Basic Green Sauce
Emerald sauce for green enchiladas or luxurious breakfast eggs.
Ingredients
- 2 med onions, chopped (about 1 C)
- 1/2 C oil
- 10 oz fresh spinach, stemmed and chopped
- 1/2 lb tomatillos, coarsely chopped
- 1 can (4 oz) chopped green chiles
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 T dried oregano leaves
- 1 C chicken broth
- 2 C sour cream
Instructions
- Cook and stir onions in oil in 3-quart saucepan until tender.
- Stir in remaining ingredients except broth and sour cream.
- Cover and cook over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Place mixture in food processor or blender container.
- Cover and process until smooth, about 1 minute.
- Return mixture to saucepan.
- Stir in broth.
- Heat to boiling.
- Reduce heat.
- Simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes.
- Stir in sour cream.
- Cover and refrigerate any remaining sauce.