Watermelon Salsa Recipe
This healthy watermelon salsa is perfect for a summer snack!
This fruit salsa delivers both on texture and on flavor. It’s easy to eat and adds tons of sweet, delicious flavor to whatever you serve it with.
This fruit salsa has a very simple flavor to it, but it’s so addictive! Pair this with some clean, organic corn chips, and holy moly!! I promise it’s one of life’s simple yet amazing summer pleasures.
What To Eat With Watermelon Salsa
- With corn chips, tortilla chips, or pita chips
- Over salmon
- Over pork
- In tacos
- Over chicken
- With shrimp
Recipe Additions
If you want to round out this salsa a bit more, here are more ingredients you can add:
- Jalapeno pepper
- Cucumber
- Fresh cilantro
- Fresh mint (or any herbs you like)
- Tomatoes
- Bell peppers – Particularly red bell peppers.
- Lime zest
About The Ingredients
Watermelon – Pick the sweetest one you can find. A seedless watermelon is quite helpful here.
Yellow onion – Red onion will also work great here.
Fresh basil
Fresh lime juice
Salt and pepper – To taste
How To Make Watermelon Salsa
Using a sharp knife, dice the watermelon, onion, and basil, making sure to chop as small as possible without mincing, and transfer to a bowl.
Add the lime juice, salt, and pepper and stir well.
Transfer to a serving dish or bowl and serve on a pita or with your favorite, clean corn chips.
Storage
Store this in the fridge for up to 2 or 3 days.
Freezing
Freezing is not recommended for this recipe.
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Watermelon Salsa
Ingredients
- 4 cups finely chopped watermelon
- ½ cup finely diced yellow onion
- ¼ cup fresh, finely chopped basil
- 1 medium lime (juice only)
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Using a sharp knife, dice the watermelon, onion, and basil, making sure to chop as small as possible without mincing, and transfer to a bowl.
- Add the lime juice, salt, and pepper and stir well.
- Transfer to a serving dish or bowl and serve on a pita or with your favorite, clean corn chips.
Notes
Nutrition
Recipe from the Gracious Pantry archives, originally posted 5/9/11.
Girl this is the good stuff! All I can say is wow my kids couldn’t stop eating it, thanks for another clean kid friendly recipe:)
Cristina – That’s wonderful!!! The funny part is, Mini Chef wouldn’t eat it. I think he was JUST expecting the watermelon flavor. The basil threw him off. But that’s okay, because everybody else devoured it.
Glad you all enjoyed it! 🙂
the kids ate it for breakfast..lol I made it early this morning so we could eat it with dinner, I now have to make more:)
Cristina – LOL!!! That’s fabulous!
Yum! I could totally see myself eating that with a spoon 😀
Heidi – I sure did! 😉
You must’ve read my shopping list! I now have watermelon chunks and fresh basil in the fridge. 🙂
Charlena – Yep! I’m psychic like that. 😉
Just made this and its fantastic! Thank you! 🙂
Elke – Fabulous! I’m so happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for trying my recipe!
Mint is what I’ve always put with watermelon. I love it, its so cool and refreshing, but my hubby isn’t a fan of mint, so I should try it with the basil for him. Thanks for the idea!
Christy – I thought about mint too. We have a chocolate mint plant in the back yard though. No regular mint. It just didn’t go well somehow. I love the basil though. Not sure I’d want it with mint after trying it with the basil. So yummy!
That sounds like a great combo – especially with the lime too!
Jenn – It really is! I ate almost the whole bowl by myself. So refreshing!
Sounds delicious! I have been looking for healthy ways to have snacks/appetizers and this sounds wonderful and refreshing. Thanks!
Elizabeth
Elizabeth – You’re welcome! It’s definitely refreshing, no doubt about that! 😉
You can also use the following in addition to watermelon. 2 c watermelon, 1 c onions, 1 c pineapple (crushed) and 1/2 c concentrated orange juice. and…wait for it….CILANTRO!
JUP – LOL!! Sounds amazing! I’ll give it a try, thanks!
Charlie – Ooooh! You should LOVE this one!
Sherretteestes – Corn chips are best. Just be sure the pineapple is sweet. Might be hard to find this time of year. I have a strawberry salsa you might like too. It’s a little easier to find good strawberries this time of year than watermelon.
sherretteestes – Haha! I guess you’ll just have to try them all!