Watermelon Cucumber Salsa

Name: Watermelon Cucumber Salsa Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 cups watermelon, (small dice ); 1 cup cucumber, (peeled, seeds removed, small dice); ⅓ cup scallions, (finely chopped, white and green portions ); ¼ cup fresh cilantro, (finely chopped); 2 tablespoons jalapeño, (washed and dried, seeds removed, very finely chopped ); ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper; salt, freshly ground black pepper and sugar to taste

June 4, 2019 By valentina 37 Comments

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Watermelon Cucumber Salsa Recipe is the essence of summer! It’s sweet, cool and refreshing — and it can be served as a snack with chips or alongside grilled chicken or fish for a fabulous dinner al fresco!

Watermelon salsa says poolside snack, it screams summer barbecue appetizer, it cools me off just to look at it, and it happens to be one of my favorite weekend recipes in the summertime!

This Watermelon Salsa with Cucumbers is the best, most delicious way to celebrate summer!

Ingredients for Watermelon Salsa

watermelon
cucumber
scallions
cilantro
jalapeño peppers
lime juice
cayenne pepper, salt, freshly ground black pepper (and sugar, depending on the sweetness of the watermelon)

How to Make it

– Combine all of the prepared ingredients together and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Recipe Tips and Substitutions

Make this as close to serving time as you can — or, if you have to make in advance (which is fine!), drain it a bit before serving. This is a salsa that will become very juicy the longer it sits.
ONLY add sugar (to taste), if the watermelon you’re using isn’t as sweet as you’d like it to be. Otherwise, it’s not needed.
If you want more heat, add more jalapeño and/or cayenne pepper.
If you can find red jalapeños, they add even more beauty to this colorful salsa.

Serving Suggestions

This salsa is incredibly versatile and works alongside a handful of foods.

It’s excellent over fish, shellfish, chicken, rice, on a tortilla chip, or even as a light summer side dish!
Spoon this summer fruit salsa over tacos, burritos and nachos! I’ve done it and people love it!
I love to mix it into greens and add shrimp for a main course salad.

I hope you love this Watermelon Salsa recipe as much as my family and I do!

More of my favorite summer salsa recipes:

Close up of Watermelon Cucumber Salsa on a chip and in a bowl below it

Watermelon Cucumber Salsa Recipe

Valentina K. Wein

Watermelon Cucumber Salsa Recipe is the essence of summer! It's sweet, cool and refreshing -- and it can be served as a snack with chips or alongside grilled chicken or fish for a fabulous dinner al fresco!

Makes about 3 cups

5 from 7 votes

Prep Time 20 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Course Appetizers and Hors d'Oeuvres

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 13 kcal

Ingredients

2 cups watermelon, small dice
1 cup cucumber, peeled, seeds removed, small dice
⅓ cup scallions, finely chopped, white and green portions
¼ cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped
2 tablespoons jalapeño, washed and dried, seeds removed, very finely chopped
⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt, freshly ground black pepper and sugar to taste

Instructions

Gently combine all of the ingredients together in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Season to taste with salt, pepper and sugar. (Here's How to Season to Taste.)
Keep the salsa covered in the refrigerator until you're ready to serve!

Notes

Calorie count is only an estimate.

Keywords summer dinner party, good for summer bbq

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