Did you know that green salsa (Salsa Verde) is not made from green tomatoes? If you haven't had it - you should try it - it's the "medium" salsa if you've been to Qdoba and it's "Delish". Since Bill was off on his Bear hunting extravaganza I decided to play suzie home-maker and jar some salsa. Here's how it went...
First I needed some tomatillos - ours in the garden are not ready. Tomatillo's are these litle green tomatoes with husks on them (seen below)... you know they are ready when the husk part on the bottom splits open. You can get them at any grocery store or farmer's market.
To clean them you remove the husks and the core's (the little stem part) and soak them in water - they have some kind of oily film on them from the husks so make sure you soak them well. 
Salsa verde is pretty easy to make just put all the ingredients in the pan and cook - then run it all through your blender or food processor... you will get something that looks like this....
Process the jars in boiling water for 15 - 20 minutes and voila - salsa verde!
Ingredients: (there are many recipe's cook to taste)1 cup onion
1 cup green chillies
1/2 cup white vinegar
4 T lime juice
4 cloves garlic
2 T cilantro (best fresh)
2 t. ground cmin
1/2 t salt
1/2 t. hot pepper flakes
(of course I added Jalapeno's to my batch)
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