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Salsa Verde

or “Salsa Verde”

Salsa verde is a staple in all Mexican cuisines. It is ideal for making green enchiladas or to cover carne asada tacos. We also think it’s great at eggs. It is a versatile sauce and easy to make.

Use it on almost anything. The taste of fresh homemade sauce puts bottled sauces to shame. Try this one!

What to expect from this recipe

Boiled vs. boiled sauces

There are

generally two ways Mexican salsas are prepared, with boiled ingredients or ingredients roasted on fire/pan-roasted. These two methods create distinctive flavor profiles.

This is a recipe for a classic boiled sauce.

Boiled sauces tend to be milder in flavor where the flavor of vegetables is in front. Roasted sauces are bolder in flavor, where the smoky flavors of carbonization add a deeper element.

Mexican

food gets a bad rap for being greasy, heavy, and unhealthy, but stop and think for a second. The sauce is nothing more than concentrated vegetables.

It’s the tastiest way to get your daily veggies. You can eat as much as you want without guilt. It’s rare that your favorite food is also the healthiest food. So enjoy.

How to Make Salsa Verde

Our Salsa Verde recipe is really easy to make and the ingredients are available in almost every supermarket.

We prepare ours with tomatillos that look like small green tomatoes and are covered with a paper shell. You can also use larger green tomatoes, called green tomatoes. Both make excellent sauces.

The recipe calls for three serrano peppers, but you can use less if you want to reduce the heat. We like it on the plus side. You can substitute jalapeño peppers for serranos The taste won’t be as bright and the heat will be milder, but it’ll still be tasty.

HOW TO MAKE SALSA VERDE | 1-MINUTE VIDEO

Prepare the tomatillos first

First, remove the paper shells from the tomatillos

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Then rinse them with warm water to remove the sticky residue

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The preparation is really simple. Add all ingredients to your pot except cilantro and simply cover with water.

Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and cook for 10 minutes. Watch the ingredients change color. This lets you know that the ingredients are fully cooked.

For the next step, mix the ingredients with the cooking water for 30 seconds to 1 minute. You can use a blender or food processor for good results.

When mixing, you want the sauce to maintain some texture. It should not be liquefied. Use the image of the prepared sauce to guide you. Notice the bright green color.

The next thing

you’re going to do is fry the sauce. This is the magic step that is used to make almost every sauce cooked in Mexico. Do not skip this step. It gives a superior result.

Heat two tablespoons of oil over high heat.

Slowly pour the mixed sauce into the pan. This develops a richer, deeper flavored sauce. This step is called “seasoning.”

Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 minutes.

The importance

of salt Add 1

1/2 teaspoons of salt to your sauce, stir well and taste. You’ll probably want to add more. The sauce is perfectly salty when it is a little too salty when tasted alone.

Remember that you will add sauce to your food to season it and once mixed with the food, the salt in the sauce will bring out the flavor of the food without looking too salty

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Notice how the sauce darkens in color when cooked.

Now you have the perfect green sauce!

Problems with your sauce? How to fix it

Sometimes your sauce doesn’t exactly come out of your liking. Keep in mind that the ingredients are all-natural products and can vary in freshness and taste due to seasonal differences and how the ingredients have been handled. Once when you buy peppers they can be super spicy and the next time you buy exactly the same pepper is very soft.

Here are some methods to correct your sauce:

• Too liquid? Simmer until reduced to desired consistency.
• Too thick? Add water 2 tablespoons at a time until the desired consistency is reached.
• Too hot or acidic? Add only one of the following to reduce heat or acidity: 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 to 2 teaspoons sugar, 1 to 2 teaspoons agave syrup.
• Too bland? Try adding more salt 1/4 of a teaspoon at a time until you get the desired flavor.
• Pale color? Try simmering for an additional 10 minutes to deepen the color.

When you make adjustments, add the ingredients little by little. A small modification can have a surprisingly large effect. Some people like to add a splash of lemon juice.

What are you going to use it for?

Chicken enchiladas, tortilla chips, pork, chops, chilaquiles, burritos and many more dishes go well with this sauce. Be adventurous.

Common alternative names and misspellings

You can also know this salsa as salsa verde, salsa verde, salsa verde, salsa

verda, salsa verde or tomatillo sauce. Whatever you call it, it’s still delicious 🙂

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