Spicy mexican green sauce made with tomatillos, jalapeno pepper, onion and garlic.

Homemade Salsa Verde

In today’s post we will learn How to Make Salsa verde, a simple sauce recipe. What is Salsa verde? Salsa verde, or mexican green salsa is a spicy mexican green sauce made with tomatillos as the main ingredient. This is my basic version of salsa verde recipe, there are other ingredients you can add as well to your tomatillo green salsa to make it unique.

Green salsa verde goes well with a lot of food. You can use this green salsa as dipping sauce for all kinds of food or add it over your favorite tacos! You can adjust the spiciness to your personal preferences.

There are different ways to make this mexican green salsa. In this video I will show you my favorite way to make the best salsa verde. We will be charring the ingredients to give a nice smoky flavor to the sauce, but you could also just boil them before blending.

Scroll down to check out the ingredients needed for the Salsa Verde with step by step instructions!
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Salsa Verde

Salsa Verde Ingredients

✿ 4 Tomatillos
✿ 2 Garlic Cloves
✿ ¼ Onion
✿ 1 Jalapeno (Deseed Depending On Spiciness)
✿ Cilantro (To Taste)
✿ 2 Chili arbol (To Taste)
✿ Salt (To Taste)

Salsa Verde INSTRUCTIONS | Click here for the recipe video

Coat a nonstick pan. cast iron or comal with some oil.
Char or boil all the ingredients except the chile de arbol and cilantro. Charring it will give the salsa a nice smoky flavor.






Add all the ingredients for the salsa to a blender. Don’t add water to the mixture or else it will turn bland.







Serve with your favorite food or use it as a dipping sauce!

TIPS & NOTES
✿ Instead of charring the ingredients, you can also boil them for 5 - 10 minutes. The sauce will be milder and less smoky.
✿ Chile de arbol is optional. Add it for extra heat.
✿ Deseed the jalapeno pepper if you want your salsa verde less spicy.
✿ DON’T add water when blending.

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