Honeydew Fruit Salsa

I am totally addicted to this honeydew fruit salsa. Totally. Totes. Besotted. Bewitched.Obsessed.

Table of Contents

• 🗝️ Key takeaways
• 🧾 Ingredients
• 🔪 Instructions
• 🍴 Equipment
• 🎥 Video
• 🥫 How to store leftovers
• Marye's Tip
• 💭 Things to know
• 📚 Related recipes
• 📞 The last word
• 📖 Recipe
• Pin for later
• 💬 Comments

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🗝️ Key takeaways

• Unique and refreshing flavor that's perfect with chicken and fish as well as chips.
• Light, refreshing flavor is great all summer long.
• Cut the ingredients larger for a chunky salsa or more finely for a smoother salsa.

Honeydew is one of my favorite flavors of summer.

Salsa is, well it's practically a food group here in Texas.

Over the past few years salsa has come into its own, and is being made from nearly everything you can imagine. I was intrigued with the idea of honeydew salsa.

🧾 Ingredients

This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.

🔪 Instructions

This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page. Click on the image to see it full size.

Super easy! Just toss everything into a bowl, mix it up, and let it sit for at least 30 minutes for the flavors to blend!!

🍴 Equipment

1. medium mixing bowl
2. cutting board
3. sharp knife
4. citrus zester or microplane
5. measuring cups and spoons

🎥 Video

🥫 How to store leftovers

Cover tightly with plastic wrap or place in an airtight container and refrigerate up to 4 days.

Be sure to use glass or food-grade plastic. The acids in this fruit salsa will react with aluminum and cause an off flavor.

💭 Things to know

1. Choose the ripest melon possible for the best flavor.
2. If the melon seems a little underripe I sometimes add a half teaspoon to a teaspoon of sugar to bring out the flavor.
3. Adjust the amount of serrano peppers to your own tastes and heat tolerance.

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📞 The last word

This ripe honeydew salsa is so very unique. It is sweet, spicy, warm with cilantro, and cool with the honeydew. Perfect for the Dog Days of August! Just don't try to make it in the middle of winter, no matter how much you are craving it.

Without the fresh, perfectly ripe, in season ingredients it falls flat. This is to be enjoyed in summer only, OK?

The colors were refreshing, too. Green, light green, purple... This is a cinch to put together, guaranteed to impress everyone and is perfect for dipping homemade tortilla chips into OR Serving over fish, grilled chicken, or shellfish.

I think if you were going to do pork you would probably want to replace the honeydew with canteloupe, which is my next experiment.

This is seriously good. Try it. Erin (my oldest daughter) and I had to make it twice. We test tasted the first batch until it was almost gone.

This should keep for up to a week in your refrigerator... if it lasts that long.

If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need.

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📖 Recipe

First published July 28, 2009. Last updated April 23, 2024 for editorial improvements and better images.