This copycat Chili’s salsa recipe is just like the restaurant favorite! It’s easy to make at home, just blend, chill and enjoy this game day or party appetizer with tortilla chips.

Homemade salsa recipes are some of our favorite appetizers! Other favorites include restaurant style salsa and easy salsa verde recipe.

Chilis salsa and tortilla chips on a platter.

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Why I Love This Restaurant Copycat

  • Chili’s restaurant salsa recipe: Is easy to make at home! Add some thin corn tortilla chips or southwestern egg rolls and it’s like at the restaurant.
  • Fresh and flavorful: What’s so good about Chili’s copycat salsa is that you only need a few pantry and fresh ingredients for authentic Tex-Mex tastes and flavor.

Copycat Chili’s Salsa Recipe Ingredients

Chilis salsa ingredients.

Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.

How to Make Chili’s Salsa Recipe

Ingredients for this copycat Chili’s salsa recipe are simple and easy to find.

  • Diced tomatoes
  • Rotel (original diced tomatoes with green chilies)
  • Diced jalapeno peppers
  • Onion
  • Garlic powder, sugar, salt and cumin
  • Fresh cilantro
  • Lime juice
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Add all copycat salsa ingredients to a blender or food processor. Process for 20 seconds but don’t puree, pour into a large container, cover and chill for at least one hour. Serve.

Chilis salsa in a white bowl.

Recipe Tips

  • If you love salsa with some heat and spice, leave the seeds in your jalapeno peppers.
  • Chili’s salsa is best chilled for a few hours or overnight but you can serve it right away.
  • Served traditionally with chips and salsa, you can also use it with crockpot salsa chicken, add to taco salad or spoon over fish.
  • While a batch of homemade salsa is best fresh, it can be stored in the fridge in a mason jar or covered container for up to a week.
Dipping tortilla chip into salsa.

For more favorites salsas try fruit salsa with cinnamon chips, avocado salsa or mango salsa recipe!

More Salsa Recipes

Tortilla chips and salsa on a board.

Chili’s Salsa

5 from 2 votes
Recipe by: Jamielyn Nye
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Chill Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 16 servings
This copycat Chili's salsa recipe is just like the restaurant favorite! It's easy to make this appetizer at home, just blend, chill and enjoy with tortilla chips.
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Ingredients 

  • 14.5 ounces petite diced tomatoes (one can)
  • 10 ounces Ro*Tel diced tomatoes and green chiles (one can)
  • 2 teaspoons diced jalapeno peppers (If you like spicy salsa, leave the seeds)
  • ½ small yellow onion , sliced
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • ¼ cup chopped cilantro , or 1 tsp dried cilantro
  • 1 Tablespoon lime juice

Instructions

  • Blend all ingredients: Add all ingredients to a blender or food processor. Process for 20 seconds or until it's the texture you desire.
  • Pour and chill: Pour salsa into a quart sized jar or bowl, cover, and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.

Last step: Please leave a comment and rating after you make the recipe.

Notes

Storage: Store in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. 
Slightly adapted from Most Requested Copycat Dishes

Nutrition

Serving: 0.25cup, Calories: 15kcal, Carbohydrates: 3g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 0.1g, Saturated Fat: 0.02g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.04g, Monounsaturated Fat: 0.03g, Sodium: 254mg, Potassium: 121mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 85IU, Vitamin C: 5mg, Calcium: 17mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.