Avocado Salsa Verde
Avocado Salsa Verde has one of the best flavor-to-effort ratios in all of Mexican cuisine. You'll get incredible flavor from very little effort by using just a few key ingredients.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 tomatillos
- 1 jalapeno ((or 1 serrano))
- 1/2 onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 10-12 sprigs cilantro
- 1 avocado
- salt to taste
Instructions
- 1
Pull the husks off the tomatillos and give them a good rinse.
- 2
Cut the stems out of the tomatillos if you want.
- 3
Roast the tomatillos in the oven for 10-15 minutes or until they start to turn army green
- 4
Add tomatillos to a blender or food processor along with ½ onion, 1 garlic clove, 10-12 sprigs cilantro, and ½ of the jalapeno
- 5
Pulse blend and taste for heat level
- 6
If you want more spice add more jalapeno (either ¼ or ½ more)
- 7
Once happy with the heat level, add the avocado to the blender and combine well
- 8
Salt to taste
- 9
Serve immediately