This copycat Chili’s salsa recipe is just like the restaurant favorite! It’s easy to make at home, just blend, chill and enjoy this game day or party appetizer with tortilla chips.
Homemade salsa recipes are some of our favorite appetizers! Other favorites include restaurant style salsa and easy salsa verde recipe.
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Why I Love This Restaurant Copycat
- Chili’s restaurant salsa recipe: Is easy to make at home! Add some thin corn tortilla chips or southwest egg rolls and it’s just like Southwestern-inspired restaurant.
- Fresh and flavorful: What’s so good about Chili’s copycat salsa is that you only need a few pantry and fresh ingredients for authentic Tex-Mex tastes and flavor.
Copycat Chili’s Salsa Recipe Ingredients
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
How to Make Chili’s Salsa Recipe
Ingredients for this copycat Chili’s salsa recipe are simple and easy to find.
- Diced tomatoes
- Rotel (original diced tomatoes with green chilies)
- Diced jalapeno peppers
- Onion
- Garlic powder, sugar, salt and cumin
- Fresh cilantro
- Lime juice
Add all copycat salsa ingredients to a blender or food processor. Process for 20 seconds but don’t puree, pour into a large container, cover and chill for at least one hour. Serve.
Recipe Tips
- If you love salsa with some heat and spice, leave the seeds in your jalapeno peppers.
- Chili’s salsa is best chilled for a few hours or overnight but you can serve it right away.
- Served traditionally with chips and salsa, you can also use it with crockpot salsa chicken, add to taco salad or spoon over fish.
- While a batch of homemade salsa is best fresh, it can be stored in the fridge in a mason jar or covered container for up to a week.
For more favorites salsas try fruit salsa, avocado salsa or mango salsa recipe!
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Chili’s Salsa
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Ingredients
- 14.5 ounces petite diced tomatoes (one can)
- 10 ounces Ro*Tel diced tomatoes and green chiles (one can)
- 2 teaspoons diced jalapeno peppers (If you like spicy salsa, leave the seeds)
- ½ small yellow onion , sliced
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro , or 1 tsp dried cilantro
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients: Add all ingredients to a blender or food processor. Process for 20 seconds or until it's the texture you desire.
- Pour and chill: Pour salsa into a quart sized jar or bowl, cover, and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.
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Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Categorized as: American, Appetizers, Cinco De Mayo, Dairy-Free, Dips, Gluten-Free, Mexican, Nut-Free, Reader Favorites, Snacks, Super Bowl, Vegan, Vegetarian
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
This salsa is perfection! I love Chili’s salsa, but have never been able to find a copycat recipe. I came across this recipe while on your site and I’ve made it twice in the last week. You nailed it! My family loves it too!
So happy to hear that you love it! Huge fans of Chili’s salsa over here, so we knew the copycat had to do it justice! Thanks for the review.
Chili’s has the best salsa! It’s the only reason I ever go there lol. Great copy cat recipe!
Agreed! So glad you enjoyed it!