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Green Tomato Salsa Verde

Spicy green tomato salsa verde for canning or served fresh. A great salsa verde recipe for using those green tomatoes that will just not ripen anymore.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Additional Time15 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Preserves and Canning Recipes
Cuisine: Mexican
Diet: Vegan
Servings: 4 -5 jars
Calories: 129kcal
Author: Adina

Ingredients

  • 4-5 red and green chilies See note
  • 1 kg/ 2.2 lbs/ about 5 cups chopped green tomatoes
  • 2 onions about 150 g/ 5.3 oz
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • handful cilantro stems included
  • 3 limes
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • ¾ teaspoon fine sea salt more or less to taste
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Remove the seeds from the chilies and chop them very finely. It is preferable to use disposable gloves when you do that. The chilies can be chopped in a small food processor as well.
  • Chop the green tomatoes and finely chop the onions and the garlic cloves. Juice the limes. Chop the cilantro and its stems.
  • Place the chilies, green tomatoes, onions, garlic, lime juice, cilantro, cumin, coriander, salt, and pepper in a large saucepan.
  • Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • In the meantime, sterilize the jars. See blog post for more instructions on sterilizing jars.
  • You can leave the salsa verde chunky as it is or you can blend it shortly with an immersion blender, a few pulses should be enough.
  • Pour the salsa verde into the jars. Close the jars.
  • Place a folded kitchen towel (textile) in a large pan. Put the jars in the pan. Pour hot water into the pan, the jars should be halfway immersed in water. Bring to a boil.
  • Lower the heat and boil gently for 10 minutes.
  • Remove from water and let cool on a kitchen towel.

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Notes

If using spicier chilies, adjust the quantity accordingly. Use disposable gloves when handling the chilies.

Nutrition

Serving: 1jar | Calories: 129kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 444mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 16g