Get ready to WIN the next taco (or potluck) night, because you’re bringing a salsa that everyone will love. This fresh pineapple salsa is easy and delicious. It’s a great topping for your next taco, chicken bowl, or just to eat with salty chips.

Hand holding a fresh tortilla chip dipped in a bowl of pineapple salsa. There is a basket of fresh chips in the bottom left corner and a small wooden bowl of chopped cilantro to the bottom right.

Fresh Pineapple Salsa

I am so excited for you to have this pineapple salsa recipe!! It is so good. So, so good! I also think it’s pretty soothing to make because you get to chop a bunch of ingredients into cute little pieces. Put on a show, turn on an audio book, or turn up your favorite album, and start chopping away.

Lime juice brightens, the pineapple sweetens, and the herbs bring it all home for the most delicious bite!

Pineapple Salsa Ingredients

This pineapple salsa is made with all of the freshest, most delicious things. Hereโ€™s everything youโ€™ll need:

Pineapple salsa ingredients on a grey and white marble surface.
  • 2 cups of pineapple, diced
  • 1 large avocado, diced
  • 2 tablespoons of lime juice, about 1 lime
  • โ…“ cup of fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
  • ยผ of a red onion, diced
  • 1 small jalapeรฑo, seeds removed, diced (optional)
  • ยฝ teaspoon of salt

How to Select Fresh Pineapple

Knowing how to select fresh fruit at the grocery store or farmerโ€™s market can make all the difference between a super hard, unripe fruit that tastes more like nothing than the actual fruit and a beautifully textured and flavorful piece of fruit that lives up to its nickname: โ€œnatureโ€™s candy.โ€

Pineapples are super funky looking, but when youโ€™re selecting a pineapple, youโ€™ll want to focus more on how it feels and smells rather than how it looks:

  • Ready-to-enjoy pineapples should feel firm to the touch with a slight โ€œgiveโ€ when you squeeze it. The shell should be hard, but you should be able to feel the slightly softer fruit inside. If the entire fruit just feels super hard, it probably isnโ€™t quite ready to cut into, and if it feels really soft, the pineapple is likely past its time.
  • Youโ€™ll also want to pay attention to the way that the pineapple smells. Give it a quick sniff, and if it smells exactly how youโ€™d want it to taste (think: what you would want a โ€œpineapple-scentedโ€ candle to smell like), itโ€™s probably perfectly ripe. If it doesnโ€™t smell like anything, itโ€™s likely way underripe, and if it smells super sweet (think: too sweet โ€“ almost syrupy), thereโ€™s a good chance itโ€™s too ripe.

Ingredient Modifications and Variations

  • Add some extra heat – swap the jalapeno for a serrano pepper for some extra heat!

How To Make Pineapple Salsa

Pineapple salsa is EASY to make, yโ€™all. Hereโ€™s the how-to:

Diced and sliced pineapple on a wooden cutting board.
Hand holding a butcher knife dicing onions on a cutting board.
Diced jalapeno on a cutting board.
Hand holding a butcher knife dicing avocado.
Hand holding citrus juicer squeezing juice into a bowl of pineapple salsa ingredients.
Hand tossing pineapple salsa ingredients in a bowl with a black spatula.
  1. Add all ingredients to a bowl – add all of the pineapple salsa ingredients to a bowl.
  2. Mix together – use a spoon to mix together the pineapple salsa ingredients.

How to Cut Pineapple

When cutting a pineapple, youโ€™ll want to remember this mantra: slices, sticks, and dices. Youโ€™ll cut the shell off of the pineapple, cut the flesh away from the core, and slice the flesh into sticks, and finally, dices!

Find our full How to Cut a Pineapple tutorial!

Hand holding a fresh tortilla chip over a grey surface. There is a bowl of pineapple salsa to the top and a small wooden bowl of chopped cilantro to the bottom right.

Uses for Pineapple Salsa

From a chip dip to a taco topping, pineapple salsa can be used in a ton of ways! A few recipes that it would be especially delicious withโ€ฆ

How to Store Pineapple Salsa

Store your leftover pineapple salsa in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Stored this way, itโ€™ll last for 3-4 days. 

How to Prep Pineapple Salsa in Advance

You can chop and dice all of the ingredients (except for the avocado โ€“ save that one for the day of!) 1-2 days in advance of serving your salsa. For the freshest results, store each component separately in the refrigerator and mix them together just before serving!

A white bowl of pineapple salsa on a grey and white marble surface. There are fresh tortilla chips to the bottom left and sprinkled near the top. There is also a copper spoon to the top right and a wooden bowl of cilantro to the bottom right.

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How to Make Fresh Pineapple Salsa

5 from 1 vote
By Cassy Joy Garcia
Prep: 15 minutes
Total: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings
This fresh pineapple salsa is easy and delicious. Itโ€™s a great topping for your next taco, chicken bowl, or just to eat with salty chips.

Ingredients  

  • 2 cups pineapple diced
  • 1 large avocado diced
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice about 1 lime
  • โ…“ cup fresh cilantro roughly chopped
  • ยผ red onion diced
  • 1 small jalapeno seeds removed, diced
  • ยฝ teaspoon salt

Instructions 

  • Add all of the pineapple salsa ingredients to a bowl.
  • Use a spoon to mix together the pineapple salsa ingredients.

Recipe Notes

From a chip dip to a taco topping, pineapple salsa can be used in a ton of ways! A few recipes that it would be especially delicious with:

Nutrition

Calories: 104kcal | Carbohydrates: 15.3g | Protein: 1.3g | Fat: 5.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.7g | Sodium: 295.4mg | Fiber: 3.7g | Sugar: 8.8g

Additional Info

Course: Appetizer, Condiment
Cuisine: Mexican
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 104
Keyword: fresh pineapple salsa, pineapple salsa

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