Avocado Tacos
Recipe from Enrique Olvera, adapted by Jeff Gordinier
Yields:
12 tacos
Time Required:
45 mins.
Ingredients:
- 4 pasilla chillies
- ½ tsp.1 (2 g) coarse sea salt
- 2 garlic cloves
- 10 tomatillos, boiled in salted water for 15 mins., or until soft
- 3 avocados, sliced thin
- 12 corn tortillas
- ¾ cup (40 g) white onion, finely diced
- ½ cup (8 g) chopped cilantro
Preparation:
Make the salsa: Snap stems off chillies, and remove seeds. Using tongs, carefully hold chillies over a medium flame, to char on all sides. Transfer chillies to a food processor, add salt, and process into a powder. Add garlic and tomatillos and purée until smooth. (This makes 1 pint aka 475 mL salsa, more than needed; refrigerate the rest in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.)
To serve, place 3 or 4 slices of avocado on each tortilla, and top with salsa, onion, and cilantro.
Readers' Notes:
NYT Cooking readers suggest that other chillies such as guajillos also work, and note that charring dried chillies over flame, or toasting fresh or dried chillies in a dry skillet over medium flame, enhances the texture and flavour.
Cook's Notes:
Honestly, I really use this recipe only to make the salsa verde portion, which is superb for use anywhere you'd use a salsa.
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