Being the salsa snob that I am, I take my Tomatillo Avocado Salsa very seriously. It's half salsa / half guacamole and 100% perfection.
For the longest time I was quite intimidated by tomatillos. I didn't know what to do with them, they had their weird husk thing on the outside, and someone once told me they were sour. I was like... hold the phone. No thank you. But as soon as I exited my picky eater stage, I was very much a fan of tomatillos. In my mind it's simple - you take off the husks, give them a good wash with hot water, cut them in half, roast the heck out of them, and then puree them into a salsa. I've done a traditional tomatillo salsa before which is excellent - and today it's a salsa meets guacamole situation that can be used as a dip, as a salsa, as a sauce, or whatever else you please!
Tomatillo Avocado Salsa
Ingredients
- 6 medium Tomatillos
- 2 avocados seeds and skin removed
- zest and juice of 1 lime
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon honey
- ½ jalapeño seeds removed
- ¼ cup cilantro
- ¼ cup white onion diced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Remove the husks from the tomatillos. Rinse under warm water well and wipe clean. Cut the tomatillos in half and place into a baking pan. Roast for 20 minutes until they are tender.
- Remove and set aside to cool. Add all ingredients to a food processor and pulse for 1-2 minutes until smooth and creamy.
- Let cool, adjust salt and pepper and serve as needed.
Hmm.. One of my favorite ways to eat avocados is guacamole of course!! But i do enjoy using it as a secret ingredients like a banana avocado bread or in a smoothie!
My kitchen is not complete without avacado. My family likes avacado as guac. However, I could live on avacado alone. My favorite way to use avacado is in lieu of salad dressing and mayonaise.
I also love the avocado in guacamole the best! I frequently make guac for dinner for myself! LOVE! and I would love some delicious cali avocados because i'm in the Midwest and it snowed today!
Totally a fan of Gaby and of avocados! YUM!
Guacamole all the way!!!
My favorite way to use avocados is on tacos, chopped up and sprinkled with a little salt.
guacamole! or avocado BLT.
I love them any which way...
Definitely guacamole. I'll have to try the tomatillo avacado dips. Sounds yummy!
It must have been fun to be in that beautiful orchard full of fresh green trees growing avocados. I love to see where stuff actually comes form and meet the dedicated people who provide us with what we take for granted - beautiful, healthy, delicious food. Ben looks like an all around great guy who loves what he does. Beautiful photos. I love guacamole, but just diced up in salads if fine with me, so you don't miss them. Heck, even just plain with a little salt works for me. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed them until recently!
Can't wait to try this... Thank you!
I love guac, as do most of the other posters here. I love a plain avocado as well, if it is agood one.
I LOVE putting avocados in sandwiches! Or we always slice up a few to put on our salads....definitely makes healthy eating a little easier when theres avocados on it!
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I love putting avocados on my sandwiches, and I would never say no to guacamole!