So today was the day! I woke up early and put the pork in the crock pot. I followed this easy Carnitas recipe I went about my day as my apartment started to fill up with the amazing smell over the next 8 hours.
dumped straight from pan
MAKE SURE TO POUR WATER BACK INTO PAN, BUT SAVE THE WATER!
Shown here, there's only 2 splashes of water.
But this isn't about carnitas, now is it? It's about my salsa verde! I have been making this salsa since I was about 7 years old. My dad taught me how to make it, and I would make it any time I wanted ever since.
Salsa Verde is my favorite salsa to eat when eating carnitas. It is a light, spicy salsa. It's also my husband's favorite.
I promise this is a super easy recipe! Just three ingredients! I mean, c'mon, if a 7 yr old me could make it, I'm sure you'll be able to as well!
Salsa Verde makes about 2 cups of salsa
ingredients:
3 tomatillios
4-7 chiles serranos (more or less depending on how spicy you want it)
salt
cilantro (optional)
directions:
take the outer shell off of the tomatillos and cut the top of the chiles and rinse. Then add the tomatillos and chiles in a saucepan with some water and boil until the chiles and tomatillos are soft. Once they are ready, put them in a blender or food processor.
THIS NEXT PART IS IMPORTANT!
Make sure when you add them to the blender, you remove all the water, BUT DON'T GET RID OF THE WATER. Add a splash or two of the water from the pan into the blender. A little goes a LONG way! (see pictures above.) Puree until very smooth. Then add some cilantro if you'd like. If you feel like the salsa is still kind of thick, this is where you add some of that saved water. Add salt to taste, and you're done! Not too bad, eh?
what are you waiting for? go eat! ;)
