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This fresh peach salsa blends juicy summer peaches with jalapeño, red onion, and lime juice. Ready in 15 minutes for chips, grilled fish, or tacos!
Growing up, every peach season I looked forward to my mom’s peach pie as a classic summer dessert. But peaches with red onion and jalapeños? Peach salsa was not part of the traditional Midwestern diet of my childhood, but after the first bite of this stuff, I decided I’ll be serving this for years to come!
This peach salsa blends sweet juicy peaches with red onion, lime, and cilantro for a delicious salsa that’s so versatile. You can serve it with chips or crackers as an appetizer, and it’s the perfect peach salsa for fish or in a burrito or taco. As a lover of sweet and salty flavors, I’m always in heaven with the first bite of this fresh peach salsa!
Featured Reader Reviews
“This salsa was amazing! We tried it last night, and it will become a regular dish for us during peach season.” -Jason
Ingredients You’ll Need
All you need for peach salsa is xix ingredients:
- Fresh peaches: Your peaches must be juicy and ripe: see my guide to How to Ripen Peaches. Look for fruit that gives slightly when you gently squeeze it.
- Red onion: Adds a sharp, pungent bite that balances the fruit.
- Jalapeño: De-seed and de-rib it for mild, or leave some seeds in for spicy.
- Fresh cilantro: Brightens the whole bowl. If it’s not for you, I’ve got notes below.
- Lime juice: This adds a nice pop of flavor and helps the peaches from browning.
Tips For The Best Peach Salsa
This peach salsa recipe takes less than 15 minutes to make and requires no special ingredients. Here are
- Peel and dice the ripe peaches. Technically you can use unpeeled peaches, but the texture is best with peeled; see my instructions below.
- Make sure to de-seed the jalapeño pepper for a mild salsa. Also wash your hands when working with jalapeños: the juice can sting if you don’t wash it away.
- Eat immediately or give it a few minutes at room temperature. You can let it rest for a few minutes on the counter before digging in. This gives the salsa ingredients time to come together and gives it a better flavor.
How to Peel Peaches: Two Easy Ways
This peach salsa recipe calls for peeling the peaches: which can actually be tricky! Using a vegetable peeler can be difficult depending on the ripeness of the peaches and can also be time consuming. Instead, I use a peach peeler: it’s a special vegetable peeler that is serrated and used for slippery fruits like peaches.
If you don’t have one, here’s another a simple way to peel the peaches! For this one you need no special tools: just boiling water! Here’s what to do:
- Prepare a large pot of boiling water.
- Drop a peach into the pot so that the water fully covers it, and boil for about 1 minute.
- Remove the peach from the water with a fork, and drop in the next peach.
- As the second peach boils, use a sharp knife to remove the thin skin of the peach (it should peel off in large sheets with your fingers). Repeat until all peaches are peeled.
Ways to Serve Peach Salsa
Here are a few ways I love to serve this:
- With tortilla chips: The classic appetizer, with a batch of homemade tortilla chips.
- With black beans and quinoa: Pile it in a bowl with quinoa and easy black beans for a weeknight dinner.
- Over grilled fish: A white fish like cod, halibut, mahi-mahi, or tilapia is great with peach salsa. Try it with any of my grilled fish recipes.
- On tacos: Add it to grilled fish tacos or black bean tacos.
- On grilled chicken or pork: Try it with my favorite grilled chicken thighs.
- On a summer spread: Add more of my favorite summer appetizers.
Storage and Leftovers
This fresh peach salsa recipe will keep in the fridge for a few days, but the peaches will soften a bit over time so you’ll want to eat this salsa fast! Before serving the leftover salsa, give it a good stir to mix up all the juices that have pooled on the bottom of the container.
More Peach Recipes To Try
Dietary Notes
This peach salsa recipe is vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and plant-based.
