Almost La Victoria's Green Taco sauce

Recipe By : Bill Wight via chile-heads

Serving Size : 1

Categories : Mexican Sauces

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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2 lbs. Anaheim or New Mex. chiles -- Roast -- peel, deseed

1 lb. Yellow Hungarian Wax chiles -- seeded and chopped

1 Serranos and jalapeno -- seeded and chopped

2 1/2 lbs. Tomatillos -- slice 1/8" thick

7 lbs. Green tomatoes -- slice 1/4" thick

1/2 bunch Cilantro -- rough chop

4 cloves Garlic

1 med. White onion -- chopped

1/4 cup Lime juice

1/4 cup Apple cider vinegar

2 Tbs. Salt

4 Tbs. Corn Starch

Heat a large cast iron skillet to hot and toast the tomatoes and tomatillos without any oil. Do just one layer at a time and give each slice a nicedark brown color on both sides without burning. Remove when toasted to aglass bowl. Do not deglaze the pan.

In a blender, combine the onion, cilantro, chiles, tomatoes, garlic andtomatillos in batch sizes to half-fill the blender jar. Pur|e. If anydark brown liquid collects in the bottom of the toasted tomato andtomatillo bowl, add this to the last blender load.

Mix the cornstarch in the lime juice/vinegar. In a large stewing pot,combine the blender loads, add the cornstarch mixture and heat until thesauce comes to a low boil, mixing constantly. Be careful here, if youdon't mix constantly the thick sauce will tend to erupt in hot little geysers of taco sauce that could burn you. Allow sauce to cool and addsalt to taste. Transfer to clean jars, filling them 3/4 full and freezewhat you can't use in a few weeks. Be careful not to fill the jars toofull or they'll break when you freeze them.

I made a batch of sauce last year and it tastes just fine after a year inthe freezer. The sauce keeps OK in my refrigerator for at least a month.

* Adjust heat level to your personal taste. The La Victoria sauce is mild.

3 to 4 quarts

NOTES : Here is a recipe that I think comes close to the taste and texture of

La Victoria's Green Taco sauce.

Per serving: 258 Calories; 3g Fat (8% calories from fat); 11g Protein; 58g

Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 4371mg Sodium

NOTES : Half a recipes is plenty!