Tomatillo Salsa Verde Recipe with Avocado
Tomatillo Salsa Verde Recipe (with Avocado) – Fresh salsa verde blended with ripe avocados for a silky texture with a punch of heat. This is the BEST salsa verde we’ve ever made!
Fresh Tomatillos in Salsa
This Tomatillo Avocado Salsa Verde Recipe is freshly picked straight out of the ASP garden! (When I say garden, I really mean flowerbeds.)
For years I’ve pretended to have a green thumb, digging in the dirt, researching regional plants, perusing plant nurseries. Truthfully, I have no idea what I’m doing. I plant things in the wrong places, prune too much or too little, and forget to water.
I’m a bad plant-mamma.
Giving up mid-season, I always determine next year’s garden will be a masterpiece.
A garden is never so good as it will be next year. ~ Thomas Cooper
This year I decided since my “landscaping” always looks wild and unruly, why not plant some produce in it. It couldn’t possibly make it look any worse.
And you know what? It actually looks pretty good with the blooming squash blossoms, variegated heirloom tomatoes, Japanese eggplants, and ethereal tomatillos scattered about.
How To Grow Tomatillos
Tomatillos are such unique looking plants, with hearty tomato-like stalks, and little paper lanterns hanging everywhere. The tomatillos start out like tiny bulbs inside lime green lanterns. Then as they grow, they fill in the paper wrappings until they are tight. Full lanterns mean ripe tomatillos.
And they are very hard to kill easy to grow! After sticking them in the ground with very little thought, they just take off.
Tomatillos offer a vibrant tart flavor, almost like a citrusy apple, and are much firmer than tomatoes.
What Can You Do With Tomatillos?
- Eat them raw with a sprinkle of salt and sugar.
- Add them to cold or hot soups.
- Thicken and flavor chili.
- Fry them like green tomatoes.
- Chop them for salads.
- Make Tomatillo Salsa Verde!
Our Favorite Tomatillo Avocado Salsa Recipe
Tomatillo Salsa Verde is delightful in a raw or cooked state, but I prefer mine somewhere in between.
Roasting the tomatillos for a short time provides a lovely balance in flavor, leaving the raw edgy appeal, but also providing a rustic charred quality.
Tomatillo Salsa is a true family favorite that is lighter and perkier than most tomato salsas. The extra acidity from the tomatillos holds up well against spicy heat.
Today’s Creamy Tomatillo Avocado Salsa Verde Recipe is unique because it contains avocados as well as tomatillos. The creamy consistency of the avocados combined with the zippy tomatillos is sublimely addictive.
In fact, it’s so addictive that I’ve developed my Tomatillo Avocado Salsa to make FOUR QUARTS in one batch! Of course you could half it, but once your friends and neighbors taste this, they’ll be knocking at your doors holding bags of tortilla chips.
Creamy Avocado Salsa Verde (Freezer-Friendly)
Plus, you can freeze this salsa verde recipe for later.
Although it’s not a great idea to “can” anything with avocados, this recipe freezes very well.
So long after your tomatillos have withered away, you can enjoy roasted tomatillo salsa and wish for warm weather again. Here’s what you need to make it…
Avocado Salsa Verde Recipe Ingredients
- Fresh Tomatillos
- Onions
- Garlic
- Jalapeños
- Vegetable Oil
- Ground Cumin
- Cilantro
- Ripe Avocados
- Lime
How To Make Salsa Verde From Scratch
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Peel and chop the produce. Place the tomatillos, onions, garlic, and jalapeños on a rimmed baking sheet.
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Roast in the oven until the exteriors are blistered.
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Meanwhile, scoop out the avocado flesh.
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Place the tomatillos, onions, jalapeños, and garlic in a food processor. Pulse until mostly smooth.
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Add the cumin, salt, cilantro and avocado. Pulse again until the avocado is pureed into the mixture.
Get The Full Recipe For How To Make Tomatillo Avocado Salsa Verde Below!
What Do You Do With Salsa Verde?
Well, you eat it of course! I could eat a gallon of this tomatillo salsa verde with a bag or tortilla chips.
