Cranberry Salsa Recipe

Add a refreshing twist to your next party with this delicious homemade cranberry salsa recipe! Perfect for dipping with chips or adding to your favorite dishes. This fabulous salsa is a holiday favorite served over a brick of softened cream cheese. 

Sometime in mid-October, the local grocery stores start carrying fresh cranberries. This tart berry makes so many outstanding recipes, including this salsa. Somehow, the spicy flavor of the jalapenos complements the cranberries just perfectly. It is not too spicy from the jalapenos or bitter from the cranberries.  If you like this salsa, try pineapple salsa, peach salsa, and mango salsa!

Ingredient Notes and Substitutions

• Cranberries: Fresh cranberries freeze very well and can maintain their texture and quality for almost a year, so I usually stock up on extra-large bags from Costco this time of the year.
• Zest: I use orange and lime, but you can use orange and lemon.
• Honey: I prefer honey in this recipe, but you can use granulated sugar.
• Jalapenos: choose mild peppers that are uniformly green in color and free of striations or blemishes.
• Cilantro: fresh chopped is a must for the best flavor
• Citrus juice: fresh lime is the best, but fresh lemon or orange works too

How to Make Cranberry Salsa

Add the cranberries, red onion, orange zest, lime zest, honey, jalapenos, cilantro, and lime juice to a food processor. Pulse several times to chop to the desired consistency.

Remove the lid several times to check for consistency. You don’t want to go too far; this step goes very quickly. If you are not serving it immediately, store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Ways to serve this salsa

• Spooned over grilled chicken or fish
• Ladled over a block of softened cream cheese
• With freshly baked cinnamon chips
• As an accompaniment to grilled beef or pork tenderloin
• In baked Brie with puff pastry
• Spooned over baked meatloaf
• With crispy cheese quesadillas

More Cranberry Recipes

Cranberry Orange Muffins

White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

Cranberry Sauce

Cranberry Orange Bread

Crockpot Cranberry Meatballs

Cranberry Orange Daiquiri

Cranberry Salsa Recipe

This five-minute festive Cranberry Salsa combines fresh cranberries, jalapenos, cilantro, red onions, honey, and lime juice into a fantastic treat.

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Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 16

Calories: 37kcal

Author: Beth Pierce

Ingredients

• 1 12 ounce bag fresh cranberries
• ½ medium red onion chopped
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1 tablespoon lime zest
• ½ cup honey
• 2 jalapeno peppers seeded and minced
• ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 limes juiced

Instructions

• Combine cranberries, red onion, orange zest, lime zest, honey, jalapenos, cilantro, and lime juice in a food processor. Pulse several times to chop to medium consistency. Refrigerate if not used immediately.

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Notes

This is absolutely delicious over a block of cream cheese with butter crisp crackers.

Nutrition

Calories: 37kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.03g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.004g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 27mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 59IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.1mg

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