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I discovered this sub a moment ago while researching a specific question and felt obliged to share the salsa verde recipe which has changed my life. It’s easy, flexible, and holds its own with the best out there.

Ingredients:

12 Tomatillos (can be subbed for romas for roja, but shouldn’t)
One yellow onion halved
One head (not clove, head) of garlic
5 limes
4 Serranos
4 jalapeños
A bunch of cilantro
Habaneros to taste (this is where the heat comes from – 1 is mild, 4 is hot, generally)
Salt

Preparation:

First, burn the shit out of everything but the garlic and cilantro. A grill is best, a gas stove works well, if all else fails use a cast iron with no oil. You want the outside of everything black. This includes the limes, onion, tomatoes and peppers.

Then, throw everything but the cilantro, salt and lime in a blender whole, and squeeze the limes into the blender.

Pulse the blender lightly (over-blending is the cardinal sin) literally just enough to where everything is mixed together. Then, add your cilantro (stems and all). Pulse a few more times to break the cilantro up, roughly leaving dime-sized chunks of onion floating around.

Finally, salt to taste (mix the salt in with a spoon).

If you can keep it around long enough to refrigerate it you did something wrong.

I hope this helps someone the way it helped me.