However, you can also use your Homemade Salsa Verde in:
- Enchiladas
- Burritos
- Quesadillas
- Mexican casseroles
- Spooned over grilled chicken, fish, steak, or burgers
- Swirled into chilis and creamy soups
- As a healthy salad dressing
More Tomatillo Recipes
- Hamburgers with Watermelon and Salsa Verde
- The BEST Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas
- Creamy Salsa Verde Chicken Skillet
More Salsa Recipes You Will Love
- Grilled Chipotle Peach Salsa
- Strawberry Habanero Salsa
- Candied Bacon Corn Salsa
- Ready the Chips It’s Salsa Time – House of Yumm
- The Best Homemade Salsa Recipe
- Hawaiian Hot Dogs with Mango Salsa
Tomatillo Salsa Verde Recipe with Avocado
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 pounds tomatillos, husked and rinsed
- 2 large onions
- 10 cloves garlic
- 4 jalapeños
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup packed cilantro
- 3 ripe avocados
- 1 lime (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Peel and chop the onions into quarters. Place the tomatillos, onions, garlic, and jalapeños on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with oil.
- Roast in the oven for 15 minutes—until the exteriors are blistered but the insides are still slightly raw.
- Meanwhile, half the avocados, remove the seeds, and scoop out the flesh. Cut the jalapeños in half and scrape out the seeds. Discard the seeds.
- Place half of the tomatillos, onions, jalapeños, and garlic in a food processor. Pulse until mostly smooth.
- Add half of the cumin, salt, cilantro and avocado. Pulse until the avocado is pureed into the mixture. Taste for salt.
- Repeat with the remaining ingredients. If you desire an extra tangy quality, add a bit of lime juice at the end.
You’re right, tomatillos are really interesting looking and make for a great photography subject. And I never knew they were so easy to grow, good to know!
You’ll have to send me a jar… you photography is really looking stellar.. well done you! LOVE it, I am a huge fan of tomatillos and ground cherries.
I’ve never had luck growing tomatillos, so kudos to you for that alone! The salsa looks great too, something new to do with avocados. Thanks!
Wow! This looks really amazing. I’m blown away that you grew your own tomatillos!!!!
Beautiful. I love salsa verde with enchiladas!
Aimee
Love this. And love the idea of jarring it for a rainy day. I have so many hot peppers right now that I’m trying to decide what to do with…. maybe a salsa is in order!
I don’t think I ever had tomatillos before….would really love to try! The salsa verde sounds and looks tempting!
This salsa recipe is a marvel! The addition of the avocado sounds so good! I’m growing tomatillos too and last week I roasted a couple and threw them into some pesto, yum- simple way to use some up;-)
So cool that you grew your own tomatillos! I took a break this year and joined a CSA – the wildlife wore me down last summer. Love the creaminess that the avocado must bring to this tomatillo salsa.
As alway I love your photos! Superb! I never thought about growing tomatillos, I will have to try them next year. My garden is full of grass and my yard is just dirt, that should tell you something about my skills.
Oh – I LOVE this! I read your post aloud to my husband about planting vegetables in your landscaping. I am horrible at landscaping and gave up years ago…..but veggies in with everything else? Awesome!
I can just imagine the wonderful flavors of that salsa with all of those roasted veggies. So beautiful!
Never would have thought to grow tomatillos! I grow tomatoes and peppers, but not them! What a great recipe! One of the best parts of Mexican restaurants is the salsa verde!
Hah I love the garden stories- I have similar issues! This recipe looks amazing… I never considered roasting ingredients for my salsa. I will have to try that!
Looks yummy for my tummy. I could can it without the avacado though couldn’t I and then when I find ripe avacadoes all I have to do is add the salsa?
Okay, remind me next year that I need to grow tomatillos! Because we love them and it never occurred to me to grow my own. Fab salsa, especially with the avocado in there.
sounds good !
Thank you for sharing about tomatillos and how easy they are to grow. I’m adding them to a list of produce I would like to try for next year…I need produce that’s easy as I’m terrible w/my outside & inside plants. I struggle for a green thumb!
I luv that you’ve roasted the ingredients for the salsa. Makes for fantastic flavors…will try this for sure next time I’m making tomatillo sauce for taquitos or huevos rancheros! :)