Tomatillo: Gimme some uses

[hullabelew]

I bought a few pounds for a recipe I made but have about 2 lbs left over.

Anyone got a good tomatillo salsa recipe? Other ideas for what to use them in?

 

[flaco]

Chow chow. I will have to call my dad for his recipe.

 

[uisge beatha]

Chili

 

[MirrOlure]

First thing that popped into my mind was Ninfa's green sauce:

3 medium avocados
3 medium green tomatoes
4 fresh tomatillos
3 garlic cloves
3 sprigs fresh cilantro
2-3 jalapenos
1 1/2 cups sour cream
1/2 teaspoon salt, to taste

Peel avocados and place them in a blender.

In a medium saucepan, boil tomates, tomatillos, garlic, and jalapenos for 15 minutes.

Remove from saucepan and place all ingredients in a blender with avocados.

Add sour cream and blend until smooth.

 

[hullabelew]

Mirr, do you use that over enchiladas? Tamales?
Bring on that chow chow recipe. I love that stuff with red beans and also blackeyed peas.

I ended up making 3 different types of tomatillo salsa in small batches.

Best was:
6 toms and 1 pablano, roasted under broiler then and peeled.
2 serrano peppers, seeded.
2 cloves garlic
4 green onions
handful of celantro
1/2 tsp sugar
juice of 1 lime
salt to taste

Adding 1/2 an avocado to made it creamier but I liked it better without it.

 

[Fanny McLonghorn]

That's pretty close to what I do, only I've never done it with fresh tomatillos. The canned ones always taste fine, but I should try it your way next time.

Only thing I would add to yours is mexican oregano and a little chicken stock with olive oil as an emulsifier.

 

[bularry]

tomatilla salsa:

roast the tomatilla until skin gets blackened in places (I use the broiler).

use a hot skillet and roast a couple of serrano peppers, blistering the skin.

remove skins and most of the seeds from tomatillas and put in blender with serranos and blend. Then add white onion and cilantro and salt and pepper to taste. pulse a couple of times to chop onions and mix well.

pour in bowl and enjoy or put on fajitas. yummy.

if the tomatillos seem a bit bitter in the salsa, add a touch of sugar or honey.

 

[AvengeKingTut]

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