice the mango and red onion and chop the cilantro.
- Add all the ingredients to a medium-sized bowl with a lid. Start by adding ¼ tsp sea salt.
- Stir to combine.
- Secure the lid and transfer the salsa to the refrigerator to chill for at least 1 hour.
- When ready to serve, stir, taste and adjust salt as necessary.
- Transfer the mango salsa to a serving bowl. Then, garnish with extra cilantro, onions, etc. and serve chilled.
Video
Notes
- Fresh mango. Fresh is best, but you can use frozen. Let it thaw in a colander to drain excess water, then chop it to use in the recipe.
- Red onion. Yellow or white onion are good substitutes for red.
- Lime juice. fresh or bottled both work well.
- Honey. You can omit the honey if your mango is very sweet.
- To add heat: finely dice a jalapeño pepper and mix it into the recipe.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
