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Sweet and Spicy Cranberry Salsa

Cranberry Salsa is where sweet and savory meet! This chunky salsa is such a fun and festive blend of unique flavors, and it’s the perfect addition to your holiday spread and season!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine Latin-Inspired
Servings 12

Equipment

  • Food Chopper

Ingredients
  

  • 12 ounces fresh cranberries chopped (one bag)
  • 1 bunch chopped cilantro about 1/2 cup of cilantro
  • 1/2 cup chopped green onions
  • 1/2 chopped red onion
  • 2 fresh jalapeño peppers diced (remove seeds if you don't want it too spicy)
  • 1 tablespoon grated ginger optional
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon or lime juice (I like lemon) about 1 whole lemon/lime juiced
  • 1/4 cup white granulated sugar or to taste or stevia (equivalent)
  • 1 pinch salt or to taste
  • Butter-style crackers or tortilla chips for serving

Instructions
 

  • Chop your cranberries into chunky pieces.
  • Combine chopped cranberries, cilantro, green onions, red onions, jalapeños, grated ginger in a medium-sized bowl.
  • Add lemon juice, sugar, and salt to cranberry mixture and mix until blended.
  • Cover salsa with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight (or chill for at least 4 hours to allow the flavors to blend together for opulent taste)!
    This is optional, but encouraged.
  • When ready to serve, drain the juice off of the mixture or you can leave it as is. I don't mind the extra juices from the salsa.
  • Serve with crackers, tortilla chips...and ENJOY!

Notes

  • Chill salsa for at least four hours before serving. 
  • It's best to use a food chopper or course chop or dice cranberries by hand. I have a food chopper and I love it. You can find it here. This chopper is also a great one. 
  • Chunky Cranberry Salsa is also delicious with cream cheese or over grilled chicken or pork!
  • You can use spoonable stevia or sugar for this recipe. They both taste great! You will need to convert your stevia to be equivalent to the sugar measurement.
  • Don't use blenders (ex. Vitamix, etc.) or food processors because they will puree or liquify salsa.
Keyword salsa
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