green apples, honey, onion, and cilantro
Once upon a time, our sweet community group leaders had us over to their house for dinner, and there my friend Ann T. served us grilled steak paired perfectly with a delicious pico-de-gallo kind of salsa I’d never seen the likes of before. It was salty, sweet, and perfect.
Being a foolish youth of only 22, I was far too shy to ask for the recipe, and instead tried to recall the ingredients because it was a tart-salty-sweet match made in heaven.
A while back I attempted to recreate it once more and fell head over heels all over again. 🙂 I have no idea how close this actually is to its inspiration recipe (hers may have had jalapeño and red onion?), but luckily we’ve come up with a version of it that every kid in our house loves.
It pairs extremely well with grilled chicken, tortilla chips, or even just an empty spoon.
This recipe serves a crowd (although I’m quite sure I could eat the entire bowl on my own!).
Green Apple Salsa
Ingredients
- 4 Granny Smith green apples
- 1/2 cup lime juice (fresh is best)
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 sweet/mild yellow onion (red onion for hotter salsa)
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 bunch cilantro
Instructions
- Chop apples and onion into small pieces and mix together in a medium-sized serving bowl.
- Finely chop cilantro leaves, then add to apples and onion mixture.
- Stir in lime juice, honey, and salt, mixing well.
- Refrigerate salsa for 1-2 hours before serving for best flavor.
