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Austin Green Sauce

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If you've been in Austin, you know what this is - the ubiquitous "green sauce" (also called  Do ñ a sauce, and whatnot) that you get at pretty much every taco establishment.  Turns out this is remarkably easy to make! Seriously. Get a good blender (ideally, an Indian "mixie", but hey, your  Vitamin , or at a  pinch, an immersion blender). Blend together 6 green jalapeños (no stems) 1/4th clove garlic Juice of 2 limes 4 tbsp olive oil And that's it. The result will be an almost electric green, and insanely delicious. Enjoy on, well, everything! Modifications 1. Boil the jalapeños for around 5 minutes before blending. Mellows out the flavor a bit 2. Remove the seeds and the white pith from the  jalapeños to reduce the heat (🤷‍♂️ maybe you like it like this  🤷‍♂️ ) 3. Add a peeled zucchini to add a little bit of a vegetal flavor, and a touch of complexity 4. Moar garlic 5. Less garlic. 6. Vegetable oil instead of olive oil to make the flavor a touch "cle