Roasted Mango Habanero Salsa

This Roasted Mango Habanero Salsa recipe is the perfect combination of sweet and spicy. It’s easy to make and very delicious. Serve as an appetizer with chips, or add it to our spicy salmon bowl recipe for a delicious meal.

😋 Why this recipe works

This flavorful salsa is made with roasted tomatoes and habanero chilies and then blended with the sweet flavor of fresh mangos. It’s tangy, smoky, and very delicious, and the bold flavors of this salsa are a crowd favorite. Serve with your favorite tortilla chips as an easy appetizer, with chicken tacos or fish tacos or spicy salmon bowls. Y’all are going to love this homemade mango habanero salsa.

🫑 Ingredients 

This recipe requires a handful of ingredients, but the key ingredients will be the mangos and habanero chilies. So let’s dive in and see what’s in this recipe:

• Ripe Mangoes. You can use any variety of mangos for this recipe; make sure they are ripe and full of sweet juice. Depending on which mango you use, you may get a different flavor. We explain the different varieties below so you can buy the right one!

• Habanero Peppers. These chilies pack a punch of heat depending on their color. Unripe habaneros that have very minimal heat are the green ones. Orange and red are the most common colors of mature habaneros, but you may also find them in the store with a yellow, white, or purple color. We explain below which combination of habaneros for the level of heat you can tolerate.

• Red Onion
• Fresh Tomatoes. We like to use heirloom tomatoes for this recipe because they have a lot of juice and sweetness. We typically will use 1 red and 1 yellow tomato.
• Garlic
• Red Bell Pepper
• Fresh Cilantro
• Fresh lime juice
• Olive Oil
• Salt and Pepper

🥭 How to tell when a mango is ripe

Make sure your mangoes are nice and ripe for this salsa recipe! There’s nothing worse than a tough and tart mango. Some mangos change color when they become ripe, and typically you will know they are ripe when they give a little when you squeeze them. Hard mangoes are unripe and won’t have the right taste or texture. You can buy them hard at the grocery store, but you must check them daily until they ripen. 

🥭🥭 Varieties of mangos

There are so many mango varieties out there, so it’s always good to know which mango to buy throughout the year. Each mango variety has a distinct flavor and unique texture, so we recommend using one sweet and fruity for this recipe. Here are some of our favorites and what colors they should be.

• Glenn: Sweet and Fruity. This mango has orange-tinged skin.
• Valencia Pride: Sweet and Fruity. This mango has yellow-colored skin with a reddish tint when it ripens.
• Palmer: Sweet and Fruity. This mango is yellow with a reddish tinge when it ripens. 
• Francis: Sweet and fruity. This mango has green overtones that become yellow and takes a golden hue when it ripens.

🔪 How to cut a mango

While there are many methods to cut a mango, this is how we cut a mango:

• Stand the mango vertically on the stem.
• Cut down and around the pit on one side using a large chef’s knife. Start about 1/4″ from the center, following the curve of the pit.
• Repeat the same cut on the other side of the pit.
• Without cutting through the peel, use a paring knife to score the mango into squares, then push on the back of the peel bringing the flesh out.
• Use a spoon to scoop out the mango chunks from the peel.

🌶 What habaneros to use for the spice level

These spicy peppers pack a punch of heat depending on their color. Unripe habaneros that have very minimal heat are the green ones. Orange and red are the most common colors of mature habaneros, but you may also find them in the store with a yellow, white, or purple color.

• We recommend using 2 green habaneros without the seeds for a mild heat flavor.

• For a medium-heat flavor, we recommend using 1 green habanero chile with 1 yellow, red, or orange habanero without the seeds.

• If you cannot find habaneros at your grocery store, you can substitute them with jalapeño peppers or serrano pepper. However, these are still hot peppers, so skip half the seeds for mild heat, and for a medium-heat flavor, use all the seeds. 

🎥 Video Tutorial 

Check out my TikTok Video on how I made this delicious salsa!

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📄 Instructions

There are 2 ways you can make homemade salsa with mangos. You can make chunky mango habanero salsa, or smooth roasted-flavored salsa, which is what we do in our recipe. To make a chunkier salsa, skip the roasting step, dice all ingredients into small pieces, and toss the fresh ingredients together. To make it smooth, like a traditional salsa recipe, here’s what you need to do: 

• Chop the ingredients. Slice tomatoes in quarters, slice the onion in half, remove the stem from the peppers, and chop the garlic. Place all on a large sheet pan, drizzle with oil, salt, pepper, and roast/broil at 450℉ for 15 minutes.

• Cut the mango and prep other ingredients. Cut the juicy mango to make about 2.5 cups, and coarsely chop the cilantro. 

• Blend. Add all broiled ingredients to a blender with the mango and cilantro. Add 2 tablespoons of lime juice and a pinch of salt and pepper. Blend until smooth. 

• Taste and adjust seasoning. Feel free to add more lime juice or salt and pepper to taste before adding to a bowl.

• Cool for 15 minutes. After making the mango salsa, let it cool for a good 15 minutes to let the flavors come together. 

📋 FAQs

This vibrant Roasted Mango Habanero Salsa is such an easy recipe that’s full of flavor. The roasted veggies, the spicy habanero peppers, and the fruit salsa of mangos are a winning combination. We hope you all love our spicy mango salsa recipe. Enjoy! ♡

Related Recipes

Before you go, check out some of our other favorite salsa recipes:

• Strawberry Mango Salsa
• Chunky Avocado Salsa
• Cherry Bruschetta

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