This Tomato Feta Salsa makes for an excellent snack with chips, and it’s divine over grilled meat, chicken or fish! I love unique summer salsa recipes, and this is one of my all time favorites! 

Inspiration for Tomato Feta Salsa

At the super delicious and delightful Summertime Garden Party I went to, my friend Judy made a Mint and Feta Salsa.  It was outstanding, and I’d never before thought of adding cheese to a salsa. It was brilliant!

Totally inspired by Judy’s creation, I made this Tomato Feta Salsa with summer tomatoes as the star. The Feta and other colorful ingredients make it something very special — the deep, seasonal flavors are fresh and bright, and the textures are both crunchy and soft.

I served it with grilled lamb, and it would be equally as divine with steak, or chicken.

How to Make a Unique Salsa

• Use unexpected ingredient combinations. For example in this salsa, it’s the cheese!
• Mix up the flavors. Sweet, tangy, savory, rich,
• Color!  Bright, vibrant colors always make salsas unique. It can be like art!
• Various textures. Crunchy, crisp, soft, creamy, juicy, and so on.

Cheese in a Salsa Recipe?

I know this might sound a bit off — and it certainly did to me the first time I saw it.  However, after one bite, I was hooked on the idea. It won’t be something that works with a lot of ingredients, but here, incorporating the Feta into the tomatoes, capers, onions and basil, is brilliant!

Try it and you’ll immediately see what I mean.

What to serve with Tomato Feta Salsa

• This salsa is delicious with or on grilled steak or chicken.
• You know what would be fabulous!? A spoonful on a burger. Go for it!
• Of course, you can never go wrong with chips.
• I also love it mixed into rice and pasta.
• It’s wonderful on slices of toasted French bread, much like bruschetta.

Whatever you decide to eat it with, I hope you love this Tomato Feta Salsa as much as I do.

Can’t get enough salsa?

My top 5 unique summer salsa recipes:

1. Grape-Plum Summer Salsa
2. Watermelon Cucumber Summer Salsa
3. Roasted Hatch Chile and White Peach Summer Salsa
4. Citrus Cucumber Salsa
5. Strawberry Avocado Salsa

Oh and wait, here’s one more! From my Chef Mimi Blog: Cherry Salsa Recipe.

Tomato & Feta Salsa Recipe for Meat or Chicken

Valentina K. Wein

This Tomato Feta Salsa makes for an excellent snack with chips, and it's divine over grilled meat, chicken or fish! I love unique summer salsa recipes, and this is one of my all time favorites!

Makes about 2 cups

Print Recipe

Prep Time 15 mins

Total Time 15 mins

Course Appetizer, Condiments

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Calories 33 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup tomatoes, seeds removed, finely diced
• 1/4 cup capers
• 3 tablespoons yellow onion, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons Feta cheese, finely crumbled
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• In a medium-sized bowl, mix everything together. (Here's How to Season to Taste.)
• Serve chilled or at room temperature.

Notes

You can make this recipe up to 1 day ahead of time. To do so, do not add the vinegar, oil, salt and pepper until just before you're ready to serve.

Keywords good for summer dinner parties, party food, topping recipes for meats

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