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Spicy Green Sauce

April 4, 2018 by Lindsay 8 Comments

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This Spicy Green Sauce is made with roasted tomatillos, avocado and just a few other ingredients. Combine them all in the blender for a simple, flavorful sauce that’s good on everything from chicken to vegetables!

Spicy Green Sauce made with roasted tomatillos and avocado

Hi friends!

Meet my newest obsession – spicy green sauce. If you follow me on Instagram or checked out my recent post with Easy Lunch Bowls, you know that I’ve been putting this on literally everything.

It’s SO easy to make and adds a delicious spice and flavor to anything you put it on. Plus it keeps well in the fridge so you can make a batch over the weekend and use it all week long.

Spicy Green Sauce

Spicy Green Sauce

This sauce came about a few weeks ago when I bought some tomatillos to make homemade salsa verde…and then realized I didn’t have any cilantro for that. So I threw in an avocado instead, along with some onions, garlic and a serrano pepper and boom! This sauce was born.

This recipe is very forgiving. Exact measurements aren’t required. You could also add a splash of lime juice if you wanted. I love this for breakfast on scrambled eggs, for lunch on bowls full of roasted veggies and for dinner over things like chicken, meatballs and more!

Spicy Green Sauce on a bowl of chicken, roasted vegetables, farro and wild rice.

You could even use it to make things like enchiladas or tuna salad.

Here’s how you make it:

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Spicy Green Sauce

Spicy Green Sauce made with roasted tomatillos and avocado

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This Spicy Green Sauce is made with roasted tomatillos, avocado and just a few other ingredients. Combine them all in the blender for a simple, flavorful sauce that’s good on everything from chicken to vegetables!

  • Author: Lindsay
  • Prep Time: 5 min
  • Cook Time: 20 min
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: Makes 2 cups 1x
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Ingredients

  • 1 pound tomatillos
  • 1 avocado (small to medium size)
  • 1 small onion (about 2/3 cup roughly chopped)
  • 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
  • 1 serrano pepper

Instructions

Line a baking sheet with foil. Peel the papery skin off the tomatillos and cut into quarters. 

Roast at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes. 

Let cool for about 10 minutes. 

Pour roasted tomatillos (and the liquid on the pan) into a blender. 

Add onion, garlic, avocado and pepper. 

Blend until well mixed. Makes about 2 cups

Store in the fridge for up to a week.

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So easy right? If you’ve never bought tomatillos, I get them at my regular grocery store in the same aisle as the bell peppers, jalapenos, serrano peppers etc.

 

This Spicy Green Sauce is made with roasted tomatillos, avocado and just a few other ingredients. Combine them all in the blender for a simple, flavorful sauce that's good on everything from chicken to vegetables!

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Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

Filed Under: Food Prep, Dinner Tagged With: Avocado, Garlic, Onion

About Lindsay

Lindsay Livingston is a Registered Dietitian and new mom from Columbus, Ohio. On her blog, she shares simple, healthy recipes, nutrition tips, workouts and snapshots of her life. Follow her on Twitter @LeanGrnBeanBlog and Instagram @TheLeanGreenBean and be sure to subscribe via RSS or email so you never miss a post!

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Comments

  1. Kelli at Hungry Hobby says

    April 4, 2018 at 10:59 AM

    This sauce though! Sounds perfect on top of all kinds of meat!

    Reply
  2. Carly says

    April 9, 2018 at 5:14 PM

    Just made this to top my ground beef taco bowls tonight! Sooooo good! And then I put chicken tinga tacos on the menu for later this week to use it again 🙂

    Reply
  3. Cassie says

    April 16, 2018 at 9:29 PM

    Just made this sauce tonight and it tastes just as fantastic as it sounds! I roasted the onions and garlic (small foil pouch) with the tomatillos and it blended up perfectly. Thank you for this quick and easy sauce recipe!

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      April 17, 2018 at 9:21 AM

      oh good! i might have to try roasting the onion and garlic next time too!

      Reply
  4. michele Gorham says

    April 28, 2018 at 8:45 PM

    Love this! Never used tomatillos before but they are easy and tasty! Put it on just about everything! Used half a Serrano and that was plenty, used jalapeño for my second batch. I think I’ll try roasting the onions up with the tomatillos next time!

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      April 29, 2018 at 10:28 AM

      so glad you liked it!!

      Reply

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  1. What happens when I don’t blog frequently… – everydayandi says:
    April 24, 2018 at 10:29 PM

    […] sauteed veggies, topped with salsa verde. While I made breakfast I got to work on Lindsay’s spicy green sauce which is basically amazing and I really do want to put it on […]

    Reply
  2. Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Sausage and Green Beans says:
    February 4, 2019 at 12:00 AM

    […] I tried this recipe with a couple of sauces. My favorite was drizzling everything with balsamic vinegar after it was done and sprinkling with parmesan. You could also toss it in some marinara when it comes out of the oven, or serve marinara on the side for dipping. If you want to trend away from the Italian version, try using spicy chicken sausage and topped my bowl with some of my spicy green sauce. […]

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