Green Tomato Salsa with Avocado

If you’ve still got green tomatoes in the garden and need a way to use them, this Green Tomato Salsa with Avocado is really tasty! You can eat this salsa with chips of course, but see 10 amazing low-carb serving suggestions in this post!

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This Green Tomato Salsa with Avocado is especially for all the vegetable gardeners who have plants filled with green tomatoes and need a way to use them before they freeze! I don’t have a big garden any more, but I still remember how I used to feel this time of year when it’s getting colder and the tomatoes are still are green. Every day there’s the urge to just pull out the plants and get the garden cleaned up, fighting against the thought that you just might get a few more ripe tomatoes!

And years ago when I had green tomatoes galore left on my plants I made this Green Tomato Salsa with Avocado, and it was so, so tasty and easy to make! So this year I begged my sister-in-law Lisa for some green tomatoes so I could update the v-e-r-y old photos.

For the updated version I switched out the diced fresh green chile for a can of diced green chiles, which made it even easier to make. (Take your choice on that.) I used cilantro in my Green Tomato Salsa, but you could replace the cilantro with thinly-sliced green onion if you’re not a cilantro fan! And some chopped sweet onion, fresh minced garlic, and fresh-squeezed lime juice made this so flavorful. I hope all the people who have green tomatoes will give it a try!

What ingredients do you need?

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• unripe green tomatoes
• cilantro (omit or use sliced green onion if you’re not a cilantro fan)
• sweet onion
• minced fresh garlic, or use Minced Garlic (affiliate link) if that’s what works for you
• diced green chiles (affiliate link), or use fresh chopped green chile such as Anaheim or Poblano
• avocados
• fresh-squeezed lime juice, I used my fresh-frozen lime juice
• Olive Oil (affiliate link)
• salt to taste

Do the green tomatoes have to be completely green for this Green Tomato Salsa?

You do want to use unripe tomatoes that are still mostly green, but as you can see above one of the tomatoes I used was barely starting to turn red. That gave a nice pop of color to the finished salsa and didn’t really impact the flavor.

How low in carbs is this Green Tomato Salsa?

This recipe makes about 6 cups of salsa, and based on 1/2 cup serving size it has about 6 net carbs per serving. And this tasty salsa is also gluten-free and dairy-free.

What if you don’t have sweet onion for the Green Tomato Salsa?

We used a sweet onion (such as Walla Walla, Texas Sweets, Maui, or Vidalia) for this recipe for milder raw onion flavor, but you can definitely use red onion if that’s what you keep on hand.

How to eat the Green Tomato Salsa with Avocado:

1. Eat it over any of my recipes for grilled chicken breasts.
2. It would go well with Air Fryer Fish or most any type of Grilled Fish.
3. It would taste great with Air Fryer Marinated Chicken Breasts.
4. It would be delicious with Grilled Cod, Grilled Shrimp, or Grilled Salmon Burgers.
5. Serve over Grilled Boneless Pork Chops or Air Fryer Pork Chops.
6. I’d love it over Roasted Salmon or Air Fryer Salmon.
7. It would be tasty served in Fish Tacos or Salmon Tacos.
8. Or serve with any kind of Tacos (including Breakfast Tacos).
9. It would also be good with a breakfast dish like Zucchini and Green Chile Breakfast Casserole or Egg Burritos.
10. And if the budget can handle it, this would be amazing over Grilled Halibut.

How to make Green Tomato Salsa with Avocado:

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1. Dice tomatoes into very small pieces. 
2. Put tomatoes into a colander to drain (if needed.)
3. Finely chop cilantro.
4. Dice sweet onion, mince fresh garlic cloves, and open can of diced green chiles.
5. Peel avocados, remove seeds, and finely dice avocado. Put in bowl and toss with 1 T fresh lime juice.
6. Mix drained tomatoes into the avocado.
7. Then add  onion, green chiles, garlic, cilantro, salt, olive oil, and the rest of the lime juice.
8. Stir gently to combine and enjoy!
9. This will stay good for a few days in the fridge, but if you know you won’t be eating it all I would only add avocado to the amount you will eat and then add freshly-diced avocado to the rest when you eat it.

More Recipes with Green Tomatoes:

• Oven-Fried Green Tomatoes (with Sriracha-Ranch Dipping Sauce) ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
• Pickled Green Tomatoes ~ White on Rice Couple
• Slow Roasted Green Tomatoes ~ The Perfect Pantry

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Yield: 12 servings

Green Tomato Salsa with Avocado

Prep Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

If you’ve got green tomatoes in the garden that don't have time to get ripe, this Green Tomato Salsa with Avocado is really tasty and easy to make! And this is delicious served over grilled chicken, fish or pork.

Ingredients

• 4 medium unripe green tomatoes (see notes)
• 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
• 1 small sweet onion, finely diced
• 2 minced fresh garlic cloves (see notes)
• one 4 oz. can diced green chiles (see notes)
• 2 small avocados
• 1 T + 2 T fresh lime juice
• 2 T fresh lime juice (or more, to taste)
• 1 T extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Instructions

1. Cut out the stem area of each tomatoes and then dice tomatoes them into very small pieces. (No need to peel them.)
2. Put diced tomatoes into a colander placed in the sink to drain (if needed.)
3. Finely chop fresh cilantro to make about 1 cup. (You can use sliced green onion or just omit cilantro if you're not a fan.
4. Diced sweet onion into very small pieces.
5. Finely mince the two fresh garlic cloves.
6. Open can of diced green chiles. We didn't drain the liquid but you could if you prefer
7. Peel avocados, remove seeds, and finely dice avocado. Put avocado in bowl and toss with 1 T fresh lime juice.
8. Mix drained diced green tomatoes into the avocado.
9. Then add diced onion, diced green chiles, minced garlic, chopped cilantro, salt, olive oil, and the rest of the fresh-squeezed lime juice.
10. Stir gently to combine and enjoy!
11. This will stay good for a few days in the fridge, but if you know you won't be eating it all I would only add avocado to the amount you will eat and then add freshly-diced avocado to the rest when you eat it.

Notes

If you have smaller green tomatoes, just use a few more.

You can use 2 tsp. minced garlic from a jar if you don't have fresh garlic. If you prefer, use fresh chopped green chile such as Anaheim or Poblano instead of canned green chiles.

Nutritional information is based on 1/2 cup serving size.

Recipe adapted from Street Food (affiliate link) by Tom Kime with quite a few changes to make it easier to make.

Nutrition Information

Yield

12

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 88Total Fat 6.2gSaturated Fat .9gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 0mgSodium 109mgCarbohydrates 9gFiber 3gSugar 3.8gProtein 1.7g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

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Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Green Tomato Salsa with Avocado is a great dish for low-carb diet plans, and for any phase of the original South Beach Diet. Tomatoes and avocados do have some carbs, but this is pretty low in net carbs and if you’re eating this as a salsa spooned over grilled chicken, fish, or pork, you could enjoy it on a low-carb diet.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
Green Tomato Salsa with Avocado was first posted in 2007, back in the days when I had a huge garden. The recipe was updated with greatly improved photos, more information, and serving suggestions in 2024.

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