RizzieFarms • The Chicken Cookbook

Tastes Like Chicken!

From the 1992 cookbook

Sauces

Basic Green Sauce

Servings: 4 cups

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

  1. Cook and stir onions in oil in 3-quart saucepan until tender.
  2. Stir in remaining ingredients except broth and sour cream.
  3. Cover and cook over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  4. Place mixture in food processor or blender container.
  5. Cover and process until smooth, about 1 minute.
  6. Return mixture to saucepan.
  7. Stir in broth.
  8. Heat to boiling.
  9. Reduce heat.
  10. Simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes.
  11. Stir in sour cream.
  12. Cover and refrigerate any remaining sauce.
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