6 Ingredient Pomegranate Salsa

This Pomegranate Salsa recipe is a gorgeous 6 ingredient winter salsa filled with fresh pomegranate arils and cucumber.  This red and green recipe will have you feeling festive at Christmas and ready for your next holiday party!  It's the perfect combination of sweet, tart and savory that everyone will love.

Love pomegranate? Also try my Pomegranate Pistachio Crostini and and Arugula Pear Salad with Pomegranate. 

Pomegranate Salsa

This Pomegranate Salsa recipe is fresh, vibrant and so unique.  It's a bit tart, a bit sweet and a bit savory making it the perfect foodie combination.  You can eat it anytime, but this recipe makes the perfect winter salsa or Christmas salsa because it's delightfully red and green for the holidays.  This recipe is only 6 ingredients so you can throw this together in the flash.  Plus you can make it ahead.  You can't beat that during the busy holiday season.

Pomegranates are in season in December and it's the perfect time to enjoy this antioxidant-filled fruit.  You can buy the little seeds or arils already separated from the fruit or buy the whole fruit and take them out yourself.  All you do is cut around the outside of the fruit like an orange, place the pieces in water and watch the arils float to the top.

The sweet, rich and tangy flavor is perfect with the cool crisp cucumber, warm jalapeno, and fragrant cilantro.  The salty and sweet combo is sheer perfection.  It's also vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free, gluten-free and raw!

You can serve my Pomegranate Salsa recipe with salty chips, like shown, or over cream cheese for the perfect winter appetizer or snack.  It also makes a great topping for fish, chicken or even tacos!

Why You'll Love this Pomegranate Salsa...

• This versatile Pomegranate Salsa is red and green for the holidays.
• You an simply serve it with chips, like shown, or dress it up with goat cheese or cream cheese.
• It's EASY to make.  I've included directions below on how to easily get the seeds out of the pomegranate.  You can also make it even easier by buying the cups of pomegranate arils that are already removed from the shell in the refrigerated section of the produce section of the grocery store.
• It only 6 ingredients!
• Pomegranates are super healthy and filled with antioxidants, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, fiber, folate, Copper and potassium.
• It tastes so good! It's downright addictive and will be a hit at your holiday meal.

Ingredients:

Here's an overview of what you'll need to make this Pomegranate Salsa, but keep scrolling for the full recipe amounts.

• Pomegranate Arils: You'll need about two cups of pomegranate arils which are the little red seeds inside.  A large heavy pomegranate will have about 1 cup of pomegranate seeds in it.  You can either buy whole pomegranate and remove the seeds yourself.  I included directions on how to do that below, or you can make this a super easy recipe by buying the cups of pomegranate arils that have already been removed.  They are sold in cups in the refrigerated section of the produce department.  You can also find them here.
• Cucumber: I love adding fresh diced cucumber to the salsa for a crisp texture and flavor.  It also gives the dish the festive red and green coloring.
• Red Onion: Salsa needs a bit of  red onion to get that flavor your expect.  If you don't like red onion you could use shallots or white onion.
• Jalapeno:  You can customize how hot you want your salsa with how much jalapeno you put in the salsa.  This recipe calls for 1 jalapeno with the seeds removed, which gives this a small amount of kick.  To make it spicier, leave the seeds in and/or add more.  You can also take out the spice completely by replacing the jalapeno with diced green bell peppers.
• Cilantro: Fresh cilantro is a key ingredient to any salsa, even winter ones.  You can substitute parsley, but the flavor will be very different.
• Lime: Fresh lime juice brings it all together.
• Dippers: If you are serving this like a salsa, you'll need some sort of chips or crackers to serve it with. I like whole grain tortilla chips but you can use regular tortilla chips, crackers, pretzel chips or  to toasted pita.

How to De-Seed a Pomegranate

My favorite way to de-seed a pomegranate or remove the arils is to get a big bowl of water.  Cut the pomegranate in quarters and then under the water nudge the seeds out.  The lighter skin you pull off will float to the top, and the seeds will sink.  As you work, remover the pieces of skin from the top, leaving you with the seeds.  It's still a bit of a tedious process which could take around 30 minutes, but the water helps separate things and keeps everything cleaner.

Instructions:

This is an overview of the instructions to make this Pomegranate Salsa recipe, but the full detailed printable recipe is below in the recipe card.

1. In a medium bowl, mix together the pomegranate arils, diced cucumber, red onion, jalapeno, cilantro and lime.
2. Gently toss with a wooden spoon until well combined.
3. Salt to taste.
4. Serve with chips or crackers.  Or as a topping for chicken, pork or seafood.

Variations

I love this Pomegranate Salsa, recipe as written, but here are some fun variations.

• Make it Spicy: Add a second jalapeno and don't seed it.
• Make it Wintery: For a more winter combination, swap the cucumber for celery or fennel.
• Make it Lemony: You can mix up the flavors with this and make it with lemon and parsley instead of lime and cilantro.  It makes an entirely different flavor profile.

FAQ

This Pomegranate Salsa is So Good!

This Pomegranate Salsa recipe is really so good.  The flavors here are familiar yet totally unexpected!  I know it would be a hit at any party this season.  I think this dish is totally crave able and addictive.

Plus in a season of heavy, rich food my Pomegranate Salsa recipe is light and refreshing.  The kind of dish that disappears from the holiday spread first.

I hope you'll give my Pomegranate Salsa recipe a try!  I love it and think you will too.  Serve it with chips, or as a topping for some of the these delicious recipes below.

Serve it With:

• Blackened Mahi Mahi
• Blackened Salmon
• Ahi Tuna Tacos
• Blackened Shrimp Tacos
• Vegetarian Nachos
• Thanksgiving Stuffed Butternut Squash

More Pomegranate Recipes:

• Pomegranate Crostini
• Christmas Deviled Eggs
• Arugula Pear Salad with Pomegranate
• Baked Salmon Kale Salad
• Sweet Potato Lentil and Feta Salad
• Harvest Bowl Recipe

More Salsa Recipes to Try:

• 10 Fresh & Fabulous Fruit Salsas
• Cranberry Salsa Recipe
• Watermelon Salsa
• Fresh Peach Salsa
• Strawberry Salsa
• Mango Avocado Salsa
• Black Bean Salsa

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Pomegranate Salsa recipe

This Pomegranate Salsa recipe is a gorgeous 6 ingredient winter salsa filled with fresh pomegranate arils and cucumber.  This red and green recipe will have you feeling festive at Christmas and ready for your next holiday party!  It's the perfect combination of sweet, tart and savory that everyone will love.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 4 servings

Calories 95 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2 cups pomegranate arils
• 1 small cucumber *, seeds removed, diced
• 1 small red onion *, chopped
• 1 jalapeno, seeds removed, chopped
• ½ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1 lime, juiced
• salt to taste

Instructions

 

• In a medium bowl, mix together the pomegranate arils, diced cucumber, red onion, jalapeno, cilantro and lime.
• Gently toss until well combined.
• Salt to taste.
• Serve with chips or crackers.  Or as a topping for chicken, pork or seafood.

Notes

Storage & Leftovers

This Pomegranate Salsa stores well and can easily be made ahead a day in advance.  It will store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to three days.

Nutrition

Calories: 95kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 6mgPotassium: 363mgFiber: 5gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 227IUVitamin C: 22mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 1mg

Keyword Pomegranate Cucumber Salsa recipe

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