# Salsa verde

A delicious and super common salsa verde in Mexico, perfect for tacos and carne asadas.

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 10 jalapeños
- 10 serranos
- 0.5 white onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 10 tomatillos
- 5 chile de arbol
- 2 slices of onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 head cilantro
- to taste salt
- 2 avocados
- limes
- crema

## Instructions

1. Add 10 jalapeños, 10 serranos, half a white onion, and three garlic cloves to a pot with simmering water.
2. Let them soften up in the simmering water.
3. Add them to a blender with a bit of that chile water and blend.
4. Boil 10 tomatillos, 5 chile de arbol, a couple of slices of onion, and two more garlic cloves.
5. Add in some of the previously blended spicy base.
6. Add a whole head of cilantro.
7. Add the boiled ingredients to the blender and salt to taste.
8. Blend well and enjoy.
9. Add two avocados and the juice of a few limes to the blender with the salsa.
10. Adjust for salt if needed.
11. Blend and enjoy.
12. Add some crema to the blender and blend to increase that creamy, silky, smooth consistency.

## Equipment

- pot
- blender
- bowls

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3-kAJLujTB/?igsh=MWRzaWg4b3Z3ZHBjbg==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b861bd2a-1754-44e8-9197-86c3b293cd52
- Extracted: 2025-07-23

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