Mango Habanero Salsa is made with roasted tomatoes, habanero peppers, mangos and onions, then blended into a smooth, sweet and spicy salsa perfect for dipping salty tortilla chips. It's a great alternative to my pressure cooker salsa roja and arbol chile salsa.
Roasted mango habanero salsa has a deep and sweet flavor, different from the refreshing and bright taste of raw salsa, like pineapple mango salsa and mango pico de gallo. Both are incredibly delicious- made with healthy, nutritious and fresh ingredients.
While I love this salsa for game day gatherings and summer barbecues as an appetizer or finger food, it's also great for adding to tacos, burritos (even in a breakfast burrito), grain bowls and instead of using salsa verde in my slow cooker salsa verde chicken.
Recipe Notes
- Heat Factor: Medium-Hot 🌶️ This salsa is hot! But the beauty of salsa is it's versatility. Make it as mild or as hot as you'd like by simply increasing or decreasing the amount of hot peppers.
- Make it hotter: add more habaneros.
- Make it milder: add only 1 or 2 habaneros.
- Add jalapenos or bell peppers: for even more texture and spice, add a bell pepper or throw in a jalapeno along with the habaneros.
- Keep it fresh, not cooked: dice all ingredients and simply mix together instead of cooking and blending them.
Ingredients
- Mango
- Habanero peppers
- Tomatoes
- Cilantro
- Onions
- Garlic
Blender Instructions
- Roughly chop the tomatoes, onion, and garlic. Cut and seed the habaneros using gloves so you do not burn your fingers. The seeds are hot! Cut the mango into large chunks.
- Bring 1 tablespoon of oil, tomatoes, mangoes, habaneros, onions, and garlic to a simmer on the stove. Cook down for 7 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Transfer to a blender, add salt and cilantro, and pulse a few times until the salsa is at your desired texture.
Instant Pot Instructions
The best way to make this salsa in a pressure cooker is to use the pot-in-pot method. The pressure cooker requires 1 to 2 cups of water to come to pressure, and you don't want to add the water to your ingredients. Doing so will give you a soupy salsa.
- Add 1 to 2 cups of water to the bottom of your Instant Pot (depending on size and recommended water amounts). Place a trivet inside and cake pan or other oven-safe bowl on top of the trivet.
- Add all ingredients except for the cilantro to the oven safe bowl. Close the lid and seal the vent. Set to pressure cook on high for 5 minutes. Do a quick release when finished.
- Remove the pan and add cilantro. Either mash or transfer to a blender and pulse a few times, until the salsa is as chunky or smooth as you'd like.
Enjoy!
kristina's tip
Wear gloves when slicing the habanero peppers! The seeds can make your fingers burn easily.
How To Fix Watery Salsa
To fix salsa that you think is too watery, strain it through a cheesecloth. This is done at the very end, once you've determined the salsa is too watery for your liking. Another option is to squeeze as much water as you can out of the tomatoes prior to blending and cooking. And don't add any extra liquids (like lime juice) to the salsa until the very end. This way you can better control just how liquidy your salsa becomes.
Recipe
Mango Habanero Salsa
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tomatoes large garden or beefsteak tomatoes
- 6 habaneros use 8-10 for hotter and 1-2 for milder
- 1 onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 mangos
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro
- ½ teaspoon salt plus more to taste
Instructions
- Roughly chop the tomatoes, onion, and garlic. Cut and seed the habaneros using gloves so you do not burn your fingers. Cut the mango into large chunks.
- Bring 1 tablespoon of oil, tomatoes, mangoes, habaneros, onions, and garlic to a simmer on the stove. Cook down for 7 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Transfer to a blender, add salt and cilantro, and pulse a few times until the salsa is at your desired texture
Notes
Mango habanero salsa can also be stored in the freezer for around 2 months.
Nutrition
Raquel says
Mangos and peppers make such a great combination for salsa!
will says
Just made a cheese dip for the Kentucky Derby, this would have gone perfect with it. Definitely going to add this to my next game day/race day menu! Thanks so much!
Audrey says
I didn't know it was so easy to make this!
Beth says
My hubby and I are going to really enjoy this salsa recipe! Love that this salsa has kick to it, so tasty! It's my new favorite!
Allyssa says
Super easy to make and very delicious recipe! Thanks a lot for sharing, highly recommended! Loved it, will make it again!
Lauren Vavala Harris says
This is our favorite flavor of salsa! This recipe is so easy, we can make it all the time now.
Jill says
What a fabulous flavor combination. Going to be trying this with the non-cooking blender instructions. Thanks!
Jenny says
This recipe is so easy to make and is the perfect amount of heat!
Claudia Lamascolo says
this was perfect for our hot salsa lovers my sons both enjoyed this recipe