We often serve this tomatillo salsa with pork carnitas tacos. Yum!
Tomatillo Salsa
Adapted from Simply Recipes
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs tomatillos, they look like little green tomatoes with husks around them
- ½ cup white onion
- ¾ cup cilantro, leaves only
- 1 tablespoon lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1 jalapeño, seeded and roughly chopped (you can substitute a serrano pepper)
Instructions
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Preheat broiler on high.
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Peel and discard husks off tomatillos. Rinse and cut tomatillos in half. Place cut side down on foil or parchment lined baking sheet. Broil for 5 – 7 minutes until skin is lightly blackened.
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Puree tomatillos and rest of ingredients together including onion, cilantro, lime, and pepper using a food processor, blender, or hand immersion blender until ingredients are finely chopped and mixed.
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Cool in refrigerator until ready to serve.
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Pork Carnitas Tacos with Tomatillo Salsa
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Stephanie
January 21, 2016 at 11:29 amThis was so easy and tasty! I added the pepper in small pieces to taste (we have a 3 year old so can’t go too spicy), and added a little sea salt to taste. Very good!
Kathy
October 2, 2017 at 9:37 amIs there an alternative to using cilantro, as my family does not like it.