Fresh Mango Salsa
This colorful mango salsa recipe is so easy to make! It's sweet, spicy and absolutely delicious. Fresh mango salsa is great with chips, on tacos and more!
Updated by Kathryne Taylor on May 7, 2025
Today marks fifteen years since my first post on Cookie and Kate. This date usually passes by without much fanfare, but fifteen years! Wow, my baby’s almost ready to drive a car. This blog really is my baby.
Let’s shout happy birthday with this fresh mango salsa recipe! It’s irresistibly sweet and spicy, super simple to make, and outrageously delicious. Plus, it’s so colorful that it almost looks like confetti up close.
Come to think of it, salsa is the perfect anniversary recipe since my first recipe was for salsa. That post broke records for this blog back then. Three comments in one day!
Thank you for visiting, commenting and sharing my recipes with your friends and family. I literally wouldn’t have posted more recipes if it weren’t for those comments way back then. You’re the best.
Mango Salsa Ingredients
You’ll need only six basic ingredients to make this easy mango salsa: ripe mangos, red bell pepper, red onion, cilantro, jalapeño and lime. If you’re new to preparing mango, check out my guide to cutting mangos.
Uses for Mango Salsa
This mango salsa would be fantastic on fish tacos or just about any fresh, Mexican-themed dish, really. I can confirm that it goes well with chips, guacamole and black bean tacos. It was a big hit at my friend’s potluck dinner!
You could also serve it on salad or just eat it straight out of the bowl as a salad. It’s that good.
Watch How to Make Mango Salsa
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Please let me know how this recipe turns out in the comments! I love hearing from you.
Fresh Mango Salsa
This simple and colorful mango salsa is super easy to make! It’s sweet, spicy and absolutely delicious. Serve this fresh mango salsa with chips, on tacos or salads, or as a salad itself. It’s that good. Recipe yields about 3 cups salsa.
Ingredients
- 3 ripe mangos, diced (how to cut a mango)
- 1 medium red bell pepper, chopped
- ½ cup chopped red onion
- ¼ cup packed fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
- 1 jalapeño, seeded and minced
- 1 large lime, juiced (about ¼ cup lime juice)
- ⅛ to ¼ teaspoon salt, to taste
Instructions
- In a serving bowl, combine the prepared mango, bell pepper, onion, cilantro and jalapeño. Drizzle with the juice of one lime.
- Using a large spoon, stir the ingredients together. Season to taste with salt, and stir again. For the best flavor, let the salsa rest for 10 minutes or longer.
Notes
Mango salsa adapted from the mango pico in my Thai mango cabbage wraps.
Storage suggestions: Honestly, I’ll be amazed if you have any salsa leftovers! You can store the salsa in the refrigerator, covered, for several days. It will be best fresh, though.
Nutrition
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Happy happy blog birthday! To be blogging so consistently and to keep on producing such high quality content for five years is such an impressive achievement and your posts are such an inspiration.
Thank you, Kathryn! That means a lot to me.
Yum Yum and YUM. Fresh Mango Salsa sounds amazing. I’ve been looking at Avocado recipes, but I might have to add a Mango one in there too. Beautiful photos as well!
Happy happy anniversary Kate!! I hope one day to be in your shoes and hope you know you serve as an inspiration for true, talented blogging. I remember first starting my blog and I spent quite some time scrolling through yours during my work lunch breaks, to gain some inspiration. Cheers dear! xo
Abby, that’s really amazing to hear. Your blog is so lovely. Thank you!
Congratulations, Kate! Wow, 5 years. Keep up the amazing work! Yours is one of my favorite blogs :)
Thank you, Tanya! Happy to hear it!
Happy 5th Blogoversary! That’s quite an accomplishment. I’ve certainly enjoyed following your posts and, of course, the Cookie pics!! Looking forward to the next 5 years!
Yay for 2010 blog birthdays! Happy blogo’versary to you!
Thanks, Alex! We’ve been around for a while now, huh? Kinda makes me feel old!
Old indeed. I’ve got the gray hairs to prove it :)
What a beautiful salsa, probably as photogenic as a cake. Congrats on five years that pretty impressive keep it up.
Congratulations on five years!!! That’s so amazing. I’ve loved every recipe I’ve ever made from your blog & look forward to more! :)
Thank you, Amanda! So glad you’re enjoying my recipes!
Yay for healthy salsa birthday confetti – bonus, it’s edible! I have loved following C+K from the first time I laid eyes on your blog and can’t wait for what’s to come for this space on the internet.
Hopefully the cake is still in the works for when the dishwasher cooperates :)
Thank you, Marisa! Thanks for the nudge on that cake, too. I still want to make it!
No! Thank you Kate! Your recipes have come to the rescue at this humble abode many times. Yummy, easy to follow and that cute Cookie. Who wouldn’t want to follow your blog?
oh, and Happy Birthday!
Mary Ann and 7 collies
Mary Ann, thank you! It’s always so nice to hear from you. Cookie is curled up next to me now. All our best to you and your collies!
