Salsa Verde Recipe
This fresh green salsa verde recipe uses roasted tomatillos, onions, garlic, and chilis blended until smooth for the perfect zesty salsa.
Ingredients
- 15 medium-sized shucked tomatillos
- 1 medium-sized peeled yellow onion cut in half
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 seeded serrano chilis
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ cup packed fresh cilantro and stems
- coarse salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°.
- Remove the husks from the tomatillos. Briefly rinse the tomatillos under cold water.
- Evenly spread them on a sheet tray lined with parchment paper with onion, garlic, and peppers.
- Drizzle the olive oil over top of the vegetables. Season with salt.
- Place on a rack in the top 1/3 of the oven at 425° and cook for 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned and the tomatillos and peppers turned to a muted green color.
- Remove them from the oven and let them rest for 10 minutes.
- Transfer to a blender with a lid but replace the center piece of the lid with a kitchen towel and blend on medium speed until smooth.
- Adjust the seasonings with salt and serve.
Notes
Make-Ahead: For freshness, you can make this salsa up to 3 days ahead.
How to Store: Place covered in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. This recipe will not freeze well. However, you can process these to be canned in a boiling water bath canner for 40 minutes. This procedure will allow the salsa to last in a cool dark place for up to 6 months.
If you love spice, do not remove the pith and seeds in the chilis.
You can finish the salsa verde with juice of ½ lime.
Another cooking option is to pan-roast the shucked and rinsed tomatillos, onions, garlic, and chilis in 2 tablespoons of olive oil until browned and tender. Then, add the mixture to the blender with cilantro and blend until smooth.
The other cooking method is to add the shucked and rinsed tomatillos, onions, garlic, and chilis to a large pot of boiling salted water and cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until tender. Drain and let them cool before blending with cilantro until smooth.
Nutrition
Calories: 319kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 5gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gSodium: 11mgPotassium: 1103mgFiber: 8gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 825IUVitamin C: 53mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 3mg