Somali Cilantro Green Chile Sauce

Name: Somali Cilantro Green Chile Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1 cup (240 ml)
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 1/2 cup full-fat unsweetened (120 ml) Coconut Milk; 3 tbsp freshly squeezed (45 ml) Lime Juice; 2 tbsp white or white wine vinegar (30 ml) White Wine Vinegar; 1/2 cup packed leaves (20 g) Cilantro; about 4½ jalapenoes (66 g) Jalapeno; 2 large cloves, minced Garlic; 2 tsp granulated (10 ml) Sugar; 1 tsp kosher, plus more as needed Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Hawa Hassan recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Hawa Hassan.

GREAT ON · SCRAMBLED EGGS; GRILLED FISH; TACOS; ROAST CHICKEN; RICE BOWLS

Great on Scrambled eggs; grilled fish; tacos; roast chicken; rice bowls.

Heat and acid for eggs, tacos, and bowls.

On the jar

SOMALI

Method: blend
Yield: about 1 cup
Ingredients: 8

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Coconut Milk 120 mlLime Juice 45 mlWhite Wine Vinegar 30 mlSugar 10 ml

Ingredients

Coconut Milk1/2 cup full-fat unsweetened (120 ml)
Lime Juice3 tbsp freshly squeezed (45 ml)
White Wine Vinegar2 tbsp white or white wine vinegar (30 ml)
Cilantro1/2 cup packed leaves (20 g)
Jalapenoabout 4½ jalapenoes (66 g)
Garlic2 large cloves, minced
Sugar2 tsp granulated (10 ml)
Salt1 tsp kosher, plus more as needed

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Hawa Hassan is a cookbook author working in Somali / East African; recognized with James Beard Book Award: International 2022 (In Bibi's Kitchen).

Originally published as Somali Cilantro & Green Chile Sauce.

Adapted from a recipe published by Hawa Hassan in In Bibi's Kitchen (Ten Speed 2020) via Food Network authorized reprint.

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Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from In Bibi's Kitchen (Ten Speed 2020) via Food Network authorized reprint (published as “Somali Cilantro & Green Chile Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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