Salsa Verde

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb tomatillo (i had about 7 or 8 medium sized)
• 1 medium shallot
• 1/2 large green pepper
• 1 -3 jalapeno (1 for medium 2 for mild 3 if you like it hot!)
• 1/3 cup fresh cilantro
• 1/2 lime, juice of
• 1/8 teaspoon chili flakes
• salt & pepper
• extra virgin olive oil

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 375.
• 2 peel back the leaves of the tomatillos and chop of the top of the tomatillo just as you would a tomato.
• 3 wash very well.
• 4 cut in half.
• 5 cut the top of the shallot, but leave the root.
• 6 peel off skin.
• 7 cut your green pepper in half.
• 8 take out ribs and seeds and either cut pepper piece in half or leave whole.
• 9 cut the stem off the jalepino and cut in half long ways.
• 10 place all on a baking sheet and using about 1t olive oil, drizzle over ingredients. coat everything very well and evenly.
• 11 face everything on the pan cut side down.
• 12 place in oven for 10-15minutes.
• 13 once time is up, remove baking sheet and using a spatula (or your tool of choice) place tomatillos and peppers in food processor.
• 14 cut the root off the shallots and the ribs and seeds out of the jalepinos. discard seeds and ribs. throw the rest in the food processor as well.
• 15 juice half of one lime into the processor and put in 1/3 cup cillantro, 1/8t chili flakes.
• 16 blend and add more s&p to taste! serve with tortilla chips or at a taco bar!