AuthorStacy SaundersCategoryDifficultyBeginner

Thought you'd never get to eat chips & salsa again? You can!

Yields1 Serving
Prep Time15 minsCook Time5 minsTotal Time20 mins

Yield: About 1- 1 1/2 cups

 1 Red Pepper
 ½ Yellow, red or orange pepper
 ¼ cup White onion
 ¼ tsp Minced garlic
 1 Handful, fresh cilantro
 Salt to taste
1

Remove stem & seeds from the red pepper and slice into large pieces. Coat with olive oil, place on a baking sheet with parchment paper and broil in the oven for about 1-3 minutes. Watch it carefully so it doesn't burn! Go for a nice bubbly, slightly browned skin. Remove from oven.

2

Chop your other pepper and onion into large pieces. Wash your cilantro. Discard the longest parts of the stem, and pat dry with a paper towel.

3

Put roasted pepper into a food processor. Blend until it's somewhat smooth.
Add yellow pepper, onion, garlic, and cilantro and blend until the pieces are in small chunks, about 1-2 minutes (more or less depending on how robust your food processor is).

4

Add salt to taste. Serve with tortilla chips or over tacos!

5

Make a double batch and freeze it in 1/4c. or 1/2 c. sizes to make low histamine nacho sauce later!

You guys, I love salsa. In college my roommates & I often had late night "chips & salsa parties". Then I got married to a man who loves salsa way more than I do. He served a mission in Mexico for 2 years for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in his 20s. And they make AMAZING salsa, or so I've heard from him. So we would make homemade salsa regularly. I was SO bummed to lose another favorite snack when I switched to low histamine. No tomatoes, no cumin, no hot peppers. Sadness!!!

Then I found this recipe. It's so tasty and it freezes & thaws well (victory dance!)

Now we can have chips & salsa parties again. 

P.S. The ingredients are so appealing that Rosie couldn't resist sneaking away with a few of the peppers during the photo shoot haha!

Ingredients

 1 Red Pepper
 ½ Yellow, red or orange pepper
 ¼ cup White onion
 ¼ tsp Minced garlic
 1 Handful, fresh cilantro
 Salt to taste

Directions

1

Remove stem & seeds from the red pepper and slice into large pieces. Coat with olive oil, place on a baking sheet with parchment paper and broil in the oven for about 1-3 minutes. Watch it carefully so it doesn't burn! Go for a nice bubbly, slightly browned skin. Remove from oven.

2

Chop your other pepper and onion into large pieces. Wash your cilantro. Discard the longest parts of the stem, and pat dry with a paper towel.

3

Put roasted pepper into a food processor. Blend until it's somewhat smooth.
Add yellow pepper, onion, garlic, and cilantro and blend until the pieces are in small chunks, about 1-2 minutes (more or less depending on how robust your food processor is).

4

Add salt to taste. Serve with tortilla chips or over tacos!

5

Make a double batch and freeze it in 1/4c. or 1/2 c. sizes to make low histamine nacho sauce later!

Low Histamine Salsa- tomato free
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7 Comments

  1. Teres April 6, 2021 at 9:02 am

    Is cumin high histamine? I’m new to this and haven’t seen that on any no no list.

    Reply
    1. Stacy Saunders April 6, 2021 at 10:09 am

      According to the SIGHI list, which is what I follow, cumin is rated a histamine level 2, which is high histamine, but not the highest. Which is a bummer, because it’s so delicious!

      Reply
  2. Bonnie Rose January 4, 2023 at 11:29 am

    Thank so you much for posting this! I love salsa and have been missing it so much. This was absolutely delicious and hit the spot right on! Thank you!

    Reply
  3. Teryl Lynn Barrett February 5, 2023 at 6:21 am

    Hi
    Thanks so much for all your recipes and info. Which chips are you using?

    Reply
    1. admin February 7, 2023 at 9:09 pm

      I use great value tortilla chips from walmart. I’ve used a few different brands, this is the criteria I look for: If it’s cooked in canola, corn, or olive oil, that’s great. Usually it’s a mix of canola, sunflower, corn, or safflower oil. We tolerate that. The main red flag oils for us are olive oil or soybean.

      Reply
  4. Jd August 23, 2023 at 1:57 am

    I’m allergic to peppers and it’s the worst thing ever. I’m from rural very Hispanic area and I am really struggling. I found out tomatillos are low histamine. Now I have to figure out a pepper substitute.

    Reply
    1. admin September 19, 2023 at 9:50 pm

      oh I’m so sorry to hear that. I wonder how it would be if you made a type of cucumber salsa? You could cut it up into chunks instead of blending it. You could base it off a recipe like this. You would need to leave out the lemon and the jalapeno, but maybe you could substitute the tomatillo for that? Best of luck!

      Reply

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