Creamy Green Sauce

This creamy green sauce gets its color from green tomatoes, tomatillos, avocado, and jalapeno peppers for a tasty dip for tortilla chips.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 82 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons olive oil, or as needed
• 1 tablespoon water, or as needed
• 4 tomatillos, husked and chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, coarsely chopped
• 3 green tomatoes, coarsely chopped
• 3 avocados, chopped
• 0.5 cup chopped onion
• 1.5 cups sour cream, at room temperature
• 0.25 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir onion, jalapeno pepper, and garlic until onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, tomatillos, avocado, and water to onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until tomatoes are softened and liquid has evaporated, about 15 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool slightly.

Step 2

Blend tomato mixture, sour cream, cilantro, and salt together in a food processor or blender, working in batches if necessary, until sauce is smooth.