The Best Peach Salsa
This fresh peach salsa blends juicy summer peaches with jalapeño, red onion, and lime juice. Ready in 15 minutes for chips, grilled fish, or tacos!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Raw
- Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
- 4 ripe peaches
- 1/2 medium red onion
- 1/2 jalapeño pepper
- 1 handful fresh cilantro
- 1 lime
- Kosher salt
Instructions
- Peel and dice the peaches. Finely chop the red onion. Remove the stem, seeds, and ribs of the jalapeño pepper and mince half of the pepper (or add more to taste). Chop the cilantro.
- Mix all ingredients together, then add the lime juice and a few pinches kosher salt. Eat immediately or after 5 minutes to let the flavors meld.
the recent hot weather has got me craving peaches and strawberries so can’t wait to try this one out!
Looking forward to trying this out tomorrow with Thrive freezed dried Peaches! The taste of fresh peaches is just what I need about now to chase the winter dreariness away. Thank you for a yummy looking recipe =)
Just did it tonight for a picnic and it was a major hit, thanks!
We make this salsa with frozen peaches in the winter when tomatoes are terrible. Though I’m sure fresh peaches are better the frozen ones make a pretty tasty salsa too!
This sounds delicious! I included this recipe in my Peach Round Up – Jeni;
Can I freeze this?
We have never tried to freeze salsa, so I’m not sure! Generally salsas are canned to preserve them. This type of salsa is best freshly made — but you could try freezing it and let us know if it works out! I’ll let others weigh in on whether they have frozen salsa with good results.
I cannot wait to try this! mmmmm…..
Loved this salsa! I made it this past weekend and enjoyed it with your suggested quinoa & black bean salad. Thanks for the recipe! Featuring your recipe on my blog later this week!
So glad you enjoyed it – and thanks for featuring it!
LOVE salsa with fruit. I add mango, pineapple or peaches to mine with tomatoes, jalapenos, lime and cilantro.
Beautiful dish!
Perfect. I just got a haul of peaches from the farmers market and i’ve been pondering a peach salsa. Yours looks awesome!
I love salsa, but have never made it with peaches. This looks so good and perfect for the summer. I will have to give it a try!
Very cool salsa! I’m usually a prude when it comes to fruit, not so good about mixing up ‘the norm.’ This looks great though! Buzzed :)
Haha, I like the idea of being a fruit prude :) We’ve been having fun trying fruit in new ways — let us know what you think if you try it out! :)
Looks great! I can’t wait to try this. I also posted a peach recipe on my blog today… if you get a chance, please stop by! http://jennysteffens.blogspot.com/2011/07/peach-crostata-simple-summer-peach.html
Ooo, looks great! I like the farm to table theme, and your blog is very cute! :)
Oh this looks absolutely delicious!! Gorgeous photos! :)
This salsa was amazing! We tried it last night, and it will become a regular dish for us during peach season.
Wonderful — I’m so glad you liked it!! I’m excited to share how we served it soon – you’ll have to give it a try! :)
I absolutely love salsa with fruit and this looks very delicious and seasonal
I love the sound of this peach salsa – looks gorgeous too. I love that combo of sweet succulent fruit, with salty and spicy. As soon as peach season returns to New Zealand I will definitely be trying this. I often make a salsa with fresh pineapple or mango, mixed with chilli, coriander and pistachios.
Sue :-)
Wow, that sounds delicious! I like the idea of adding some crunch with the nuts – thanks for sharing!
Yum! This sounds like a tasty salsa!
Peach salsa sounds great!! I just made a peach salad and now i am in love with peaches.
I made this today to go with grilled pork chops. I like the way it tastes even though I added way to much cilantro lol a hand full literally 😆 next time I will definitely go easy on the cilantro.
Oh yes, I love fruit salsa. I didn’t grow up with it either but recently I made a peach compote to go with barbecued pork chops. Yours looks delicious.
Sounds like a great combination – I love compotes too!
This is a great recipe for gorgeous ripe summer peaches!
Mmmmm!! Deeee-licious! :D