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pico de gallo

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A relish made of raw, chopped tomatoes, onions, hot chili peppers, and cilantro with lime juice, used in Latin American cuisine.

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  • noun A condiment generally made with diced raw onions, tomatoes, chiles, and cilantro.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish, from Spanish, rooster's beak (perhaps from the resemblance of the chopping of the ingredients to the pecking of a rooster as it breaks food into pieces) : pico, beak; see pico– + de, of (from Latin dē, from, off; see de—) + gallo, rooster (from Latin gallus; see gal- in Indo-European roots).]

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From Spanish pico de gallo.

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Examples

  • Carla: fried grouper with collard greens, and chow-chow pico de gallo.

    Top Chef All-Stars Ep. 11: There goes my Final Four 2011

  • Tiffany: After the fact, I was like, "Um, do you not eat black bean soup with pico de gallo on it?"

    Top Chef's Tiffany: My Dish Wasn't Strange By Any Means 2011

  • They ooze refried beans, pico de gallo, and hot lumps of oxidized avocado.

    Burrito Porn Mike Lynch 2011

  • Stir in the pico de gallo and season to taste with salt and cayenne.

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • You should turn the meat six to eight times as you cook it, remove it from the grill, rest it a little, slice it thin and on a diagonal and serve it with nothing more than pico de gallo and corn tortilla.

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • Serve with ramekins of pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole, as well as plenty of the Mexi-ranch dressing on the side.

    More of America’s Most Wanted Recipes Ron Douglas 2010

  • Top each salad with the pico de gallo, pineapple chunks, orange slices, cherries, and crushed tortilla chips.

    More of America’s Most Wanted Recipes Ron Douglas 2010

  • The main recipe here is for basic pico de gallo you might call it salsa fresca, but all of these are great on top of vegetable, meat, or grain dishes—or eaten with a spoon.

    The Food Matters Cookbook Mark Bittman 2010

  • Serve with ramekins of pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole, as well as plenty of the Mexi-ranch dressing on the side.

    More of America’s Most Wanted Recipes Ron Douglas 2010

  • Top each salad with the pico de gallo, pineapple chunks, orange slices, cherries, and crushed tortilla chips.

    More of America’s Most Wanted Recipes Ron Douglas 2010

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