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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Salsa Verde

When somebody like me gets tired of eating every day the same flavors, at least, I change everything (everything namely, the sauce flavor) I may have a piece of grill chicken every single day of the week but I need to change the flavor of it and my mother always told me if you change the seasoning or the sauce and the sides you are having a different meal every day (she may know if it were for her we would  eat broil chicken every single meal)
With beef, pork, chicken or fish I just change my sauces, because I like my sauces with close to no salt and definitively no oils on it, I prefer to made them myself; that way I control how much salt or what kind of ingredients goes on them....... since today I was on the Mexican side I did accompany my meat with black beans salad,some carrots chips but more important  with that delicious green sauce they enjoy so much in my home.
SALSA VERDE
I use;
  • Tomatillos
  • Cilantro
  • Garlic
  • Onion
  • Salt
  • Vinegar from the can of chiles
  • Chiles serranos but you may use jalapenos

Peel the tomatillos and rinse them with cold water.
Today I decide to roast some of the ingredients,  just for  10 min under the broil.

While that gets done, chop the cilantro.
Ah! yes and the Chile a little just to ease the process in the blender.

It should look better than this, I forgot it and my broil turn off  by itself so it got cold and I couldn't take the picture just made, but you get the idea put all the ingredients in the blender, sometimes I like for the sauce to be a little chunky, some  other times I prefer to blend it pretty good to have a more smooth kind of sauce

This is very smooth in looks but is spicy as it gets!!!!

Tip; if it is too spicy you may cook more tomatillos and blend them all together
If you like a more fresh flavor instead of broiling the ingredients you may just boil the tomatillos in a cup of water for a few minutes until they open a little, they blend all the ingredients together.
I use this sauce to top a few proteins or to dress a salad, but sometime when I want something more hearty I cook the meat on it..mostly fish, this sauce is very versatile.
@HealthyFoodNewLife

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