Tomatillo salsa can be made in so many different ways and with different proportions. I’m going to encourage you to play around a little bit. Instead of roasting the tomatillos, you-like many people in Mexico-may like them boiled just until they turn from lime-green to olive. I don’t care for raw garlic, but you may. Or you may want to leave it out all together. Sometimes I like the flavor of raw chile here, instead of roasted. Though cilantro is classic, you may experiment with other herbs-anything from mint to basil or parsley. Trust your own taste.
The reason I gravitate to a roasted tomatillo version when I’m cooking at home is this: Tomatillos are acidic and roasting adds welcome sweetness (think about the difference between boiled carrots and roasted ones). Plus, the bits of charred skin add a rustic gutsiness. Roasted garlic is sweet, too, and roasted chiles are way more mellow than raw ones. So, you can see that I lean toward a salsa verde that’s mellow-rustic, with a sweet-tart balance. If that sounds good to you, follow my lead below.
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