Happy Blog Anniversary Cookie and Kate :-) Wow ! 5 years ! Congrats :-) Your blog and Cookie have always been and will always be The Best. I love your blogs and your recipes….just amazing and always so tasty. Nothing wrong with celebrating with a fresh mango salsa :-)
Thank you, Lynne! Cookie says hello!
5 Years?!?!? Wow! Congrats!! Your blog is one of my favs, so I hope it sticks around for MANY MORE YEARS to come. Mango salsa is also one of my favs, so we all win!
Thank you, Sara! I intend to keep it going for many many more!
Congrats Kathryne!! So happy for you and can’t wait to see what else is in store! Any book news yet?!
Happy Anniversary Kate! You should be so proud, your blog is incredible, I am so glad I stumbled upon it. I will be making this recipe soon as it looks amazing! H x
Thank you so much, Hermione!
Happy blog birthday!! This mango salsa is making me so hungry right now! I would take this over confetti in a heartbeat =)
Yummy! Sounds weird, but I’d love this with a lil’ tahini!
I bet that would be pretty good! Maybe on toasted pita?
Congratulations on five years! I admire all you bloggers that stick with it and continue to inspire others. Mango salsa sounds so refreshing!
Thank you, Emily!
Yay! Congratulations! This is such a huge deal! This is such a fun way to celebrate. I could eat this until the end of the Earth, by the way. Imagine this folded in guacamole or inside a quesadilla..swoon!
Now I’m craving mango quesadillas with guacamole for lunch! Oh, that sounds so good. Thank you, Lauren (really!).
Five years?! That is a milestone for sure. Happy blogiversary/bloggy birthday! I think this mango salsa IS the perfect way to celebrate!
Hi Kate,
I love this recipe and this is very similar to the one I make. I like to add just a little chopped jalapeno pepper and sometimes I even add some corn to it.
Congrats on your site birthday! I just love all of your recipes.
My boyfriend and I are vegetarian so it is great to have a go to site and find new and delicious ideas for things to fix.
Peace, Denise
Thanks, Denise! I love your idea of adding corn to the salsa. So glad you two are enjoying my recipes, thank you for saying so!
Congratulations on 5 years. I discovered your blog only a week ago and already I have made 4 of your dishes (morning glory porridge + kale, fennel and apple salad + brown rice and mushroom risotto + redeeming green soup). They are all keepers and I have bookmarked many others. Looking forward to looking at the 5 years of archives.
Welcome to my blog! I’m so glad you’ve been enjoying my recipes this week. Hope you enjoy the others just as much!
I find he idea of mango salsa so intriguing! I’ve only ever eaten mango as a sweet food, in a fruit salad or simply on its own. I just can’t translate it into a food I can use in a savoury form! But oh my goodness, this looks amazing. I think I’m going to have to give this a go! Xx
Oh yes, mango is so good in savory form! I hope you’ll give it a shot soon.
Happy Fifth Birthday Cookie + Kate! I have loved this blog since I started reading oh so many years ago (before I started commenting).
Every week you bring us fresh, inspiring recipes that are perfect for my little family of two :)
I can’t wait to see what the next five (or fifty) years bring Kate! Congratulations and pass the confetti! I mean, salsa, pass the salsa :)
Thank you, Amy! xo!
Hi Kate,
Congratulations on 5 years! I hope I am halfway as incredible a food blogger as you are in another 4 years! My anniversary is this week!
The salsa looks incredible but for my 4 years I will be making your pumpkin pancakes. Can’t wait!
Thank you so much, Maggie! Congratulations on your anniversay!
Congratulations! I LOVE stopping on your blog for fresh and delicious ideas. Never stop. And cookbooks, please :) You are so talented. Happy cooking!
Thank you, Merri! :) I’m hoping to have good news on the cookbook front soon, we’ll see!
Happy Birthday!! I just found you last week and I love your blog (and Cookie is just darling). I made the roasted-berry-and-honey-yogurt-popsicles, they were wonderful. The Chai Coconut ice Ceeam is next. Thank you for all the wonderful recipes
Thank you for saying hello, LuAnn! I’m glad you’re enjoying the popsicles. That ice cream is my favorite! Hope you love it!
Congrats and Happy Blog-aversary!! A milestone indeed.
So gorgeous, I want to inhale the entire batch! Congrats on 5 years, what a major accomplishment!
Congratulations on 5 years of Cookie and Kate! Your blog was one of the first to inspire me to create my own and the oat banana pancakes remain one of my favourite recipes :) Thank you for all the awesomeness! Mango season has begun here in India and this salsa is totally happening this summer!
Wow, that’s so cool! Thank you, Gayatri! Your recipes look fantastic (now I’m craving cookies)!
Happy blog birthday!!
And you’re too sweet, I feel I owe YOU a huge ‘thank you’ for providing us with all these delicious recipes! You’ve become my reliable go-to blog when I’m planning dinner, and your recipes never disappoint!
My boyfriend doesn’t agree full-hearted with my craving for vegetarian, healthy food with vegetables as main ingredient, unless I make your black bean tacos or peanut cabbage noodle salad … then he just doesn’t stop eating, brings the leftovers to work, and brags to his colleagues about the delicious food I’ve made him!
Keep doing what you do best, and I hope there will be (at least) another five years of delicious recipes and photos of Cookie!
