Austin Green Sauce

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If you've been in Austin, you know what this is - the ubiquitous "green sauce" (also called Doña 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 "cleaner"
7. You get the point. Soooo many things you can do here!


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