Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde

Salsa Verde Made With Roasted Tomatillos

Fresh roasted tomatillos, onions and garlic make this roasted tomatillo salsa verde special. It's great by itself with chips or as a sauce for your favorite taco or enchilada.

There are a LOT of different recipes for salsa verde out there. Fresh salsa verde recipes use only fresh vegetables and roasted salsa verde recipes use roasted tomatillos, garlic, peppers and sometime onion. Fresh salsa verde and roasted salsa verde are completely different animals. It depends on what you like. I prefer using roasted salsa verde anytime it is being used as a sauce on something cooked, like enchiladas. Both fresh and roasted salsa verde are great with chips or as a salsa for tacos.

Look for my other recipe for fresh salsa verde and try both.

Roast the Vegetables for the Salsa Verde

Preheat the broiler. Toss the tomatillos, serrano chiles and onion with the oil in a large bowl. Move them to a sheet pan covered with foil. Broil for 6 minutes, then remove the garlic and turn the other vegetables over. You don't want the garlic to burn, and it will. Broil the remaining vegetables until slightly charred, about 6 minutes more, then set aside to cool.

Note: I like to roast things like onions, garlic and peppers on a porcelain tray outside in my gas grill. They can get a little smoky and I would rather have both the smoke and the strong odors outside.

Blend it All Up and You Have Roasted Tomatillo Salsa Verde

Now that the vegetables are roasted, making the tomatillo salsa verde is easy. Peel the skin off the garlic and discard. Place the garlic cloves and the rest of the charred vegetable in a blender. Add the cilantro, lime juice and salt and blend on high until smooth.

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