Trying to figure out the ingredients here from my favorite spot. I’ve asked them, but every time the creator of the recipe isn’t there so they’ve been reticent to answer. Totally cool folks, so no harm there.
Are we just talking raw tomatillos, jalapeños, cilantro here? Maybe some lime and definitely salt, but anything more complicated likely at play?
by HopperCity
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sometimes in those creamy sauces they add a bit of avocado
Looks like emulsified, and/or avocado in there. Adding crema is nice sometimes too.
One small point on the taste: pretty spicy, and I don’t know that I taste Jalapeños so may very well be Serrano. But also a very crisp and bright salsa. It looks creamier than it tastes but really appreciate the ideas about crema/avocado/other emulsifiers.
Chicken bullion? I know in Texas a lot of the green salsa (and red) can have some chicken bullion in it. It doesent make it taste like chicken I swear.
I had a similar ask awhile ago and someone on Reddit shared this recipe:
Mexican Green Sauce / AKA: Brava Sauce
1-2 jalapeños depending on size
1 Serrano pepper
1/2 med white onion
2 garlic cloves
Boil everything in lightly salted water until tender
Put everything in a blender with a little of the hot water
Start blending and slowly drizzle in a neutral oil (Canola Oil or Avocado Oil)
Salt and pepper to taste.
*Add cilantro when desired.
Could include zucchini. The simplest version is jalapeño and or serrano chiles that are boiled until soft, Knorr bouillon powder, a clove of garlic, salt, neutral oil like canola to emulsify. Adding things like zucchini stretches it a bit. It might have a little avocado but those are expensive and don’t actually add much flavor to the salsa in small quantities. They may add acid like vinegar or lime juice as well but I personally don’t add that to the salsa as I use limes separately at the table.
That’s salsa verde with avocado.
I worked at a Mexican restaurant whose guacamole was half avocados and half instant potatoes. No one knew
I love salsas like this. They’re very simple, people say, you add anything else and it’s not this. Here is a label on Tia brand: tomatoes, green jalapeños, vegetable oil, cilantro, garlic, salt
My version that looks like this is
8 jalapeno
4 serrano
5 or so garlic cloves
1/2 cup veg oil
1/4 cup water
Juice of 1 lime
3/4 tbsp chicken bullion powder
Black pepper
Cook the peppers in the oil till white blistered, finishing the garlic in it.
Let cool and blend with all the rest until smooth and creamy from the oil emulsifying.
If its the creamy jalapeño slasa that a lot of places have, there actually isn’t any avocado. Its usually jalapeño, onion, cilantro, garlic usually boiled and then throwing in a blender. Oil drizzled in to emulsify and make it creamy.
It is never raw ever unless it is a red tomato
But like it probably is not fresh and has a lot of preserves
Can you at least describe what you can’t figure out ? Or how it tastes?
That seems like a Serrano tomatios with a lot of cilantro maybe some garlic
Even if you are, you came to the right place.
This is likely a cremosa
1/2 cup vegetable oil
8 deseeded jalapeno (or leave seeds if you want spicy)
2 -4 Serranos
1/2 onion
4 garlic cloves
1 /2 teaspoon chicken bouillon
Salt to taste (about half teaspoon)
1/2tsp black pepper
1/2 cup water
Fry the peppers and onion in the hot oil for about 10 mins. Add garlic and fry another few mins. Let cool then add all ingredients including the oil to blender. Blend until it is smooth and creamy. The specks in the photo look like cilantro so you can add that and lime if you like.