Pineapple Mint Jalapeño Salsa
on Jan 04, 2019, Updated Jun 12, 2025
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Pineapple salsa is bright and refreshing. Serve with chips, or use it with all kinds of dishes.
This colorful salsa is at the same time spicy and refreshing — an amazing feat! Fruit salsas are so much fun and versatile. In this pineapple salsa recipe, the sweetness of the fruit provides the bright, juicy base, the jalapeños offer a bit of a kick, and both ingredients get a lift from fresh mint and lime juice.
You can serve pineapple salsa with tortilla chips before a meal, but you should think of it as a condiment as well. It works really well with Mexican and Caribbean flavors.
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Try this pineapple mint and jalapeño salsa or relish atop quesadillas, tacos, nachos, or burritos. It’s terrific on a simply grilled chicken breast, sautéed shrimp, or slices of roast pork. Or spoon it on a plate next to teriyaki beef skewers or on top of a pulled pork sandwich. It’s also great with Blackened Swordfish, Grilled Mexican Ribeye, and Fried Green Tomatoes!
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Pineapple Mint Jalapeño Salsa
Ingredients
- 2 cups 1/4-inch diced fresh pineapple
- ½ cup 1/4-inch diced yellow, red, orange, or green bell pepper (preferably a combination of two colors)
- 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh jalapeño pepper (seeded)
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- Kosher salt (to taste)
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, add the pineapple, bell peppers, mint, jalapeño, lime juice, and salt.
- Stir gently until well combined.
Notes
- If you can use two different colored bell peppers, the salsa gets just that much more colorful. This is pretty convenient if you have a bag of those mini assorted bell peppers around — you can pick one of each color.
- If you don’t feel like neatly dicing the ingredients, just give them a rough chop — it might not look as elegant, but it will taste exactly the same.
Storage
Store the leftover salsa in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. The acidity of the lime juice will help preserve the salsa.Nutrition
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- Think about adding some minced or diced red onion for a bit more kick.
- You can up the amount of lime juice and/or jalapeños as you like.
- Try serrano or other hot peppers in place of the jalapeños.
- Add in some small-diced ripe avocado just before serving.
What to Serve With Pineapple Salsa
The salsa sounds tasty.
Congratulations on the VOTY.
My holiday weekend is going to include a couple of your recipes: the Simple Herbed Grilled Chicken and Asian Ribs are on the menu. Probably the deviled eggs, too.
hooray!
This salsa reminds me of the Mexican Pineapple Salad from Gourmet magazine which is delicious!
https://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2009/02/mexican-pineapple-salad
Ooh that one has jicama and avocado. Must try that recipe! Yum.