Today was Taco Tuesday in my household. We normally keep it pretty simple. Ground beef, store bought taco seasoning, some lettuce some cheese and some sour cream. We usually top it with some citrus or a store bought salsa. It’s quick, it’s easy and who doesn’t like Tacos?
But today I wanted to take Taco Tuesday up a notch. Enter the “Green Sauce”. I found a similar recipe to this years ago and have been adjusting it to my taste.
This is a sauce that you build from scratch, unlike some of the other sauces we have covered in this post. The sauce is a little bit creamy, a little spicy, citrusy and salty. Then you throw in the brightness of the cilantro and you have a truly special little sauce.
Tonight we used it as both the sauce for our Tacos and as the “Salsa” for our chips. It did a great job of both. If you decide to make it you will see that this is very versatile, and tasty little sauce.
Here are the ingredients that you will need:
- 1/4 head of lettuce, torn into pieces
- 4 jalapeno chilies, seeds and veins removed
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 5 green onions
- 1/2 bunch of cilantro leaves (try to avoid the stems)
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 Limes
Please note that this makes a large quantity of sauce. If you are alone or with your significant other you may want to cut this recipe in half. Or you could store it and use it for later, it stores pretty well.
Preparation Steps
You are going to need a food processer, we used the small cheap one that you can get for about 20 bucks from Walgreens. If you have a nicer one by means use that.
- Cut the lager components up so that they fit into your particular food processor.
- Put the lettuce, jalapenos, onions, cilantro into food processor and chop it to a paste.
- Once all of the solids components have been processed add the lime juice, mayo, salt, pepper and garlic and run the processor until you get a creamy consistency that looks something like this:
That’s all there is to it. The prep time for this should really only be about 15 minutes. And trust me, once you taste the results you will see it’s well worth the effort. Try it out and let me know what you think!
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