This is a quest to make the perfect pico de gallo for @kelly
The Backstory
Over the past few months my husband, Kelly, has been asking me to get him a specific kind of pico de gallo. "It's the store's brand, they have it next to all the prepared food," he tells on my way out the door. I grab the store's brand of hand made pico, and bring it home. We've been through this routine no less than 10 times, each time with the wrong type of pico procured.
So, instead of continuing to fail at the local Whole Foods, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I've embarked on a journey to prepare the best pico de gallo I can. It's a lesson in culinary skills, attention to detail, listening to what my customer husband wants, but most importantly acceptance of feedback.
Who knew pico would be so powerful?
Update! Included a pic of my chopping job for scale :D
1 whole medium red onion (makes about a cup), chopped fine
7 roma tomatoes, seeded and chopped fine
2 jalapeño, seeded and chopped fine
3/4 bunch cilantro, just the leaves (pick them off the stems, it's tedious but only takes about 3 minutes to do, and it's worth it - stems are bitter)
4 big cloves garlic
2 tbs kosher table salt
couple cranks of pepper
1 tbs olive oil