Evelyn, your comment made my day! Thank you so much. Cheers from Cookie and Kate!
omg loove this!! and there’s so many colours yumm
Congratulations! Happy 5 years and this mango salsa looks delicious!
Congratulations and happy 5 years to you and your blog! It really is a big deal; so many blogs that I used to follow have gone dark. Your photos are gorgeous and I love the colors in this salad!
Thank you so much, Christy! I intend to keep C+K up and running for a very long time!
I don’t know why or how people don’t hand wash dishes. Roll up your sleeves and do it! Guess I was just raised differently. Love mango salsa. Can’t wait to try.
Hi Camillia, I could have explained that I moved to this house for a more efficient cooking space and a dishwasher. Before that, I hand-washed every dish in a tiny sink, in a tiny kitchen with no counter space, and grew to absolutely loathe it. Testing each recipe a few times before posting yields a lot of dirty dishes! Hope you enjoy the salsa.
Happy happy anniversary! Isn’t it amazing how that time passes? And just think of all the things that have come out of this beautiful space you’ve created. It really is remarkable.
I’m all about mango salsa, chips, and a giant margarita (by that I mean a pitcher… for myself)
Thank you, Brian! You’re so kind. Wish we could share some salsa and margaritas in real life (or rather, two bowls and two pitchers! :)
Congratulations on your 5 year milestone!!! And thank you for all the years of great recipes and stories!!! Love the mango salsa!!
Thank you, Deborah!
Yum! I made this recipe tonight (minus the Cliantro b/c I’m the only one who likes it). Added green onion and avocado. Thanks for the yummy recipe–I’m really enjoying the blog.
Thank you, Maria! So glad you enjoyed it.
Happy blog birthday!! Your recipes never fail to inspire me to keep on keeping on! Love em all.
So I’ll just be changing the word “salsa” to “salad” and eating this as a meal. K?
Thank you, Joanne! And yes, definitely. Do that.
Congratulations on the bloggiversary! We just started out blog late last summer so I’m truly impressed with your focus, tenacity and consistency. Seems like it’s really paid off! This mango dada recipe looks delicious and I can’t wait to try it for Cinco de Mayo! Salsa is a great condiment to use in mexican cooking as it is realitvely low calorie and very flavorful!
Thank you, Nina, and best of luck with your blog!
Delicious and healthy recipe is this…Thanks for sharing.
Yummy! It’s just what the doctor ordered me :D I haven’t gotten any mangoes yet this year! And I love them, and so need to. Lovely salsa — I usually use just mangoes, but am going to add this superb recipe. Good Stuff! Ohh Yes! Happy Blog BDay CookieAndKate!
Thank you, Aga! I can’t get enough mangos right now.
This was simple and delicious- thank you. I put it over veggie chorizo and sweet potato tacos. Love your blog, love your dog!!!
Awesome! Thanks, Mel!
I’ve made this twice so far! Love your blog! Every time I make a new recipe, my three vegetarian kids ask if it’s from your blog. They know it by name!
That is amazing. Thank you, Sara! Please tell your kids that Cookie and Kate say hi. :)
I made this mango salsa for a Royals tailgate a couple of weeks ago and it was gobbled up in minutes! This was so good, simple and fresh! Thanks for another amazing recipe!
Hooray! So glad you all enjoyed the salsa! Go Royals!
Happy Anniversary!
I’m a mediocre cook but Lord knows I try. I googled a mango salsa recipe and found yours. So so good. You have a new visitor to your site. Thanks!
Hi Molly! Thank you for saying hi! So glad you enjoyed this salsa and I hope you find some other recipes to enjoy, too! :)
this was delicious! I only had one mango, so added a peach and a nectarine- yum!
Great idea! Thank you, Mary Lou!
We had a bumper crop of mangos where I live in Mexico so I was very happy to discover your great recipe for the Mango Salsa! I love it! I also add a small diced cucumber (de-seeded) and a bit of garlic pepper (to taste), along with the salt.
I love your blog and am happy to have found it while searching for a mango salsa recipe. I have bookmarked it and will be back. You have a new fan and thanks for sharing all the goodness!
Hi Jan! I’m so glad you found my blog. Thank you for saying hello! I’m jealous of your fresh mangos. :)
Hi Kate,
I love mangos and so am always trying new recipes using them. Would you believe a cranberry and mango chutney? I love your recipe for the salsa and use it quite often. I have started adding some corn in the salsa and this is delicious! I really love your blog!
Denise
Hi Denise! Cranberry mango chutney sounds awesome! So glad you are enjoying my recipes. :)
This is a great recipe. I make mine like this but add jamica for extra crunchies.
Thanks, Mickie! Love your jicama idea!
The mango salsa has me drooling. But would like to make it to preserve for later when it is not mango season. Any suggestions?
Hi Brynn, that’s a good question and I’m afraid I don’t have a good answer. I don’t have any experience canning and I don’t think this salsa would be suitable for it, since it’s not as liquid-y as others. You might be able to freeze it in small freezer bags. Stack them and let them come to room temperature when you want to eat the salsa… that might work. I’m not sure!