Tomatillo Salsa

Name: Tomatillo Salsa
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1¼ cups (300 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: ½ lb tomatillos, husked and quartered (227 g) Tomatillo; ½ small onion, quartered Onion; about 1 jalapeno (14 g) Jalapeno; 3 garlic cloves Garlic; 1 cup water (reduce to ¼ cup) (60 ml) Water; ¼ cup finely chopped cilantro (60 ml) Cilantro; about ¼ tsp (2 g) Salt; about ¼ tsp (0.5 g) Pepper

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

TABLE SALSA · TACOS & GRILLED SEAFOOD

In the published recipe, this is the table salsa for shrimp tacos.

Byres's tomatillo salsa for shrimp tacos.

On the jar

SALSA

Method: blend
Yield: about 1¼ cups
Ingredients: 8

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Water 60 mlCilantro 60 ml

Ingredients

Tomatillo½ lb tomatillos, husked and quartered (227 g)
Onion½ small onion, quartered
Jalapenoabout 1 jalapeno (14 g)
Garlic3 garlic cloves
Water1 cup water (reduce to ¼ cup) (60 ml)
Cilantro¼ cup finely chopped cilantro (60 ml)
Saltabout ¼ tsp (2 g)
Pepperabout ¼ tsp (0.5 g)

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

Tim Byres. American / live-fire Texas. Cited awards include: Food & Wine Best New Chef 2012.

Adapted from a Tim Byres recipe (Tim Byres / Food & Wine (shrimp tacos; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18)).

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 Tim Byres / Food & Wine (shrimp tacos; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18) (published as “Tomatillo Salsa”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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