Five Minute Festive Cranberry Salsa combines fresh cranberries, jalapenos, cilantro, red onions, honey and lime juice into an amazing treat.
This fabulous cranberry salsa appetizer is a holiday favorite served over a brick of softened cream cheese.
This amazing Five Minute Festive Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa combines fresh cranberries, jalapenos, cilantro, red onions, honey and lime juice into an amazing treat. It is absolutely breath taking over cream cheese with crackers or chips. It makes quite the colorful treat for holiday parties and soirees.
Sometime about mid October the local grocery stores around here start carrying fresh cranberries. Consequently there are so many outstanding recipes that come from this tart berry. This Five Minute Festive Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa is simply amazing. Somehow the spicy flavor of the jalapenos complements the cranberries just perfectly. It is not too spicy nor bitter from the cranberries. Some kind of crazy chemistry combines for perfect harmony.
Ways to serve Cranberry Salsa
- Spooned over grilled chicken or fish
- Ladled over a block of softened cream cheese
- With fresh baked cinnamon chips
- As an accompaniment to grilled beef or pork tenderloin
- In baked Brie with puff pastry
- Spooned over baked meatloaf
- With crispy cheese quesadillas
Are cranberries healthy?
You bet your bottom dollar they are. They have been linked to a lower risk of urinary tract infections. They also act as anti-inflammatory because they benefit people with rheumatoid arthritis, stomach and digestive issues. Cranberries are low in calories and high in vitamin C, vitamin A, and vitamin K making them the perfect salsa ingredient. You can find more information on the the Possible Health Benefits of Cranberries!
How to make Cranberry Salsa Recipe
Add the cranberries, red onion, orange zest, lime zest, honey, jalapenos, cilantro and lime juice to a food processor. Then pulse several times to chop to desired consistency. Remove the lid several times to check for consistency. You don’t want to go to far and this goes very quickly. If you are not serving right away store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
So if great food, healthy choices and awesome presentation are important to you then put this delectable Five Minute Festive Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa on your holiday appetizer list. Wow your friends and family. Sit back and soak up the compliments. Good job my friend!! Actually great job my friend.
Other cranberry recipes you will love!
- Cranberry Orange Bread
- Honey Dijon Apple Bacon Cranberry Salad
- Cranberry Jello Salad
- Cranberry Orange Bread Pudding
- Cranberry Lush Cake
This post was originally published November 6, 2017 and was republished October 31, 2018 with new content.
Five Minute Festive Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa
This five minute festive Cranberry Salsa combines fresh cranberries, jalapenos, cilantro, red onions, honey and lime juice into an amazing treat.
- Prep Time: 5
- Total Time: 5
- Yield: 16 1x
- Category: appetizer
- Method: food processor
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 (12 ounce) bag fresh cranberries
- 1/2 medium red onion chopped
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 tablespoon lime zest
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 jalapeno peppers seeded and minced
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 limes juiced
Instructions
- Combine cranberries, red onion, orange zest, lime zest, honey, jalapenos, cilantro and lime juice in a food processor. Pulse several times to chop to medium consistency. Refrigerate if not using immediately.
Notes
This is absolutely delicious over a block of cream cheese with butter crisp crackers.
Keywords: cranberry jalapeno salsa, cranberry salsa with cream cheese. cranberry salsa dip
Prior to this last Thanksgiving, I had One person interested in cranberries. I made This beautiful tart/slightly hot cranberry salsa and I had Another four people join the cranberry crowd. We loved this. It is great on turkey and I’m pretty sure it would be great with cream cheese and a cracker (I’m making that for christmas) thank you for posting this.
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My pleasure Tiffany. I love this recipe as well. It is delicious on cream cheese! It will make a cranberry fan out of anyone.
Beth, can this be canned/water bathed? Would like to make ahead of the holiday season. Please send message as email box is massively full.
You know I have never tried. I researched it a little bit and I can not find anyone that has. Gut instinct tells me that it can not just because of the structure of it. If I have time I will look again and see if I can find anything on something similar.
it might not be crunchy/crisp. But why not? The flavor would still be there like with jalopeno jam. Alittle heat, but the flavor is awesome on cream cheese and the flavor would still be good on turkey etc also. It just probably would not be the crunchy/crisp like I said. But sounds really yummy!
How long does this last? I want to give it out as Christmas gifts.
About one week. Merry Christmas!
I made the Cranberry Salsa for a Christmas party at work. I loved it. A good mix of sweet, tart and heat. Will definitely make this again!
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Hi! I made this this afternoon. It’s delicious and such a beautiful, brilliant red colour!
Just wondering if you’ve had any success freezing it.
I don’t think I would freeze it. Too many delicate ingredients.
Thanks Beth
Do you think this would be good with cinnamon tortilla chips as well?
Yes I do think it would be!! Yummy!
If most aren’t fans of the spicy heat of jalapeño, would this be ok without jalapeño?
Yes it would still be delicious!
Thanks for the recipe! I think this is going to be a new Thanksgiving staple at my house 🙂
This sounds great minus the cilantro.I don’t always love cilantro, it tends to take over my palate. Do you think this would be ok without it? Also, fresh zest? Because you can buy dried zest in the spice aisle! Thanks!
My daughter does not like cilantro either. I think it would be also be delicious without it. I like to use fresh zest because it is flavor packed but you could also use dried zest as well.