Essential Chopped Tomato-Serrano Salsa Recipe from Mexico

Ingredients

• 12 oz (340 g) of ripe tomatoes (2 medium-small, round or 4 – 5 plum )
• Fresh serrano chiles to taste (roughly 3 – 5 or 0.5 – 1 oz (28 g) total, or even more if you like it really spicy), stemmed
• 12 or so large sprigs of cilantro
• 1 large garlic clove , peeled and very finely chopped (optional)
• 1 small white onion (4 oz or 113 g)
• 1.5 tsp of fresh lime juice
• about 0.75 tsp of salt