Vegetable
Green Tomatillo
S tier
Green tomatillo is the salsa-verde default: tart, apple-green under the husk, cooked or raw in a blender with chilli and onion. It should fill the husk and feel firm. A boiled salsa. Purple tomatillo is sweeter and prettier, less classic.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Boil BlendRaw Blend
Traits
Apple GreenClassicFirmFirm HuskNot Purple SweetSalsa DefaultStickyTart Green
History
MX
Green tomatillos were the everyday salsa fruit of central Mexico.
Green tomatillos filled US Mexican groceries as the salsa verde fruit.
Green stayed the default; purple was a market novelty.