Green Chili Sauce

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After making chicken enchiladas with green sauce, using a canned sauce, I decided to try and make my own homemade green chili sauce. Looked at a bunch of recipes and combined them to make this one. It came out great and is much better than the canned sauce. Note: I tried using red Fresno peppers but after roasting the skins got tough and I could not remove so I threw them out.

Green Chili Sauce

After making chicken enchiladas with green sauce, using a canned sauce, I decided to try and make my own homemade green chili sauce. Looked at a bunch of recipes and combined them to make this one. It came out great and is much better than the canned sauce. Note: I tried using red Fresno peppers but after roasting the skins got tough and I could not remove so I threw them out.

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Ingredients

40 minutes
5 cups of sauce
  1. 1 lbstomatillos
  2. 2poblanos
  3. 2jalapeños
  4. 1small red onion
  5. 4garlic cloves, skin on
  6. 2 Tbspcilantro chopped
  7. 1 Tbspchili powder
  8. 1/2 Tbspground cumin
  9. 1 tspblack pepper
  10. 1 tspsalt
  11. 2 cupschicken stock
  12. 1lime juiced

Cooking Instructions

40 minutes
  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 400°F. Husk and rinse tomatillos. Cut tomatillos in half and place skin side up an oiled, foil lined baking sheet. Cut poblanos in half, remove stem and seeds, and place skin up on baking sheet. Cut jalapeños in half, remove stems (and seeds if you want less spicy), and place skin side up on baking sheet. Cut off ends of red onion, cut in quarters and place on baking sheet. Lastly add the garlic cloves, with their skin still on. I needed 2 baking sheets.

  2. 2

    Place baking sheet(s) in oven and cook for 30 minutes until the pepper skins blister. Remove from oven and transfer peppers to a large bowl. Cover bowl with Saran Wrap and allow vegetables to steam/cool down. When cool enough peel off skin from the peppers.

  3. 3

    Add tomatillos, peppers, and onion to a food processor. Squeeze the roasted garlic from the skin into the food processor. Add cilantro, cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper to the food processor and process to blend.

  4. 4

    Add in chicken stock and lime to the food processor and process to desired consistency. Transfer contents to a pan and simmer for 5-10 minutes. Taste and add more salt, pepper, or lime to your liking.

  5. 5

    You are now ready to use the sauce. Enjoy!

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