15 Unusual Things to Eat With Salsa

For the last several months I've had one staple in my diet. Call me boring, call me what you will, but I really love salsa. It can be chunky, it can be blended, it can be hot or just fresh and mild, it doesn't much matter. I love them all. In fact, I love salsa so much I've eaten it with almost every meal recently. And did you know you can eat salsa with more than chips? Here are 15 things you may or may not have thought to try it out on!

Sure there's your traditional fare of South American foods that are always better with a little salsa, but I'd like to talk about what's in your refrigerator or heading to your table for normal meals. I love chunky salsa the most as it always feels like its own side dish instead of a condiment. Here's what I've been eating it with:

1. Hummus
2. Pizza (as a topping or condiment)
3. Fish
4. Lettuce leaves (like a boat, or on a salad)
5. Eggs
6. Meatloaf (in it or on it)
7. Potatoes: baked, mashed, roasted, hash
8. Hot dogs
9. Steak
10. Noodles (cold or hot: angel hair, ramen)
11. Soup (chicken, tortilla, corn chowder)
12. Cream Cheese (heated and mixed in)
13. Grains (rice, farro, quinoa)
14. Pancakes (instead of syrup or mixed in the batter)
15. Corn bread (just mix it in the batter)

How do you eat your salsa? Share your methods in the comments below!

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Comments (20)

I like salsa mixed in my Mac-n-Cheese!

I love salsa with cottage cheese...

I second the salsa with cottage cheese!

Salsa on rice-YUM!

Third on the cottage cheese! Pair both together and put in any tomato soup!
Or just make a dip with cottage cheese and salsa and enjoy with tortilla chips : )

I eat citrus salsa with my fish from Mark Bittman recipe I got a few years back. It's colorful and the acidity plays great with fish. Recipe in link below

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/dining/081mrex.html

i second the salsa on rice!! i've recently developed an obsession for hot rice paired with cold dishes ...my favorite is hot white rice with cold tuna salad! yum!

Love it on a baked potato. With cheese!

I mix it into guacamole instead of chopping/buying a tomato (sometimes). I also like making a meal of a couple of salsas and some homemade pita or tortilla chips; avocado salsa (chunkier than guac), spicy fruit salsa and straight up garden salsa.

I use salsa as a salad dressing.

It's also a SUPER quick and easy base for a bean soup. Just cook through your favorite salsa for 10-15 minutes (no oil needed, even), add some water/stock/broth and a can of rinsed beans and heat through. Dinner.

Salsa with green beans! Or okra and corn. Amazing way to add some zip to green veggies. Salsa and beans are also nice. Black beans or chickpeas are favorites.

Also, salsa with sour cream makes amazing chip dip.

Tortilla spread with cream cheese (mixed with diced chiles or black olives or both). Roll into a "log" and put in the freezer for about an hour. Serve with salsa as a dip. By the time you take the roll out, slice it into 1 inch pieces and your company arrives, it will have thawed but will still maintain shape.

Black beans, salsa and backed tortilla chips - it's what's for dinner!

I use salsa as a low calorie salad dressing.

I also pack simple lunches of corn, rice and beans with salsa for work.

@leapkate I second the soup idea- I just did that recently when I was out of canned diced tomatoes and I think the salsa turned out better!

I also love spicy salsa with my Grandma's pierogies. They're not the potato kind, but the deep fried meat filled kind... although I bet salsa would be delicious with potato perogies too.

It's also really good with pasta! You can sub it for part or all of the tomato sauce. Or just toss it with olive oil.

I somehow accidentally got salsa on my eggs once when I worked at camp one summer. Never going back.

Inside of a grilled cheese sandwich!!

We eat very chunky salsa or pico de gallo on toasted bread with a little bit of mexican blend cheese. It's like Mexican Bruschetta. It's a yummy twist on a classic dish and makes a great snack.

My most recent favorite thing is putting salsa on those corn cakes that were all the rage this summer, with a runny egg on top squeezed over with some lime. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, two weekends in a row.

We eat everything with sauce in Mexico, and I mean EVERYTHING. There are different types of sauce for different types of foods, but we do put it on everything. Even fruit.