Jul 20, 2008

Green Taco Sauce

Another recipe in my never-ending quest to use up as many tomatoes as possible.

After having tostadas last night with our friends Joe and Taryn with green taco sauce, I decided to try and make some of my own taco sauce.

The taco sauce below came out very good in my opinion. And while I wasn't able to fry up the taco shells quite as well as Taryn, the tostadas we had for lunch today were really tasty.

No pics though. :(

Ingredients -

  • 5 Green Zebra Tomatoes
  • 2 Jalapeños - seeds removed
  • 1 Serrano Pepper - seeds removed
  • 2 Cloves of Garlic - finely chopped
  • 1/3 cup Red Onion - finely chopped
  • 1 tblspn Arrowroot Starch (Corn Starch would work too) - Mixed with a bit of water
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • Splash White Wine Vinegar
  • Pinch of Sugar
  • Couple grinds of Black Pepper
  • Dash of Coriander - ground
  • 1 tbs Canola Oil
Total Prep/Cooking time: ~30 minutes
Roughly chop the tomatoes and peppers, place in food processor. Add vinegar. Process them until smooth.

Sauté onions in 2 qt sauce pan with oil until soft over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add tomato/pepper mixture. With a stick blender, puree until smooth. Add Sugar, Salt, Pepper and Coriander. Bring to simmer, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 10-15 minutes.

Add Arrowroot Starch to thicken. Let simmer with Arrowroot Starch for 1-2 minutes, and remove from heat.