A food processor is an excellent tool for quickly preparing dips and sauces. Two of the most familiar ones are salsa and gaucamole. Both of these recipes are simple enough on their own, but with a food processor it takes literally just a few minutes of your time to whip together either recipe to perfection. I made this using my Juiceman 1000 – which is one of those food processor with juicer machines you may have heard about. I like to combine appliances when I can to save space in the kitchen, but any food processor will do for these recipes so long as it has a 2-3 cup capacity or more. My Juiceman can rock nine cups at once, which is great for preparing massive amounts of these recipes for parties and potlucks.
Salsa
Salsa is one of the easiest dishes to throw together with a food processor. The portion of each ingredient is entirely flexible and really just depends on how you like your salsa. Here’s what I usually start with and adjust as the mood desires.
- 3 medium tomatoes
- 1/2 onion
- 1 jalapeno
- Optional: Cilantro
- Optional: black beans
First process the onion and jalapeno. Mince into very small pieces. Add tomatoes. Use caution not to process them too much – you want them chunky still. If you’re using cilantro, cut off leaves and add them now. Add salt to taste.
If you’re going to make black bean salsa, add them last and pulse food processor to casually mix together ingredients.
Guacamole
Guacamole is always a favorite party dish. I prefer to mix mine up by adding small chunks of onion along with a couple of spices. If you’re feeling particularly adventurous you can add 2-3 tablespoons of salsa from the above recipe to the gaucamole. This will give it more depth and also some spice!
- 2 Avocados
- 1/2 clove garlic
- 1 medium tomato
- 1 TBSP lemon or lime juice
- Optional: onion
- Optional: red pepper or other hot spice
First process garlic clove. Mince into very small pieces. If using onion, mince onion slices next. Add tomato, taking care to leave visible chunks of tomato – do not over process. Next add peeled avocado. Use food processor to minimally mix the avocados with all ingredients, taking care to not over process. Add salt to taste and any spices (hot sauce, salsa, chili pepper, red pepper) as desired.
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How to Make Salsa and Guacamole with a Food Processor
A food processor is an excellent tool for quickly preparing dips and sauces. Two of the most familiar ones are salsa and gaucamole. Both of these recipes are simple enough on their own, but with a food processor it takes literally just a few minutes of your time to whip together either recipe to perfection. I made this using my Juiceman 1000 – which is one of those food processor with juicer machines you may have heard about. I like to combine appliances when I can to save space in the kitchen, but any food processor will do for these recipes so long as it has a 2-3 cup capacity or more. My Juiceman can rock nine cups at once, which is great for preparing massive amounts of these recipes for parties and potlucks.
Salsa
Salsa is one of the easiest dishes to throw together with a food processor. The portion of each ingredient is entirely flexible and really just depends on how you like your salsa. Here’s what I usually start with and adjust as the mood desires.
First process the onion and jalapeno. Mince into very small pieces. Add tomatoes. Use caution not to process them too much – you want them chunky still. If you’re using cilantro, cut off leaves and add them now. Add salt to taste.
If you’re going to make black bean salsa, add them last and pulse food processor to casually mix together ingredients.
Guacamole
Guacamole is always a favorite party dish. I prefer to mix mine up by adding small chunks of onion along with a couple of spices. If you’re feeling particularly adventurous you can add 2-3 tablespoons of salsa from the above recipe to the gaucamole. This will give it more depth and also some spice!
First process garlic clove. Mince into very small pieces. If using onion, mince onion slices next. Add tomato, taking care to leave visible chunks of tomato – do not over process. Next add peeled avocado. Use food processor to minimally mix the avocados with all ingredients, taking care to not over process. Add salt to taste and any spices (hot sauce, salsa, chili pepper, red pepper) as desired.