Salsa Verde

Name: Salsa Verde
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 3 cups (700 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lb tomatillos, husked, halved (680 g) Tomatillo; 1 medium white onion, halved Onion; 2-4 serrano or jalapeno, halved Serrano; 10-15 sprigs cilantro (10 g) Cilantro; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil (15 ml) Vegetable Oil; kosher salt Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published J. Kenji López-Alt recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by J. Kenji López-Alt.

TABLE SALSA · TACOS & GRILLED MEATS

A table salsa for tacos & grilled meats.

Kenji's charred tomatillo salsa verde.

On the jar

SALSA

Method: stove
Yield: about 3 cups
Ingredients: 6

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Vegetable Oil 15 ml

Ingredients

Tomatillo1 1/2 lb tomatillos, husked, halved (680 g)
Onion1 medium white onion, halved
Serrano2-4 serrano or jalapeno, halved
Cilantro10-15 sprigs cilantro (10 g)
Vegetable Oil1 Tbsp vegetable oil (15 ml)
Saltkosher salt

Method

This sauce is cooked on the stove. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Cook ingredients gently according to the published technique, adapted here as pantry quantities only.
Finish off heat; adjust seasoning.

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Provenance

J. Kenji López-Alt is a cookbook author working in Food science / wok cookery; recognized with James Beard Book Award: Single Subject 2023 (The Wok); James Beard Book Award: General Cooking 2016 (The Food Lab).

Originally published as Charred Salsa Verde.

Adapted from a J. Kenji López-Alt recipe (J. Kenji Lopez-Alt / Serious Eats).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt / Serious Eats (published as “Charred Salsa Verde”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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