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Basic Tomatillo Sauce

Name: Basic Tomatillo Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: About
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 pound tomatillos, husked, washed, and cut into quarters; 3 large Anaheim peppers, stemmed, seeded, and roughly diced; 1/2 cup cold water; 1/2 medium onion, cut in half; 2 bunches cilantro, stems and leaves; 2 teaspoons salt

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Cuisine

Mexican

Servings

About 2 cups

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

0 minutes

Excellent for filling mixes and topping sauce!

Ingredients

1 pound tomatillos, husked, washed, and cut into quarters
3 large Anaheim peppers, stemmed, seeded, and roughly diced
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 medium onion, cut in half
2 bunches cilantro, stems and leaves
2 teaspoons salt

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Directions

In a blender, place tomatillos, Anaheim chiles and water. Purée until just chunky.
Add remaining ingredients and purée about 2 minutes more, or until no large chunks remain. At this point you have a salsa that keeps in the refrigerator for about 3 days.

Recipe Note

To it you can add shredded chicken or pork to make fillings and use some of the remaining sauce for slathering on the tamales when serving. The broth that results from cooking the chicken or pork to the shredding stage is saved for use as the liquid in the dough for added flavor.

Basic Tomatillo Sauce